Expressive Critical Terms

What is composition?

• How the objects/subject matter is arranged - where things are

• The colours

• The art material used

• The style

What is media handling?

• The art material used

• How the art material (media) has been applied and used

• The range of lights and darks (tones)

• The size of the artwork

Name the seven visual elements...

Scale refers to what in an Expressive art work?

• Mood

• Style

• Size

• Subject Matter

What can you talk about when asked about the Style of an Art work?

• How it has been painted

• If it's neat or more expressive

• If it's busy or simple

• An Art movement it relates to

What is the subject matter of an Art work?

• The mood and atmosphere

• What is depicted/shown

• What media has been used

• Where things are

What helps to create the mood and atmosphere of an artwork?

• The scale

• It's title

• The date it was created

• Colours, subject matter, media handling, composition, tones... lots of things!, shapes