Abstract Art
Real subject drawn in an unreal way
Realistic Art
Real subject drawn in a real way
Non-Objective (or Non-Representational)
No recognisable subject matter
Terms Used in Visual Arts K-12 Grade Level
Expectations
1. Abstract- Art that exaggerates, is simplified or distorted
2. Actual Texture – The existing surface quality of an object as
communicated primarily the sense of
touch
3. Additive Sculpture - Technique of adding to or building up clay,
plaster, metal or other pliable materials into three-dimensional forms. Also
called Modeling
4. Aesthetics- The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and value of art
5. Analogous- Colors next to each other on the color wheel that have a
common hue
6.
Architectural Style - Type of design used frequently during a certain
time in history
7.
Architecture- Art form of planning and constructing buildings to meet a
variety of human needs
8.
Arbitrary Color – Colors chosen by the artist independent of what is
observed
9. Art Criticism Process – Organized approach to the observation and evaluation of a work of art using description, analysis, interpretation and judgment
10.
Assemblage– An artwork created by combining three-dimensional
objects
11.
Asymmetrical Balance - Two sides of a composition are different, but
have the same visual weight. Also called Informal
Balance
12.
Atmospheric Perspective – A method of creating the illusion of depth by
representing objects further away with less clarity of contour and diminished
color and contrast. Also called
13.
Aerial Perspective
14.
Background- The part of an artwork farthest away from the viewer and
closest to the horizon line
15.
Balance –
Principle of design that deals with arranging visual elements so that a
composition has equal visual weight on each side of an imaginary middle
line
16.
Batik -Method of dyeing cloth that involves the use of resist materials
to prevent dye from coloring certain areas of the
cloth
17. Center of Interest - The focal point or area of emphasis
18.
Ceramics- Sculpture or pottery made from
clay
19.
Cityscape- A picture of the outside, with the city or buildings being
the most important part
20.
Clay, Natural A moist earth of decomposed rock used to create
pottery
21.
Coil –Long roll of clay or fiber joined into a circle or
spiral
22.
Collage- From the French word ‘coller’ that means ‘to paste.’ A collage
is a composition made byattaching a variety of materials to a flat
surface.
24.
Collagraph– A print made from a specifically constructed plate that has
been produced in a collage manner, resulting in high and low surfaces which hold
ink differently during printing
25.
Color –
Element of art derived from reflected light. Color has three properties: hue,
value and intensity
26.
Color Schemes Purposely selected group of colors chosen for their
unique relationship to one another. Types of color schemes include:
monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triad,
split-complementary
27.
Color Wheel – A predetermined arrangement of the primary, secondary and
intermediate colors on a circular wheel used to define color
relationships
28.
Complementary Colors Any two colors opposite each other on the color
wheel. Ex. Red-green, blue-orange,
yellow-violet
29.
Composition- The arrangement of the elements and/or objects in an
artwork. The way principles of art are used to organize
elements
30.
Contour Line - An outline drawing of a form or object. Defines edges
and surface ridges
31.
Contrast– A Principle of design that refers to a difference between
elements in an artwork
32.
Cool Colors - Colors around blue on the color wheel: green, blue,
violet
33.
Crosshatching- Shading technique which uses layering of repeated,
parallel lines in different directions to create the appearance of
volume
34.
Depth -Distance between foreground, middleground and
background
35.
Design -A visual plan, organization or arrangements of elements in a
work of art
36.
Diagonal– Lines that slant
37.
Drawing- Using lines to show forms or
figures
38.
Dry Brush - Lightly touching the surface with a brush coated in ink,
paint or other medium to create a scratchy, textured effect
40.
Edition– Set of prints made from the same
plate
41.
Elements of Art The language of art of the basic elements used when
producing works of art: Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Color, Value,
Space
43.
Emphasis- The principle of design that stresses one element or area of
a work of art to make it attract the viewer’s attention
45.
Etching– Intaglio technique in which acid is used to incise lines in a
metal plate. Includes aquatint, soft grounds and hard ground
47.
Fiber Arts -
48.
Figure Drawing - Drawing the whole body of a
person
49.
Focal Point – Area of an artwork that attracts the attention
first
50.
Foreground- The part of an artwork closest to the viewer and usually
positioned at the bottom of the artwork
51.
Form -An Element of art that has three dimensions (height, width and
depth) and encloses space
52.
Formal Balance - Two sides of a composition are identical. Also called
Symmetrical Balance
53.
Free Form Shape - Unique shapes without given
names
54.
Function- The purpose for which an object is to be
used
55.
Geometric- Shapes or forms with mathematical names that can be defined
using mathematical formulas: circle, triangle, square, sphere, cube, prism,
pyramid
56.
Hatching- Shading technique that uses layering of repeated, parallel
lines to create the appearance of
volume
57.
