Art Memory Glossary of Terms

the artistic ingredients painters use to create a painting.

a painting of ordinary people engaged in common, everyday activities.

a painting that tells a story about important people or important events.

a comparison that draws attention to the differences between things.

pairs of colors that are farthest away from each other on the color wheel

artists took objects and broke them up into geometric figures like cubes and triangles

the part of the painting that seems farthest away from the viewer.

approximately 1750- 1900. Styles include Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Impressionism, Pointillism

artists who painted light and color, letting viewers' eyes blend the colors together

1- a painting of an outdoor view that features large areas of natural scenery

1- the source of light in a painting, like the sun or lamp; 2- the lightness or darkness

A work that uses symbols, often human forms, to stand for ideas or to convey messages.

(1) a painting; (2) treated fabric, stretched over a frame, to which paint is applied.

Shockingly bright colors and often strange or twisted forms of figures and other objects.

how individual art elements like light, color, lines, and shapes work with each other

type of landscape painting that features scenes of streets, buildings, and other city features.

that part of the painting that seems closest to the viewer.

colors such as blue, green, and purple that we associate with cool or cold temperatures

the 3-dimensional shape of an object, shown in painting through variations of light and dark

1- lines drawn by an artist to mark the edges, or outline it;