Art Vocabulary 1

What is a line?

• a closed line

• a mark with greater length than width

• s light reflected off of objects

• defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be

What is a shape?

• a closed line

• the area between and around objects

• a mark with greater length than width

• the surface quality that can be seen and felt

What is Color?

• the area between and around objects

• how light or dark a given color or hue can be.

• light reflected off of objects

• A way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art

What is Value?

• three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth

• the area between and around objects

• the surface quality that can be seen and felt

• defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be

What is form?

• A way of combining elements by using a series of gradual changes in those elements

• A way of combining similar elements in an artwork to accent their similarities

• three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth

• the surface quality that can be seen and felt

What is Space?

• the surface quality that can be seen and felt

• the area between and around objects

• A principle of design that indicates movement, created by the careful placement of repeated elements

• A way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art

What is Texture?

• the surface quality that can be seen and felt. It can be rough or smooth, soft or hard

• diversity or contrast. It is achieved by using different shapes, sizes, and/or colors in a work of art

• A way of combining similar elements in an artwork to accent their similarities

• A principle of design that refers to the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other

What is a principle of design that indicates movement, created by the careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat?

• Balance

• Emphasis (Contrast)

• Movement

• Rhythm

What is a way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art. Major types are symmetrical and asymmetrical?

• Balance

• Variety

• Emphasis (Contrast)

• Still-Life

What is a way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements?

• Gradation

• Emphasis (Contrast)

• Harmony

• Proportion