Hard Edge – In 2-dimensional artwork, shapes with clearly define
outlines
58.
Horizon Line - Line where the sky and ground appear to
meet
59.
Horizontal - A line that is parallel to the top and bottom edges of the
surface plane
60.
Hue - Another name for color. Hueis related to the wavelength of the
reflected light
61.
Illusion of Depth - Feeling or appearance of distance created by color,
value, line, placement and size on a flat surface
63.
1.
Impressed Texture -
2.
Informal Balance - Two sides of a composition have the same visual
weight, but the lines, shapes and colors are not the same. Also called
Asymmetrical Balance
3.
Intensity - The brightness or dullness of a
color
4.
Intermediate Colors - Colors created by the combination of a primary
and a secondary color that are next to each other on the color wheel:
yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blueviolet, blue-green, yellow-green.
Also called tertiary colors
5.
Invented Texture - A type of invented texture that does not represent a
real texture but creates the sensation of one by repeating lines and shapes in a
two-dimensional pattern. Fabricated texture from the imagination in contrast to
one produced by nature. Texture derived by observation and simplification of
actual texture
6.
Landscape - A picture of the outside, with the landforms being the most
important part
7.
Line - The path of a moving
dot
67.
Invented Texture - A type of invented texture that does not represent a
real texture but creates the sensation of one by repeating lines and shapes in a
two-dimensional pattern. Fabricated texture from the imagination in contrast to
one produced by nature. Texture derived by observation and simplification of
actual texture
68.
Landscape- A picture of the outside, with the landforms being the most
important part
69.
Line -The path of a moving dot
70.
Linear Perspective – A system of drawing or painting to give the
illusion of depth on a flat surface. All parallel lines receding into the
distance are drawn to one or more imaginary vanishing points on the horizon in
such a work
71.
Medium –Material, such as pencil, pen, watercolors, oil paint, pastel,
acrylic paint, clay, wood, stone, found objects, etc., used to create art.
Plural is Media
72.
Middleground- Area in an artwork between the foreground and
background
73.
Modeling- Technique of adding to or building up clay, plaster, metal or
other pliable materials into three-dimensional forms. Also called
Additive
74.
Monochromatic– A color scheme using tints and shades of one
color
75.
Mono-print- A print made in an edition of one, often from a painting
made on a non-absorbent surface
76.
Negative Shape - Flat area that is not the subject
matter
77.
Negative Space – Empty spaces surrounding shapes and
forms
78.
Neutral Colors - Color category that encompasses whites, grays, blacks
and browns
79.
Non-Objective- Style of art in which there is no recognizable subject
matter
80.
Opaque –Quality of a material that does not let any light pass through.
Opposite of transparent
81.
Organic Shapes - A fluid shape having none of the angularity associated
with geometric shapes.
82.
Organic shapes are often associated with objects in
nature
83.
Original- One of a kind
84.
Overlapping- Placing one object in front of another to show
depth
85.
Paint –Pigment mixed with oil or
water
86.
Painting- To make an artwork using wet media such as tempera or
watercolor paints
87.
Pallette- Tray used by painters for mixing colors of
paint
88.
Parallel– Lines that move in the same direction and always stay the
same distance apart
89.
Perpendicular-
90.
Pattern– A choice of lines, colors and/or shapes repeated over and over
in a planned way
91.
Perspective- A way of creating the illusion of depth on a
two-dimensional surface
92.
Pigment– Any coloring matter mixed with a liquid or binder to make
paint, ink, crayons, etc.
93.
Pinch –A method of hand-building pottery or sculpture by pressing,
pulling, and pinching clay or other soft
materials
94.
Point of View – Angle from which the viewer sees an
object
95.
Portrait- An artwork that shows a specific person or animal. Often
shows only the face
96.
Positive Space - Shapes or
forms.
97.
Primary Colors - The first colors from which all other spectrum are
mixed: red, yellow, blue.
98.
Principles of Design - The rules by which an artist organizes the
Elements of Art to create a work of art: Balance, Emphasis, Contrast/Variety,
Rhythm/Repetition, Unity, Proportion
99.
Printmaking- The design and production of pints by an
artist
100.
Proportion - The size relationships of parts to a whole and to each
other
101.
Radial Balance – Type of balance in which lines, shapes or elements
branch out from a central
102.
point in a circular pattern
103.
Realistic - Art that shows life as it is. Art that aims to reproduce
things as they appear
104.
Relief Printmaking – Technique in which the image is printed form a
raised surface, usually by cutting away non-image area. Includes linocut,
woodcut, collagraph and etching.
105.
Relief Sculpture – Type of sculpture in which forms project from a flat
background.
106.
Rhythm – Principle of Design that shows the regular repetition of any
of the elements of design,
107.
with or without periodic
alteration
108.
