Basic Art

The purpose for which the painting was done; why it was created; what practical value it has; its usefulness.

• composition

• content

• form

• function

The overall subject matter or what the painting is about. The more realistic the painting, the greater emphasis on this.

• composition

• content

• form

• function

Artwork that has the quality and illusion of flat space; (no perspective)

• 3-dimensional

• 2-dimensional

• aerial perspective

• linear prespective

The overall "floorplan" of a painting that unifies and organizes the painting; this "gameplan" can be described as rectangular, geometric, circular, etc. It is also called the "arrangement" (affected by principles of design)

• composition

• content

• form

• function

What is the term for using strong contrasts between light and dark in art to suggest volume and depth?

• Chiaroscuro

• Sfumato

• Tenebrism

• Foreshortening

Reds, oranges, and yellows are what kind of colors?

• highlighting

• value

• cool colors

• warm colors

when painters use and manipulate color to affect our moods and emotions by using color "symbolically"

• warm colors

• cold colors

• complimentary colors

• color psychology

These artists are associated with which art movement: Monet, Renoir, Mary Cassatt

• Impressionism

• Expressionism

• Cubism

• Surrealism

Line of rest, relaxation, quiet, associated with nature horizon lines: peaceful moods, feelings, etc.

• diagonal line

• vertical line

• horizontal line

• curved line

Suggesting action and life and energy, never harsh or stern; "pleasing" lines which we associate things in nature: rounded hills, trees bend with fruit, etc.

• diagonal lines

• vertical lines

• horizontal lines

• curved lines