WorksheetsM4-key terms quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Asymmetry
uses compositional elements that are offset from each other, creating a visually unstable balance. Asymmetrical visual balance is the most dynamic because it creates a more complex design construction.
Emphasis
the area of primary visual importance (main idea)
main idea
area of importance
Motion
recreating the movement of things in an artwork, such as a person walking/running.
Pattern
The systematic arrangement of a repeated shapes or forms creates pattern
proportion
The size relationship of parts to a whole and to one another (ex. The size of a person’s head compared to the size of their arm.
Radial balance
movement from the center of a composition towards the outer edge - or vise versa. Many times radial balance is another form of symmetry
Repetition
is the use of two or more like elements or forms within a composition.
rhythm
idea of work
the lyric or syncopated visual effect that helps carry the viewer, and the artist’s idea, throughout the work
a music rhythm?
scale
art work
weight
The size relation of one object in an artwork to another.
an object
Symmetrical balance
all the above
none
a balance
characterized by an exact – or nearly exact - compositional design on either (or both) sides of the horizontal or vertical axis of the picture plane.
Symmetrical compositions
are usually dominated by a central anchoring element.
time
depicting the passage of time in an artwork
unity
in composition and form, a visual sense that all the parts fit together; that the whole is greater than its parts.
together
a community
all the above
variety
The opposite of unity; diverse elements in the composition of a work of art.
visual balance
a sense of weighted clarity created in a composition