Scale - The relative size of an object as compared to other objects, to
the environment or the
109.
human figure
110.
Sculpture - Three-dimensional
artwork
111.
Sculpture in the Round - Freestanding sculpture that is complete on all
sides
112.
Seascape - A picture of the outside, with the body of water being the
most important part
113.
Secondary Colors - Color made by mixing two primary colors: orange,
violet, green
114.
Serigraph – Technique that uses a squeegee to force ink through
selected parts of stretched mesh containing the image. The process is also
called silkscreen.
115.
Shade - The dark value of a color made by mixing black with a color.
The opposite of tint
116.
Shading - The use of a range of values to define
form
117.
Shape – An element of art. Shape is enclosed space having only two
dimensions (height x width)
118.
Simulated Texture –Texture that is created through careful and
methodical imitation of actual and
119.
natural textures.
120.
Slab - Hand building ceramic method in which flat pieces of moist clay
are joined together with slip
121.
Soft Edge -
122.
Space – An element of art that refers to the emptiness between, around,
above, below, or within
123.
objects. The distance around and between things. An area that can be
filled with an art
124.
element
125.
Still Life – An arrangement of inanimate
objects
126.
Stippling – A shading technique which uses layering of repeated dots to
create the appearance of volume
127.
Subject – The image that viewers can easily recognize in a work of
art
128.
Subtractive – A sculpture technique in which material is removed by
carved or cutting
129.
Symbol – An image that stands for an idea or has a meaning other than
its outward appearance
130.
Symmetrical Balance Two sides of a composition are identical. Also
called Formal Balance
131.
Texture – Element of art that refers to how things feel or how they
might look on the surface
132.
Theme – The most important idea or subject in a composition; the
subject of a work of art, sometimes with a number of phrases or
variations
133.
Three-Dimensional – Artwork that has height, width and
depth
134.
Tint – Light value of a color made by mixing white with a
color
135.
Translucent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it, but one cannot see through it
136.
Transparent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it
137.
Two-Dimensional –Artwork that is flat or measured in only two ways
(height and width)
138.
Unity – Principle of design that relates to the sense of wholeness in
an artwork. A coherent relationship among the elements in a work of
art
139.
Value – Element of art that refers to lightness or darkness of gray or
a color
140.
Vanishing Point – Point on the horizon where receding parallel lines
seem to meet
141.
Variety – Principle of design concerned with difference or
contrast
142.
Warm Colors – Colors around orange on the color wheel: red, orange,
yellow
143.
Warp – In weaving, lengthwise threads held in place on the loom and
crossed by the weft threads
144.
Wash – A thin, transparent layer of
paint
145.
Weaving – Interlacing two sets of parallel threads. Decorative art made
by interlocking one material into other
materials
146.
Weft – In weaving, the filling threads, running horizontally in
weaving
-
64.
Informal Balance - Two sides of a composition have the same visual
weight, but the lines, shapes and colors are not the same. Also called
Asymmetrical Balance
65.
Intensity- The brightness or dullness of a
color
66.
Intermediate Colors - Colors created by the combination of a primary
and a secondary color that are next to each other on the color wheel:
yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blueviolet, blue-green, yellow-green.
Also called tertiary colors
67.
Invented Texture - A type of invented texture that does not represent a
real texture but creates the sensation of one by repeating lines and shapes in a
two-dimensional pattern. Fabricated texture from the imagination in contrast to
one produced by nature. Texture derived by observation and simplification of
actual texture
68.
Landscape- A picture of the outside, with the landforms being the most
important part
69.
Line -The path of a moving dot
70.
Linear Perspective – A system of drawing or painting to give the
illusion of depth on a flat surface. All parallel lines receding into the
distance are drawn to one or more imaginary vanishing points on the horizon in
such a work
71.
Medium –Material, such as pencil, pen, watercolors, oil paint, pastel,
acrylic paint, clay, wood, stone, found objects, etc., used to create art.
Plural is Media
72.
Middleground- Area in an artwork between the foreground and
background
73.
Modeling- Technique of adding to or building up clay, plaster, metal or
other pliable materials into three-dimensional forms. Also called
Additive
74.
Monochromatic– A color scheme using tints and shades of one
color
75.
Mono-print- A print made in an edition of one, often from a painting
made on a non-absorbent surface
76.
Negative Shape - Flat area that is not the subject
matter
77.
Negative Space – Empty spaces surrounding shapes and
forms
78.
Neutral Colors - Color category that encompasses whites, grays, blacks
and browns
79.
Non-Objective- Style of art in which there is no recognizable subject
matter
80.
Opaque –Quality of a material that does not let any light pass through.
Opposite of transparent
81.
