Art 100 Exam 1 NVCC

Medium

Materials used to create a piece of art

Kinetic art

A form of art that depends on movement for its effect (Alexander Calder's "Untitled")

Chiaroscuro

Italian term used to describe contrasting areas from light to dark to create the illusion of roundness or bulk

Value

Also known as tone, refers to relative lightness or darkness of surfaces

Intensity

Also known as saturation, refers to the purity of a hue or color. When white, black or gray is added to a pure hue, it's "intensity" diminishes, therefore being dulled

Positive vs Negative Shape

A positive shape is the figure created with the boundaries of a line while a negative shape is the secondary figure incidentally created opposite or in the negative space

Alexander Calder's "United"

A favorite example of kinetic art, suspended in the national gallery of art in Washington D.C.

"Jockey Before the Race"

Edgar Degan

Henri Matisse

"Large Reclining Nude" is the final result of this artist's long process of planning and rearranging the design of a composition

Design

The plan or conventions for the construction of a piece of art

Composition

The overall placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients

Rhythm

Any kind of movement or structure of dominant or subordinate elements in sequence. Usually relevant in dance, music, or poetry; Rhythm can be measured in visual arts through significant variations.

Repetition

The repeating of visual elements in a piece for unity, flow, and emphasis.

Scale

The size relation of one thing to another

Symmetrical Balance

Symmetrical balance refers to the near or exact matching KD left and right sides of a three dimensional form or a two-dimensional composition.

Asymmetrical Balance

In contrast to symmetrical balance, the left and right sides are not exactly matching. Instead various elements aside from actual symmetry are balanced.

Ogata Korin's "Cranes"

Uses both repetition and rhythm

Hatching

Using rows of parallel lines to suggest shadows or volume

Pastel

Art medium in the form of a stick pure powdered; used i oil paints; neutral hue and low saturation

Cartoon

A full size drawing made as a guide for a large work in another medium

Dry medium

Metalpoint, chalk, charcoal, graphite, pastel

Wet medium

Pen, ink, brush, wash

Gouache

watercolor to which an opaque white has been added; also, resulting artwork

Charles White's Preacher

Example of hatching, cross hatching, contour hatching

Impasto

A buildup of thick layers of paint

Tempera

a method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water, typically egg yolk.

Glaze

Liquid glass that melts and bonds to clay through the heat of the kiln.

Encaustic Painting

a painting tecnique in which pigment is mixed with wax and applied to the surface while hot.

Pigments

Substance that makes color of a paint

Proofs

Trial impressions made before the final edition is run

etchings

copper plate with wax coating or varnish, which artist scrapes away

Fresco Painting

The art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water