Mr. Perry's Art Vocabulary Quiz

A written credit to the artist or work under study.

the arrangement of visual elements to create stability in an artwork.

the images of symbols associated with a subject or belief

A characteristic or trait inherent to or symbolic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea.

movement in the 50s and 60s who sought to create non emotional art

Creating the illusion of space and depth on a flat surface.

Late 19th Century artists who were most interested in the representation of light and its effects on objects.

two colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel.

short parallel lines overlaid by short lines

A line drawing that defines the outer and inner shapes of forms.

The experience of seeing and enjoying something for its own sake or for its beauty and pleasurable qualities.

painting medium made using pigments that can be diluted with water

A thin coat of diluted paint

short parallel lines applied to areas of a drawing or painting to create shadows, texture, or visual interest.

The area farthest away in a landscape, or the area around the subject matter in a drawing.

art movement from the 1960s that incorporated comic or satirical references to everyday consumers

To give human attributes or personality to an animal or inanimate object.

the rule that a culture uses for the proportions and structure of a figure considered to be ideal.

The examination of the relationships among the facts(objects, people, shapes, colors) in an artwork.

Degree of lightness of a color

A technique in which an artist skims a dry brush dipped in paint across the surface of a painting.

A systematic discussion of the characteristics of an artwork.

hue, value, and intensity. An art element.

A medieval religious scroll or book made by hand and decorated with ornate painted images.

A quick drawing that captures the gestures and movements of the body.

differences between values, colors, textures, and other elements.

The diminishing of color intensity to lighter and duller hues to give the illusion of distance.

A feeling of balance attained when the visual units on either side of a vertical axis.

Painting medium made using a petroleum based binder.

Any art that does not represent observed forms in nature, or reduces such forms to their simplest or stylized aspect.

Simulated texture that creates the illusion of actual texture.

A technique developed in the late 1800s in which dots of color are used to construct a composition.

Intentional placement of objects near each other

line, shape, form, value, color, space, and texture.

A work of art that shows views of city streets.

The concept that is explored throughout an artist's body of work.