Organic Shapes - A fluid shape having none of the angularity associated
with geometric shapes.
82.
Organic shapes are often associated with objects in
nature
83.
Original- One of a kind
84.
Overlapping- Placing one object in front of another to show
depth
85.
Paint –Pigment mixed with oil or
water
86.
Painting- To make an artwork using wet media such as tempera or
watercolor paints
87.
Pallette- Tray used by painters for mixing colors of
paint
88.
Parallel– Lines that move in the same direction and always stay the
same distance apart
89.
Perpendicular-
90.
Pattern– A choice of lines, colors and/or shapes repeated over and over
in a planned way
91.
Perspective- A way of creating the illusion of depth on a
two-dimensional surface
92.
Pigment– Any coloring matter mixed with a liquid or binder to make
paint, ink, crayons, etc.
93.
Pinch –A method of hand-building pottery or sculpture by pressing,
pulling, and pinching clay or other soft
materials
94.
Point of View – Angle from which the viewer sees an
object
95.
Portrait- An artwork that shows a specific person or animal. Often
shows only the face
96.
Positive Space - Shapes or
forms.
97.
Primary Colors - The first colors from which all other spectrum are
mixed: red, yellow, blue.
98.
Principles of Design - The rules by which an artist organizes the
Elements of Art to create a work of art: Balance, Emphasis, Contrast/Variety,
Rhythm/Repetition, Unity, Proportion
99.
Printmaking- The design and production of pints by an
artist
100.
Proportion - The size relationships of parts to a whole and to each
other
101.
Radial Balance – Type of balance in which lines, shapes or elements
branch out from a central
102.
point in a circular pattern
103.
Realistic - Art that shows life as it is. Art that aims to reproduce
things as they appear
104.
Relief Printmaking – Technique in which the image is printed form a
raised surface, usually by cutting away non-image area. Includes linocut,
woodcut, collagraph and etching.
105.
Relief Sculpture – Type of sculpture in which forms project from a flat
background.
106.
Rhythm – Principle of Design that shows the regular repetition of any
of the elements of design,
107.
with or without periodic
alteration
108.
Scale - The relative size of an object as compared to other objects, to
the environment or the
109.
human figure
110.
Sculpture - Three-dimensional
artwork
111.
Sculpture in the Round - Freestanding sculpture that is complete on all
sides
112.
Seascape - A picture of the outside, with the body of water being the
most important part
113.
Secondary Colors - Color made by mixing two primary colors: orange,
violet, green
114.
Serigraph – Technique that uses a squeegee to force ink through
selected parts of stretched mesh containing the image. The process is also
called silkscreen.
115.
Shade - The dark value of a color made by mixing black with a color.
The opposite of tint
116.
Shading - The use of a range of values to define
form
117.
Shape – An element of art. Shape is enclosed space having only two
dimensions (height x width)
118.
Simulated Texture –Texture that is created through careful and
methodical imitation of actual and
119.
natural textures.
120.
Slab - Hand building ceramic method in which flat pieces of moist clay
are joined together with slip
121.
Soft Edge -
122.
Space – An element of art that refers to the emptiness between, around,
above, below, or within
123.
objects. The distance around and between things. An area that can be
filled with an art
124.
element
125.
Still Life – An arrangement of inanimate
objects
126.
Stippling – A shading technique which uses layering of repeated dots to
create the appearance of volume
127.
Subject – The image that viewers can easily recognize in a work of
art
128.
Subtractive – A sculpture technique in which material is removed by
carved or cutting
129.
Symbol – An image that stands for an idea or has a meaning other than
its outward appearance
130.
Symmetrical Balance Two sides of a composition are identical. Also
called Formal Balance
131.
Texture – Element of art that refers to how things feel or how they
might look on the surface
132.
Theme – The most important idea or subject in a composition; the
subject of a work of art, sometimes with a number of phrases or
variations
133.
Three-Dimensional – Artwork that has height, width and
depth
134.
Tint – Light value of a color made by mixing white with a
color
135.
Translucent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it, but one cannot see through it
136.
Transparent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it
137.
Two-Dimensional –Artwork that is flat or measured in only two ways
(height and width)
138.
Unity – Principle of design that relates to the sense of wholeness in
an artwork. A coherent relationship among the elements in a work of
art
139.
Value – Element of art that refers to lightness or darkness of gray or
a color
140.
Vanishing Point – Point on the horizon where receding parallel lines
seem to meet
141.
Variety – Principle of design concerned with difference or
contrast
142.
Warm Colors – Colors around orange on the color wheel: red, orange,
yellow
143.
Warp – In weaving, lengthwise threads held in place on the loom and
crossed by the weft threads
144.
Wash – A thin, transparent layer of
paint
145.
Weaving – Interlacing two sets of parallel threads. Decorative art made
by interlocking one material into other
materials
146.
