Chapter 4 The Visual Elements

Because it affects us on such a basic level, we have a direct emotional response to

Color

Aerial perspective is also known as ____ perspective

Atmospheric

Which of the following elements are used in our analysis of an artwork's form?

Light
Shape
Color
Line

Diagonal

Dynamic: action

Horizontal

Calm; rest

Vertical

Assertive Growth

The traced path of a moving point is the definition of a

Line

Shapes perceived as figures in a work of art are described as being

Positive

Which of the following are properties of color?

Intensity
Value
Hue

The flat surface of a work of art and/or the imaginary border between the viewer and the foreground is called the

picture plane

A ____ is defined as any shape viewers detach and focus on within a composition

figure

Hans Baldung Grien 's print The Groom and the Witch exemplifies the technique of _____ to create areas of shadow

hatching

Muslim painters frequently use the system of ___ because it allows for scenes to be depicted as they might be seen from God's perspective.

Isomertic Perspective

In conjunction with the use of chiaroscuro, Italian Renaissance artists developed ____ to create optically convincing depictions of three-dimensional form in space.

Linear perspective

This image depicts the ____ of the color wheel and their respective ___ value scale.

hues: gray

The two primary uses of line in art are

establishing form by denoting borders
conveying direction and motion

A subtractive color mixing process

is associated with pigment mixing in painting and printing processes
creates darker and duller colors and hues

an implied shape is

a suggested but not explicitly outline form used to harmonize a composition

A ____ is any decorative, repetitive design

pattern

it may be safe to say that the visual element that gives people the most pleasure is

color

we perceive and respond to the ____, such as texture, mass, and space, when we look at artwork

visual elements

When two forms ____ , the one we perceive ad partial is behind the one we perceive as complete

overlap

the surface quality of an object is its

texture

which of the following are secondary colors

orange
violet
green

_____ exists in a seamless continuum from white
(the lightest) to black (the darkest)

value

A(n) _____ through perceived by the viewer, is not explicitly depicted

implied line

linear perspective is easily recognized in a picture by the use of

two converging lines at the center

the use of dots to suggest value is known as

stippling

pale pink and dark maroon are different ___ of the same color red

values

in an additive color mixing process with light, red, green, and blue combine to create

white

in the process of optical color mixing, small patches of color to one another in a composition are blended together by the ___ to produce a new color

eye

an open palette refers to an artists use of

an unrestricted selection of pigments

the use of linear perspective allows artist to transform the ___ from a flat surface in to a illusionistic window into space

picture plane

a triadic color harmony is

the use of three colors equidistant on the color wheel

___ is a visual element that interacts with other visual elements of an artwork to give them definition

space

linear perspective applies to any form that recedes into the distance which is an effect know as

foreshortening

exemplifed in leonardo da vincis drawing the virgin and saint anne with the christ child and john the baptist chiaroscuro is a type of

modeling

an artist can use ___ to create an afterimage

saturated color fatigue receptors in viewers eyes and then allow the eyes to rest

a mass is a three dimensional form that occupies a(n) ___ of space

volume

modern color theory is largely based on the experimentation of

sir isaac newton

eugene delacroix used the implied shape of a ____ to unify and order his composition liberty leading the people

triangle

the lines that establish the outside borders of a three dimensional form are called

contour lines

this composition is monochromatic

false

texture in a work of art can only be experienced thought touch

false

without touching a surface the way the surface ____ gives us a idea of its texture

reflects lights

in an architectural interior ___ provide the boundaries for space

Walls

a kinetic work of art

features one or more moving parts

a cube a pyramid and a circle are examples of ___ shapes and masses

geometric

value is related to what color property

lightness and darkness

the space in masaccios trinity with the virgin st john the evangelist and donors is strictly organized according to

linear perspective

how is the element of space used in thomas coles the oxbow

the diagonal tree at the left draws the viewers eye into the painting

compositions composed of a single hue in different values and intensity are classified as

monochromatic

a(n) ___ harmony uses adjacent colors on the color wheel

analagous

modeling though the use of different values to create the illusion of three dimensional forms in two dimensional space is know as

chiaroscuro

experiments by sir isaac newton during the 17th century established that colors are components of ____

light

a(n) ___ follows the outline of a figure establishing the boundaries between separate forms

contour lines

forms with ____ such as sculpture and architecture exist in three dimensional space and they carve out volumes of space within and around them

mass

when we see markings in an artwork that we associate with texture whether or not they actually depict texture we are expecriencing

visual texture

albercht durers draftsman drawing a reclining nude specifically illustrates ___ which artists use to depict a figure receding into space

foreshortening

as demonstrated in leonardo da vincis madonna and child with saint ann atmospheric perspective is a technique that

simulates the recession of sapce by depicting objects in the background as gray or hazy

when light passes through a prism it is refracted into six colors of the visible

spectrum

in the raft of the medusa theodore gericault increases tension by using ____ lines to create two ___ centers of intersert

diagonal: conflicting

Art _____ attempts to slow the effects of time by keeping artwork

conservation

james abbott mcneill whistler used which of the following elements to create a sense of calm in his nocturne in blue and gold

monochromatic color and strong horizontal and vertical line

which figures are foreshortened in hans baldung griends the groom and the witch

the groom and the horse

as depicted in evening hornfleur seurats dots or use of pointillism represent what coloring technique

optical mixing

at the center of francesco di diorgio martinis architectural perspective you can see the ____ and ____

horizon : vanishing point