CPAR Quiz 2

Elements of Art

Convey meaning and express feelings/ideas

Line

Body’s axis as it moves toward different directions and adjusts to a point of reference

Color

Associated with our experiences of cold/warmth, night/day, and darkness/light

Hue

Name of the colors and how light waves of various lengths bounce off objects and enter our eyes

Warm Hue

Longer wavelengths, easily discernible, advancing

Cool Hue

Shorter wavelengths, seem to merge, recede

Secondary Colors

Orange, Violet, Green

Primary Colors

Blue, Yellow, Red

Saturation

How “true” the color is

Intensity

Degree/purity of saturation of strength of a color

Brilliance

Really bright colors

Value/Tone

Brightness/Darkness

Polychromatic

Many colors

Monochromatic

One color (often mixed with white/gray to achieve many tones)

Black

Absorbs all

White

Reflects all

Representational (Use)

Depicts the world as accurate as possible

Value

Gradations of tone from light to dark

Representational Painting (Value)

Shading, blending, and chiaroscuro to make flat surfaces look like they have depth

Non-representational (Value)

Black and White photography

Tint

Adding white to a pure hue

Shade

Adding black to a pure hue

Value Scale

Gradual change from lightest to darkest values

Value Contrast

Light and dark values beside each other for contrast

High-key

All light values in a picture

Low-key

All dark values in a picture

Texture

How objects and surfaces seem to feel

Shape

Forms that are 2D or 3D

2D

Exists as planes having length and width

3D

Possesses length, width, and volume

Geometric

Rectilinear or Curvilinear (architecture/manufactured items)

Rectilinear

Geometric shapes formed by straight lines

Curvilinear

Geometric shapes consisting of or bounded by curved lines

Biomorphic

Shapes that are irregular but resemble nature forms

Free-invention

Shapes created freely by the artist

Composition in Space

• Relationship between figures and elements

• How elements are organized and composed according to principles of organization
  

Movement

Occur in 2D designs as rhythm or their alternation/progression unfolding in a series

Complementary Colors

Opposite of each other

Triadic

Uses 3 colors that are evenly spaced (like a triangle)

Tetratic

Uses 2 pairs (4 colors) of complementary colors

Square

4 colors evenly spaced out (square)

Analogous

3 colors beside each other

Split Complement

Like complementary but instead of opposites, it uses the 2 adjacent colors of the opposite

Dynamic

Appears to be moving

Organic

Nature characteristics flowing, informal, and irregular

Static

Appears stable and resting

Positive

Solid form in design

Negative

Space around positive

Tone

Adding gray to a pure hue

Chiaroscuro

Play of light and dark