Weft – In weaving, the filling threads, running horizontally in
weaving
Expectations
1. Abstract- Art that exaggerates, is simplified or distorted
2. Actual Texture – The existing surface quality of an object as
communicated primarily the sense of
touch
3. Additive Sculpture - Technique of adding to or building up clay,
plaster, metal or other pliable materials into three-dimensional forms. Also
called Modeling
4. Aesthetics- The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and value of art
5. Analogous- Colors next to each other on the color wheel that have a
common hue
6.
Architectural Style - Type of design used frequently during a certain
time in history
7.
Architecture- Art form of planning and constructing buildings to meet a
variety of human needs
8.
Arbitrary Color – Colors chosen by the artist independent of what is
observed
9. Art Criticism Process – Organized approach to the observation and evaluation of a work of art using description, analysis, interpretation and judgment
10.
Assemblage– An artwork created by combining three-dimensional
objects
11.
Asymmetrical Balance - Two sides of a composition are different, but
have the same visual weight. Also called Informal
Balance
12.
Atmospheric Perspective – A method of creating the illusion of depth by
representing objects further away with less clarity of contour and diminished
color and contrast. Also called
13.
Aerial Perspective
14.
Background- The part of an artwork farthest away from the viewer and
closest to the horizon line
15.
Balance –
Principle of design that deals with arranging visual elements so that a
composition has equal visual weight on each side of an imaginary middle
line
16.
Batik -Method of dyeing cloth that involves the use of resist materials
to prevent dye from coloring certain areas of the
cloth
17. Center of Interest - The focal point or area of emphasis
18.
Ceramics- Sculpture or pottery made from
clay
19.
Cityscape- A picture of the outside, with the city or buildings being
the most important part
20.
Clay, Natural A moist earth of decomposed rock used to create
pottery
21.
Coil –Long roll of clay or fiber joined into a circle or
spiral
22.
Collage- From the French word ‘coller’ that means ‘to paste.’ A collage
is a composition made byattaching a variety of materials to a flat
surface.
24.
Collagraph– A print made from a specifically constructed plate that has
been produced in a collage manner, resulting in high and low surfaces which hold
ink differently during printing
25.
Color –
Element of art derived from reflected light. Color has three properties: hue,
value and intensity
26.
Color Schemes Purposely selected group of colors chosen for their
unique relationship to one another. Types of color schemes include:
monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triad,
split-complementary
27.
Color Wheel – A predetermined arrangement of the primary, secondary and
intermediate colors on a circular wheel used to define color
relationships
28.
Complementary Colors Any two colors opposite each other on the color
wheel. Ex. Red-green, blue-orange,
yellow-violet
29.
Composition- The arrangement of the elements and/or objects in an
artwork. The way principles of art are used to organize
elements
30.
Contour Line - An outline drawing of a form or object. Defines edges
and surface ridges
31.
Contrast– A Principle of design that refers to a difference between
elements in an artwork
32.
Cool Colors - Colors around blue on the color wheel: green, blue,
violet
33.
Crosshatching- Shading technique which uses layering of repeated,
parallel lines in different directions to create the appearance of
volume
34.
Depth -Distance between foreground, middleground and
background
35.
Design -A visual plan, organization or arrangements of elements in a
work of art
36.
Diagonal– Lines that slant
37.
Drawing- Using lines to show forms or
figures
38.
Dry Brush - Lightly touching the surface with a brush coated in ink,
paint or other medium to create a scratchy, textured effect
40.
Edition– Set of prints made from the same
plate
41.
Elements of Art The language of art of the basic elements used when
producing works of art: Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Color, Value,
Space
43.
Emphasis- The principle of design that stresses one element or area of
a work of art to make it attract the viewer’s attention
45.
Etching– Intaglio technique in which acid is used to incise lines in a
metal plate. Includes aquatint, soft grounds and hard ground
47.
Fiber Arts -
48.
Figure Drawing - Drawing the whole body of a
person
49.
Focal Point – Area of an artwork that attracts the attention
first
50.
Foreground- The part of an artwork closest to the viewer and usually
positioned at the bottom of the artwork
51.
Form -An Element of art that has three dimensions (height, width and
depth) and encloses space
52.
Formal Balance - Two sides of a composition are identical. Also called
Symmetrical Balance
53.
Free Form Shape - Unique shapes without given
names
54.
Function- The purpose for which an object is to be
used
55.
Geometric- Shapes or forms with mathematical names that can be defined
using mathematical formulas: circle, triangle, square, sphere, cube, prism,
pyramid
56.
Hatching- Shading technique that uses layering of repeated, parallel
lines to create the appearance of
volume
57.
Hard Edge – In 2-dimensional artwork, shapes with clearly define
outlines
58.
