Visual Vocabulary Review

Light reflected off a surface; consists of hue, value, and intensity.

Which technique best describes Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night (detail shown)

Images of perfection according to the values of a culture.

Three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth.

Recording an optical image on light-sensitive surfaces.

Three-dimensional art that can be carved, cast, modeled or assembled.

Style that uses exaggeration to get a response or project feelings.

The designing of physical space for human use.  

The predictable repetition of an object or symbol all over a work of art.

Shapes are always flat.

This is a mark with greater length than width; can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick

The process of pigment applied to a surface is:

Period style refers to art sharing similar characteristics in a particular era of time.

Art that does not produce recognizable imagery.

Area enclosed by line. Can be geometric, or organic.

Surface quality that can be seen and/or felt.

The understanding of meaning through symbols

________ is the distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space.

Captures the essence of a form through distortion, simplification, or stylization.

The principle of rhythm often creates the illusion of

Space is:

Attempt to depict images accurately and objectively.

These types of styles create recognizable subject matter.

Type of art that involves the application of lines on a flat surface.

The combination of form and composition that make a work distinctive.

This image best illustrates:

Material or materials from which a work of art is made.

Subject matter refers to:

Which technique best describes this painting? (detail shown)

When part of the design catches the viewer’s attention

The arrangement of opposite elements and effects

The feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, which creates a sense of completeness.

The organization or arrangement of a work of art is