Art 2 Quiz: Landscape Vocabulary

Landscape

The depiction of natural scenery in art

Landscape painting

May capture mountains, valleys, bodies of water, fields, forest and coasts and may or may not include man-made structures as well as people

Landschap

Dutch for 'region, tract of land'

En Plein Air

French for 'in the open air'; painting created on-site in front of their subject-matter (not idealized)

Impressionism

Merely an impression

Space

Horizon Line, Background, Middle ground, Foreground, Atmospheric Perspective

Horizon line

Eye level

Background

Back (Cold/dull/chalky gray) big brush, simple flat texture

Foreground

Front (More intense color, more intense contrast) small brush, complex texture details

Middle ground

Middle (Muted color, more contrast) medium sized brush, minor texture

Atmospheric Perspective

Visual factors which create the illusion of spatial depth

Clarity

Foreground subjects have more sharply defined edges (background= simpler outlines)

Value Range

Foreground objects have more dramatic contrast (background= warm or cold gray/ low contrast)

High Contrast

Foreground

Low Contrast

Background

Texture

Foreground areas have more diversity of texture (background- blurred/ flatter shapes)

Complex texture

Foreground

Simpler texture

Background

Color

Warm colors move forward. Cold colors recede

Pigments

Raw substance that gives paint its color

Complimentary Colors

Two colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel; colors with least in common, creating greatest contrast when placed next to each other; when mixed together, increase in dullness of color

Hue

Generic color name given to each other mixed on the color wheel

Value

Lightness or darkness of a color

Tint

Color + White

Shade

Color + Black

Tone

Color + gray

Intensity

Purity of color; the addition of compliment black; or gray dulls colors

Color Temperature

The warmth or coolness of a color

Warm colors

Yellow, orange; red

Cool colors

Blue, violet, green

Parent color

The actual color of an object; regardless of light source