Horizon Line - Line where the sky and ground appear to
meet
59.
Horizontal - A line that is parallel to the top and bottom edges of the
surface plane
60.
Hue - Another name for color. Hueis related to the wavelength of the
reflected light
61.
Illusion of Depth - Feeling or appearance of distance created by color,
value, line, placement and size on a flat surface
63.
1.
Impressed Texture -
2.
Informal Balance - Two sides of a composition have the same visual
weight, but the lines, shapes and colors are not the same. Also called
Asymmetrical Balance
3.
Intensity - The brightness or dullness of a
color
4.
Intermediate Colors - Colors created by the combination of a primary
and a secondary color that are next to each other on the color wheel:
yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blueviolet, blue-green, yellow-green.
Also called tertiary colors
5.
Invented Texture - A type of invented texture that does not represent a
real texture but creates the sensation of one by repeating lines and shapes in a
two-dimensional pattern. Fabricated texture from the imagination in contrast to
one produced by nature. Texture derived by observation and simplification of
actual texture
6.
Landscape - A picture of the outside, with the landforms being the most
important part
7.
Line - The path of a moving
dot
67.
Invented Texture - A type of invented texture that does not represent a
real texture but creates the sensation of one by repeating lines and shapes in a
two-dimensional pattern. Fabricated texture from the imagination in contrast to
one produced by nature. Texture derived by observation and simplification of
actual texture
68.
Landscape- A picture of the outside, with the landforms being the most
important part
69.
Line -The path of a moving dot
70.
Linear Perspective – A system of drawing or painting to give the
illusion of depth on a flat surface. All parallel lines receding into the
distance are drawn to one or more imaginary vanishing points on the horizon in
such a work
71.
Medium –Material, such as pencil, pen, watercolors, oil paint, pastel,
acrylic paint, clay, wood, stone, found objects, etc., used to create art.
Plural is Media
72.
Middleground- Area in an artwork between the foreground and
background
73.
Modeling- Technique of adding to or building up clay, plaster, metal or
other pliable materials into three-dimensional forms. Also called
Additive
74.
Monochromatic– A color scheme using tints and shades of one
color
75.
Mono-print- A print made in an edition of one, often from a painting
made on a non-absorbent surface
76.
Negative Shape - Flat area that is not the subject
matter
77.
Negative Space – Empty spaces surrounding shapes and
forms
78.
Neutral Colors - Color category that encompasses whites, grays, blacks
and browns
79.
Non-Objective- Style of art in which there is no recognizable subject
matter
80.
Opaque –Quality of a material that does not let any light pass through.
Opposite of transparent
81.
Organic Shapes - A fluid shape having none of the angularity associated
with geometric shapes.
82.
Organic shapes are often associated with objects in
nature
83.
Original- One of a kind
84.
Overlapping- Placing one object in front of another to show
depth
85.
Paint –Pigment mixed with oil or
water
86.
Painting- To make an artwork using wet media such as tempera or
watercolor paints
87.
Pallette- Tray used by painters for mixing colors of
paint
88.
Parallel– Lines that move in the same direction and always stay the
same distance apart
89.
Perpendicular-
90.
Pattern– A choice of lines, colors and/or shapes repeated over and over
in a planned way
91.
Perspective- A way of creating the illusion of depth on a
two-dimensional surface
92.
Pigment– Any coloring matter mixed with a liquid or binder to make
paint, ink, crayons, etc.
93.
Pinch –A method of hand-building pottery or sculpture by pressing,
pulling, and pinching clay or other soft
materials
94.
Point of View – Angle from which the viewer sees an
object
95.
Portrait- An artwork that shows a specific person or animal. Often
shows only the face
96.
Positive Space - Shapes or
forms.
97.
Primary Colors - The first colors from which all other spectrum are
mixed: red, yellow, blue.
98.
Principles of Design - The rules by which an artist organizes the
Elements of Art to create a work of art: Balance, Emphasis, Contrast/Variety,
Rhythm/Repetition, Unity, Proportion
99.
Printmaking- The design and production of pints by an
artist
100.
Proportion - The size relationships of parts to a whole and to each
other
101.
Radial Balance – Type of balance in which lines, shapes or elements
branch out from a central
102.
point in a circular pattern
103.
Realistic - Art that shows life as it is. Art that aims to reproduce
things as they appear
104.
Relief Printmaking – Technique in which the image is printed form a
raised surface, usually by cutting away non-image area. Includes linocut,
woodcut, collagraph and etching.
105.
Relief Sculpture – Type of sculpture in which forms project from a flat
background.
106.
Rhythm – Principle of Design that shows the regular repetition of any
of the elements of design,
107.
with or without periodic
alteration
108.
Scale - The relative size of an object as compared to other objects, to
the environment or the
109.
human figure
110.
