aesthetics
the study of beauty or good taste; anything related to the study of beauty or good taste
composition
the way an artist organizes forms (lines, shapes, etc.) in an artwork, either by placing shapes on a flat surface or by arranging forms in space
contour line
a continuous line defining the outer shape of an object
line
in art, a technique for defining shape, also used to create a sense of depth
oeuvre
(pronounced "uhvrr") � a work of art; the sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer
patron
generally a wealthy person who pays an artist to create a work of art; throughout much of history artists could not have survived without "patronage
personification
giving human characteristics to something that is not human
perspective
an object or word or gesture that represents something else
proportion
the relationship of one part of a person, building, or object to another; for example the size of a statue's head in relationship to the rest of the body
symbol
a method of presenting an illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface
We can agree that art is all of the following except _____.
objects created for payment
If you paid an artist to paint a picture of your dog for your living room wall, she might consider you her _____.
patron
When an art historian looks at the formal elements, he is examining _____.
the individual design elements of the work
According to the Web site on color that you visited, the more colors you put into light, the closer you get to which color?
white
Combining red and blue light makes what color?
magenta
The style of a particular work may tell us all of the following except _____.
what the symbols mean
When we look at objects in a painting for their symbolic values, we are using which approach?
an iconographic approach
If an artist were trying to represent the concept of "liberty" through personification, the artist would paint _____.
a robed woman with a torch
In School of Athens, Raphael creates an illusion of depth by all of the following except _____.
making the main figure's head out of proportion with the rest of his body