Fine Arts Final

The most restful type of line generally is:

Horizontal

The term _____ is used to describe where a painting falls on a scale from light to dark.

Value

In _______ perspective, objects in the distance are depicted as faint due to the effects of light and air.

Atmospheric

The artistic representation of parallel becoming closer together as they recede into the distance is the technique of _____ of perspective.

Linear

Chiaroscuro is _________.

The use of light and dark to create a three-dimensional effect.

The most active type of line generally is ________.

Diagonal

A painting in which the primary subject matter seems to continue outside the frame is described as having ________ form.

Open

If an artwork resembles nature so closely that a difference is not seen readily, it can be described as ________.

Realistic

When a given shape is used throughout a picture, the compositional technique of ________ is present.

Theme and variation

Portraying only part oof an object, e.g., a limb, as shorter than the rest of the object, in order to make that part look farther away is the perspective technique of ________.

Foreshortening

If a picture expresses strength and stability, the artist most likely has made significant use of ________ lines.

Vertical

The word purity refers to the element of:

Intensity

The word palette refers to the element of:

Hue

The process used in creating Dale Chihuly’s work is best described as:

Substitution

A dime/quarter/penny would best be described as the following type of sculpture:

Relief

Maya Lin created:

Vietnam War Memorial

The way a sculpture can change color due to weathering is termed:

Patina

Dale Chihuly works with?

Paint, paper, glass

If you are looking at the sculpture of a man standing on a pedestal in the middle of an open courtyard, and this man has his legs separated and his hands held out wide as if he is gesturing to God, then this sculpture is both ________ and ________.

Open/full round

Tensile strength

The ability to twist or bent

Compressive strength

The ability to withstand forces pushed into it

Columns

Up right structures

Doric

Very plain, square

Ionic

Scroll

Corinthian

Leafy

Fluting

Decorated vertical lines that runs the length of the column

Colonnade

Series of columns side by side you can walk through.

Roman

Round

Gothic

Pointed

Arcade

Arches

Tunnel vault

Series of arches and swoosh them together

Groin vault

Two arches coming together at a 90 degree angle

Ribbed vault

Masonry (stone structure that decorates the arches) that protrudes from an arch.

Penditive

Positive space

Buttress

An exterior masonry support projecting from a wall to strengthen it against the thrust of vaults.

Bearing wall construction

The walls support themselves

Skeleton frame construction

A skeleton frame that supports the wall

Balloon construction

Used to make houses, wooden skeletal frame, dry wall over the top of it

Steel cage construction

Skeleton of steel

Cantilever

A beam supported at only one end while the other extends out over open space

Scale

Uses the human body for comparison

Proportion

the relationship of individual elements of the structure to each other

Compatibility/contrast

fit in environment, almost designed to be camouflage

Narrative

story

Documentary

attempt to film the actual events just as it occurs

Absolute

film for its own sake

Genres

type or kind

frame

22mm x 16mm

speed

16 fps

persistence of vision

an optical illusion where the human eye retains an image for a fraction of a second after it has disappeared

plot

the sequence of interconnected events that make up a story

exposition

the background information that lets you know what the world of the show is

stasis

life at normal

inciting incident

something that breaks/change life at normal

rising action

the series of events in a story that build tension, suspense, and conflict, leading up the climax

conflict

something that happens that must be resolve

denouement

the falling action where life returns to normal

theme

the central idea and the message

character

the way in which the actor lives out the story

continuity

keeping the things the exact same from shot to shot

director

controls everything and everyone, creates the vision

director of photography/cinematographer

brings the director’s vision to life

editors

put the film together at the end and cut out the parts that aren’t needed, tape the film together, follows the director’s vision

designers

controlled by the director, makes the looks

storyboarding

draw pictures of the shots they want to be taken

establishing

show location

master

shot of entire scene from top to bottom

long shot

the object being shot takes up less than 50% of the screen

medium or two shot

two people, see them from the waist up

shoulder shot

shot cut from the shoulders

close-up

comes in really close, just a face or partial of it

objective

outside the action of what’s going on

subjective

puts you inside the action

normal eye level

normal

high angle

up high

low angle

lower

pan

the camera remains vertically stationary and moves right to left or left to right

tilt

camera tilted

track

shot that moves with the characters

dolly

in and out

crane

on a crane

wild

hand-held, goes all over the place

zoom

where the camera stays still, and the lens is zeroing in to focus (zoom is lens movement, NOT camera movement)

rack or different focus

the main object is clear and the stuff in the background is blurry

depth of focus

everything is clear

wide-angle

wider than normal

dissolves

things that are manipulated within the camera as its shooting

fade in/fade out

goes from black, slowly fades in to vision

lap dissolve

two cameras, shot spontaneously cross or overlay each other

wipe

fully bright, put an object from the side or fading black

iris in/iris out

aperture in the lens, starts at black and opens up, makes a circular image for a few seconds before opening up

editing

post-production

cut

cutting the film

crosscutting

shot a bunch of stuff with one camera, take the film out and put it together so it shows things happening at the same time

jump cut

brins the continuity of time by either jumping forward or backward in time

form cut

an instantaneous transition from one shot to another

montage

compress or elongate time

pure dramatic music

compose for the film itself

adapted

music that is already composed, and then is elongated or shorten to fit the amount of film that the director wants to

extrinsic

sounds that are not heard by the actor