Sculpture - Three-dimensional
artwork
111.
Sculpture in the Round - Freestanding sculpture that is complete on all
sides
112.
Seascape - A picture of the outside, with the body of water being the
most important part
113.
Secondary Colors - Color made by mixing two primary colors: orange,
violet, green
114.
Serigraph – Technique that uses a squeegee to force ink through
selected parts of stretched mesh containing the image. The process is also
called silkscreen.
115.
Shade - The dark value of a color made by mixing black with a color.
The opposite of tint
116.
Shading - The use of a range of values to define
form
117.
Shape – An element of art. Shape is enclosed space having only two
dimensions (height x width)
118.
Simulated Texture –Texture that is created through careful and
methodical imitation of actual and
119.
natural textures.
120.
Slab - Hand building ceramic method in which flat pieces of moist clay
are joined together with slip
121.
Soft Edge -
122.
Space – An element of art that refers to the emptiness between, around,
above, below, or within
123.
objects. The distance around and between things. An area that can be
filled with an art
124.
element
125.
Still Life – An arrangement of inanimate
objects
126.
Stippling – A shading technique which uses layering of repeated dots to
create the appearance of volume
127.
Subject – The image that viewers can easily recognize in a work of
art
128.
Subtractive – A sculpture technique in which material is removed by
carved or cutting
129.
Symbol – An image that stands for an idea or has a meaning other than
its outward appearance
130.
Symmetrical Balance Two sides of a composition are identical. Also
called Formal Balance
131.
Texture – Element of art that refers to how things feel or how they
might look on the surface
132.
Theme – The most important idea or subject in a composition; the
subject of a work of art, sometimes with a number of phrases or
variations
133.
Three-Dimensional – Artwork that has height, width and
depth
134.
Tint – Light value of a color made by mixing white with a
color
135.
Translucent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it, but one cannot see through it
136.
Transparent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it
137.
Two-Dimensional –Artwork that is flat or measured in only two ways
(height and width)
138.
Unity – Principle of design that relates to the sense of wholeness in
an artwork. A coherent relationship among the elements in a work of
art
139.
Value – Element of art that refers to lightness or darkness of gray or
a color
140.
Vanishing Point – Point on the horizon where receding parallel lines
seem to meet
141.
Variety – Principle of design concerned with difference or
contrast
142.
Warm Colors – Colors around orange on the color wheel: red, orange,
yellow
143.
Warp – In weaving, lengthwise threads held in place on the loom and
crossed by the weft threads
144.
Wash – A thin, transparent layer of
paint
145.
Weaving – Interlacing two sets of parallel threads. Decorative art made
by interlocking one material into other
materials
146.
Weft – In weaving, the filling threads, running horizontally in
weaving
-
64.
Informal Balance - Two sides of a composition have the same visual
weight, but the lines, shapes and colors are not the same. Also called
Asymmetrical Balance
65.
Intensity- The brightness or dullness of a
color
66.
Intermediate Colors - Colors created by the combination of a primary
and a secondary color that are next to each other on the color wheel:
yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blueviolet, blue-green, yellow-green.
Also called tertiary colors
67.
Invented Texture - A type of invented texture that does not represent a
real texture but creates the sensation of one by repeating lines and shapes in a
two-dimensional pattern. Fabricated texture from the imagination in contrast to
one produced by nature. Texture derived by observation and simplification of
actual texture
68.
Landscape- A picture of the outside, with the landforms being the most
important part
69.
Line -The path of a moving dot
70.
Linear Perspective – A system of drawing or painting to give the
illusion of depth on a flat surface. All parallel lines receding into the
distance are drawn to one or more imaginary vanishing points on the horizon in
such a work
71.
Medium –Material, such as pencil, pen, watercolors, oil paint, pastel,
acrylic paint, clay, wood, stone, found objects, etc., used to create art.
Plural is Media
72.
Middleground- Area in an artwork between the foreground and
background
73.
Modeling- Technique of adding to or building up clay, plaster, metal or
other pliable materials into three-dimensional forms. Also called
Additive
74.
Monochromatic– A color scheme using tints and shades of one
color
75.
Mono-print- A print made in an edition of one, often from a painting
made on a non-absorbent surface
76.
Negative Shape - Flat area that is not the subject
matter
77.
Negative Space – Empty spaces surrounding shapes and
forms
78.
Neutral Colors - Color category that encompasses whites, grays, blacks
and browns
79.
Non-Objective- Style of art in which there is no recognizable subject
matter
80.
Opaque –Quality of a material that does not let any light pass through.
Opposite of transparent
81.
Organic Shapes - A fluid shape having none of the angularity associated
with geometric shapes.
82.
Organic shapes are often associated with objects in
nature
83.
