5th Grade Unit 2 Vocabulary

What are the threads, yarns, or other fiberlike materials that are woven across the warp from side to side?

• Weft

• Weaving

• Neirikas

• Symbols

What is the term for art based on an arrangement of inanimate objects, often selected as symbols for abstract ideas, and usually portrayed in an indoor setting?

• Still life

• Value scale

• Viewfinder

• Style

What are works of art that originated in early Mexico with the Huichol Indians, where colored yarn or string is glued on a background to form a solid design?

• Neirikas

• Symbols

• Facade

• Exterior

What is the consistent gradation of tones of gray between white and black called?

• Value scale

• Viewfinder

• Style

• Realism

What is something that stands for something else, especially a letter, figure, or sign that represents a real object or idea?

• Symbols

• Facade

• Exterior

• Model

What is the outside surface of an object, such as the outside walls of a building?

• Exterior

• Model

• Recycled Materials

• Still life

What is a small window in a camera or a rectangle cut into a piece of paper that an observer looks through to see or plan the composition of a picture?

• Viewfinder

• Style

• Realism

• Cubism

What is the process of interlocking two sets of parallel threads or fiberlike materials, usually held at right angles to one another on a loom, to create a fabric?

• Weaving

• Neirikas

• Symbols

• Facade

What type of artwork shows objects from everyday life, such as food, tools, and items seen in stores and advertisements?

• Pop Art

• Quilt

• Theme

• Loom

What is a usually miniature representation of a building or project, or a person who poses for an artist?

• Model

• Recycled Materials

• Still life

• Value scale