Visual Litercy Quiz 3- Art 1900

Vocabulary flashcards derived from lecture notes on visual design concepts including scale, proportional systems, and properties of shapes.

Size

Actual mass.

Scale

Feeling of space projected.

Scale/Size Comparisons

Juxtaposing similar objects; playing with size expectations.

Structure & Scale

Smaller structures within the whole; substructures.

Golden Section

A proportional system used by the Greeks.

Tatami mats

A traditional Japanese proportional system.

Monumental Scale

Larger, simpler forms.

Intimate Scale

Implied informality, fluidity, impermanence.

Shape

Visible record of forces on flat surface; inside/outside tension; actual/implied; gestalt.

Simple & Complex Shape

Easily or less easily grasped by eye.

Geometric & Organic Shape

Shapes carrying baggage such as nature/culture and contrived/evolved.

Positive & Negative Shape

Always important relationship.

Weight (Shape)

Characteristics where symmetrical, geometric, squarer, and higher-placed shapes are heavier.

Tension & Shape

Imagining basic shapes pulled or distorted, which gives energy and direction.