Original- One of a kind
84.
Overlapping- Placing one object in front of another to show
depth
85.
Paint –Pigment mixed with oil or
water
86.
Painting- To make an artwork using wet media such as tempera or
watercolor paints
87.
Pallette- Tray used by painters for mixing colors of
paint
88.
Parallel– Lines that move in the same direction and always stay the
same distance apart
89.
Perpendicular-
90.
Pattern– A choice of lines, colors and/or shapes repeated over and over
in a planned way
91.
Perspective- A way of creating the illusion of depth on a
two-dimensional surface
92.
Pigment– Any coloring matter mixed with a liquid or binder to make
paint, ink, crayons, etc.
93.
Pinch –A method of hand-building pottery or sculpture by pressing,
pulling, and pinching clay or other soft
materials
94.
Point of View – Angle from which the viewer sees an
object
95.
Portrait- An artwork that shows a specific person or animal. Often
shows only the face
96.
Positive Space - Shapes or
forms.
97.
Primary Colors - The first colors from which all other spectrum are
mixed: red, yellow, blue.
98.
Principles of Design - The rules by which an artist organizes the
Elements of Art to create a work of art: Balance, Emphasis, Contrast/Variety,
Rhythm/Repetition, Unity, Proportion
99.
Printmaking- The design and production of pints by an
artist
100.
Proportion - The size relationships of parts to a whole and to each
other
101.
Radial Balance – Type of balance in which lines, shapes or elements
branch out from a central
102.
point in a circular pattern
103.
Realistic - Art that shows life as it is. Art that aims to reproduce
things as they appear
104.
Relief Printmaking – Technique in which the image is printed form a
raised surface, usually by cutting away non-image area. Includes linocut,
woodcut, collagraph and etching.
105.
Relief Sculpture – Type of sculpture in which forms project from a flat
background.
106.
Rhythm – Principle of Design that shows the regular repetition of any
of the elements of design,
107.
with or without periodic
alteration
108.
Scale - The relative size of an object as compared to other objects, to
the environment or the
109.
human figure
110.
Sculpture - Three-dimensional
artwork
111.
Sculpture in the Round - Freestanding sculpture that is complete on all
sides
112.
Seascape - A picture of the outside, with the body of water being the
most important part
113.
Secondary Colors - Color made by mixing two primary colors: orange,
violet, green
114.
Serigraph – Technique that uses a squeegee to force ink through
selected parts of stretched mesh containing the image. The process is also
called silkscreen.
115.
Shade - The dark value of a color made by mixing black with a color.
The opposite of tint
116.
Shading - The use of a range of values to define
form
117.
Shape – An element of art. Shape is enclosed space having only two
dimensions (height x width)
118.
Simulated Texture –Texture that is created through careful and
methodical imitation of actual and
119.
natural textures.
120.
Slab - Hand building ceramic method in which flat pieces of moist clay
are joined together with slip
121.
Soft Edge -
122.
Space – An element of art that refers to the emptiness between, around,
above, below, or within
123.
objects. The distance around and between things. An area that can be
filled with an art
124.
element
125.
Still Life – An arrangement of inanimate
objects
126.
Stippling – A shading technique which uses layering of repeated dots to
create the appearance of volume
127.
Subject – The image that viewers can easily recognize in a work of
art
128.
Subtractive – A sculpture technique in which material is removed by
carved or cutting
129.
Symbol – An image that stands for an idea or has a meaning other than
its outward appearance
130.
Symmetrical Balance Two sides of a composition are identical. Also
called Formal Balance
131.
Texture – Element of art that refers to how things feel or how they
might look on the surface
132.
Theme – The most important idea or subject in a composition; the
subject of a work of art, sometimes with a number of phrases or
variations
133.
Three-Dimensional – Artwork that has height, width and
depth
134.
Tint – Light value of a color made by mixing white with a
color
135.
Translucent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it, but one cannot see through it
136.
Transparent – Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
it
137.
Two-Dimensional –Artwork that is flat or measured in only two ways
(height and width)
138.
Unity – Principle of design that relates to the sense of wholeness in
an artwork. A coherent relationship among the elements in a work of
art
139.
Value – Element of art that refers to lightness or darkness of gray or
a color
140.
Vanishing Point – Point on the horizon where receding parallel lines
seem to meet
141.
Variety – Principle of design concerned with difference or
contrast
142.
Warm Colors – Colors around orange on the color wheel: red, orange,
yellow
143.
Warp – In weaving, lengthwise threads held in place on the loom and
crossed by the weft threads
144.
Wash – A thin, transparent layer of
paint
145.
Weaving – Interlacing two sets of parallel threads. Decorative art made
by interlocking one material into other
materials
146.
Weft – In weaving, the filling threads, running horizontally in
weaving