Fine Arts Vocabulary

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Pitch

The highness or lowness of a sound.

Rhythm

The way music is organized in time.

Beat

The steady pulse that underlies most music.

Tempo

The speed of the beat.

Harmony

Occurs whenever two or more tones are sounding simultaneously.

Line

The path of a point moving through space.

Shape

Defines the two-dimensional area of an object

Form

Three dimensional object having length width and depth

Color

The names of colors, three primary colors= red, yellow, blue

Value

The lightness or darkness of a color or of gray

Texture

How things feel or how we think they would feel if touched

Composition

Refers to the artist’s organization of the elements of art.

Drawing

Arguably the most basic of art processes

Printmaking

Refers to a group of mechanically aided two-dimensional processes that permit production of multiple original artworks

Painting

Usually composed of three different materials: pigments, binders, and solvents.

Sculpture

Created in four basic ways: carving, modeling, casting, and construction

Architecture

The art and science of designing and constructing buildings