Beg. Art Chapter One Review

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How something feels or looks as it would feel on its surface...: Texture
The lightness or darkness of something is...: value
The most important part of a work of art is...: content
The basic visual symbols in the language of art is...: elements of art
Describe a form.: three-dimensional and encloses space, has length, width and depth
Emptiness or the area between, around or within objects.: space
visual images that represent something else...: models
What is a medium?: material used to make a work of art
Describe a line.: Continuous mark made by a moving, pointed tool (pencil)
What are the "principles of art"?: the rules or guidelines of the language of art
Describe color.: derived from light; has hue, value, and intensity
What is the subject of a work of art?: Part of the artwork that is easily recognized, what is represented
Describe shape.: two-dimensional, encloses space, has only length and width
Name the 7 principles of desighn.: rythm, movement, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, unity
Name the 6 elements of art.: line, shape, form, space, value, color, texture
A drawing that captures movement is...: gesture drawing
A line that cahnges direction gradually...: curved line
A line that stands straight up and down...: vertical line
What is a zigzag line and what does it express?: a line that is a combination of diagonal lines that chages direction suddenly; activeness, active
What is static? Give examples of a static line..: inactive, at rest; horizontal and vertical lines
What is a contour line?: line that defines the edges and surface rdges of an object
Beautiful handwriting..: calligraphy
What is crosshatching?: Lines that cross each other to create shading
Refers to to the lightness or darkness of somthing?: value
What means moving or not at rest? Give examples of this..: active; zigzag, diagonal, and curved lines
What are horizontal lines and what do they express?: parallel to the horizon; imply inactiveness, static
What are implied lines?: a series of points the viewer's eyes connect, is not a real line
Lines that slant and look as if they are rising and falling...: diagonal lines
What is a dimension?: The amount of space an object takes up in one direction
Where is a color's complement located?: the other side of the color wheel
What are pigments?: finely ground colored powders used in artist's colors
What concerns with the lightness or dullness of a color?: value
What do you do when you add black to a color?: shade
Brightness or dullness of a HUE is...: intensity
Plans for organizing colors are...: color schemes
What are analogus colors?: colors right next to each other on the color wheel and have a color in common (blue green and blue)
What kind of colors tend to move towards the viewer? Give examples of color...: warm; red, orange, and yellow
What is a monochromatic color scheme?: uses tints and shades of one color
Colors such as blue, green, and violet tend to move away from the viewers eye they are called...: cool colors
What is a hue?: name of a spectral color
What do you do when you want to tint a color?: add white
What is a color wheel?: color spectrum bent into a circle
Name three secondary colors: green orange and violet
Red, orange and yellow are...: primary colors
What is the source of all color?: light
Red-orange and blue-green are what kind of colors?: intermediate colors
What does black do?: reflects no light and absorbs all color waves
True or False...rough texture reflects light unevenly.: true
True or False...words that describe textures usually have a reference to the objects color.: false
True or False...texture is an imporant part of any media artists use to express their ideas.: true
True or False...when creating visual textures, the artist has fooled our eyes in a sense to help describe the character of things their work of art and to create an air of realism.: true
What does a shiny surface do?: reflects so much bright light it seems to glow
A matte surface...: reflects a soft, dull light
What kind of surface reflects light unevenly?: rough
What is a real texture?: things that are actually seen and touched
What is the definiton of texture?: element that refers to how things feel or how they look as if they might feel on the surface
What are the four types of printmaking?: blockprinting, intagilo, lithograph, silkscreen
What are the four basic cutting tools used for linoleum?: knife-blade, liner, v-gage, u-gage
What does "pulling the print" mean?: pulling the lineolum copy away from the paper
What is a brayer?: ink roller used to spread ink in printmaking
What areas are carved away?: white
Who invented the printing press?: Guttenberg
What are the steps necessary to create a block print?: draw design, transfer to lineolium block, carve away white areas, apply ink, transfer to paper, apply pressure, pull print

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