Chapters 1-4 key terms

Art that depicts natural objects in simplified or exaggerated ways which may not be recognizable at first.

• abstract art

• kinetic art

• neutrals

• achromatic

The meaning or message communicated by a work of art, including its emotional, intellectual, symbolic, thematic, and narrative connotations.

• value

• hue

• implied line

• content

Representational art in which the human form (rather than the natural world) plays a principal role.

• calligraphy

• one-point perspective

• figurative art

• picturesque

Art of people who have had no formal, academic training, but whose works are part of an established tradition of style and craftsmanship.

• work of art

• form

• folk art

• format

The total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work, including such components as materials, color, shape, line, and design.

• scale

• form

• edition

• emphasis

the symbolic meanings of subjects and signs used to convey ideas important to particular cultures or religions

• iconography

• pattern

• encaustic

• picture plane

a particular material along with its accompanying technique

• color schemes

• chiaroscuro

• repetition

• medium (plural: media)

art without reference to anything outside itself (also called nonobjective)

• nonrepresentational art

• closed form

• organic shape

• proportion

art produced by those with no formal training, outside the established channels of art exhibition

• rhythym

• biomorphic shape

• outsider art

• composition

art that recognizably represents or depicts a particular subject

• representational art

• impasto

• stencil

• formal theory