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Art History/Vocab
Art History facts and Art elements and principles vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Texture | The way a surface feels or the way it looks like it would feel |
| Pattern | Something that repeats in the artwork. Examples: Stripes, Polka-dots) |
| Monochromatic | A color scheme that uses only one color and its lighter and darker values |
| Painting | Applying paint to create a mark on a surface (Acrylic, Oil) |
| Realism | (1848-1900) Art style that looks like a photograph, celebrates the working class and peasants |
| Collage | A work of art made by gluing pieces of different materials (magazine clippings, fabric, string, paper) to a surface |
| Parallel | Lines that run in the same direction |
| Symmetrical | A work of art that if a dividing line is drawn down the center, both sides are the same. |
| Photography | To create a picture using a camera (to draw with light) |
| Landscape | A work of art of the outside |
| Background | The part of a picture that seems to be the farthest away |
| Color | Produced when light hits an object and reflects back into the eye |
| Sculpture | A 3-Dimensional work of art (Additive, Subtractive) |
| Ancient Art | (30,000 b.c. - 2500 b.c.) Art style carved into rock, painted on rocky cave walls, or figurines/structures made from stone. Example: Cave Paintings |
| Weaving | Interlacing pieces of cloth, thread or paper to create something new |
| Greek Art | (850 b.c.-31 b.c.) Art style with idealism: balance, perfect proportions Example: The Parthenon |
| Neutral Colors | Earth tones (White, Brown, Black, Gray, Beige) |
| Space | The emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects |
| Printmaking | Art made by specially prepared plates or blocks that are run through a printing press |
| One-point perspective | A work of art containing only one point on the horizon line |
| Chinese/Japanese Art | (653 b.c.-a.d. 1900) Art style with serene, meditative art-Chinese Buddhist sculpture. Example: The Great Wave of Kanagawa |
| Tint | This term is created when you add white to a hue to lighten |
| Shade | Created when you add black to a color |
| Shape | A closed line, flat, cube, cylinder, sphere, cone, pyramid |
| Movement | Something in the artwork that suggests action, this brings the artwork to life |
| Form | A 3 dimensional artwork that takes up space (Organic and Geometric) |
| Drawing | Using a drawing tool to create marks on a surface (Hatching, crosshatching, stippling, blending, shading) |
| Still Life | A work of art where the subject is an inanimate object |
| Pop Art | (1960s) Popular art style influenced by consumerism |
| Middle-ground | The part of the picture between the background and the foreground |
| Complementary | Two colors on the opposite side of the color wheel |
| Tertiary | A color made by mixing a primary and the adjacent secondary. Examples: Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet |
| Cubism | (1905-1920) Art style using geometric planes and shapes |
| Radial Balance | Type of balance in a work of art based on a circle |
| Emphasis | The main idea or the main focus |
| Asymmetrical | A work of art or a shape that has a line can be drawn down the center and each side is different |
| Hue | The name we give each color |
| Line | A path of a moving dot - Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal, Curvy, Straight, Zigzag, Spiral |
| Impressionism | (1865-1910) Art style capturing fleeting effects of natural light, fuzzy impression of a subject |
| Two-dimensional | Art that has height and width but no depth: drawings, paintings, and prints |
| Middle Ages/Renaissance | (a.d. 500 - 1550 a.d.) Art style known as the rebirth of classical culture. Example: Mona Lisa |
| Three-Dimensional | Art that takes up space: art that has height, width, and depth (Includes Pottery and Sculpture) |
| Perpendicular | Lines that run at 90 degree angles |
| Roman Art | (500 b.c. - a.d. 476) Art style that uses realism: practical and down to earth, the arch was a product of this time. Example: The Colosseum |
| Warm colors | A Color Family including only: Red, Yellow, and Orange |
| Cool Colors | A Color Family including only: Green, blue and violet |
| Contrast | The opposites found in the artwork. Examples: Light/Dark, Big/Small, Rough/Smooth |
| Expressionism | (1900-1935) Art style with emotion distorting form, broad brushstrokes, and bright colors |
| Portrait | A work of art of a person |
| Egyptian Art | (3100 b.c. - 30 b.c.) Art style with an afterlife focus. Examples: pyramids and tomb paintings |
| Surrealism | (1917-1950) Art style that creates ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious |
| Primary Colors | Colors that cannot by mixed |
| Value | The range from dark to light in a color |
| Secondary colors | A color made by mixing two primary colors |
| Silhouette | The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background |
| Architecture | The design of buildings |
| Color Wheel | Circular Chart that organizes and shows primary, secondary and tertiary colors |
| Balance | Sense of distribution in an artwork that has equal weight on both sides and from top to bottom. |
| Pottery/Ceramics | Making something out of clay (Wheel throwing, coiling, slab) |
| Foreground | The part of the picture that seems to be the nearest |
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