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Alcott Middle School. Visual Art Assessment Review. Art Vocabulary. Collage - Artwork made by pasting pieces of paper or other materials to a flat surface. Art Vocabulary. Design - The way art elements are put together in a work of art, also called composition .
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Alcott Middle School Visual Art Assessment Review
Art Vocabulary • Collage - Artwork made by pasting pieces of paper or other materials to a flat surface.
Art Vocabulary • Design - The way art elements are put together in a work of art, also called composition. • Original - Artwork that looks very different form other work of art; not copied. Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1889
Art Vocabulary • Portrait - A painting or drawing of a person. • Paint - n. A special colored liquid used to give color to something. Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1506
Art Vocabulary • Subject Matter - All the objects seen in a work of art. Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884
Art ElementsThe basic building blocks of art value LINE Texture FORM SPACE color SHAPE
Elements of ArtLINE TYPES Diagonal Vertical Horizontal ////////, \\\\\\\\ ||||||||||| ======= QUALITIES _____ ………. Dotted Thin Thick Curved Jagged
Elements of ArtCOLOR Red The color wheel The color wheel is used To guide us in mixing colors. Primary Colors Yellow Blue
Elements of ArtCOLOR Secondary colors are created by mixing 2 primary colors. R Violet Orange Secondary Colors B Y Green
Elements of ArtCOLOR Intermediate colors are created by mixing 2 secondary colors. R Red-Violet Red-Orange O V Intermediate Colors Blue-Violet Yellow-Orange Y B Blue-Green Yellow-Green G
Art ElementsCOLOR SCHEMES • Complementary colors- colors that are opposites on the color wheel • Warm colors - red, orange, yellow • Cool colors - blue, violet, green • Neutrals - brown, black, white, gray • Tint - a color mixed with white, making it lighter • Shade -the darkness or tone of a color; dark blue or very dark blue
Can you tell the color schemes used by Vincent Van Gogh? Self portrait Cypresses Sunflowers
Art Elements SHAPE - 2D (flat) FORM - 3D Geometric Shapes Form can be seen from many sides Organic Shapes
Art ElementsTEXTURE The way something feels to the touch or looks like it feels. Actual Texture (real) Visual Texture (implied) Sandpaper velvet How do these really feel? How do these look like they feel? A brick
Art ElementsVALUE The lightness or darkness of a color.
Art ElementsSPACE Positive Space Negative Space (area taken up by object) (empty area around object) Positive (star) Negative (empty)
Art ElementsSPACE Horizon Line • Background: The part that looks farthest from the viewer. • Middleground: The part that appears midway between background and foreground. • Foreground: The part that looks closest to the viewer. • Horizon Line: The point in a landscape where the sky meets the ground. Background Middleground Foreground Can you point out the background, foreground, and middleground?
Art ElementsSPACE • Overlap: One part (as line, shape, or color) covers some of another part. • Perspective: The technique of representing 3-D objects and depth on a 2-D surface. • Placement: The act of arranging things in a composition/work. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Still Life with Bouquet
Principals of ArtDifferent ways the elements are used • Repetition • Rhythm • Center of Interest • Balance • Movement • Contrast • Variety
Principles of ArtREPETITION The repeating of any object, shape, or design to create interest. This composition uses repetition by repeating the elements shape and line. Repeating elements in a planned manner creates a pattern.
Principles of ArtRHYTHM Visual rhythm makes you think of the rhythms you hear in music or dance. Artists create visual rhythm by repeating art elements and creating patterns. The bridge supports in this painting create rhythm by leading your eyes through the landscape.
Principles of ArtRHYTHM What is creating RHYTHM in this painting? The art element line creates rhythm. Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night
Principles of ArtCENTER OF INTEREST Center of Interest is the focal point of an art composition. It grabs the viewer’s attention. It’s also called emphasis. Good Center of Interest Poor Center of Interest
Principles of ArtBALANCE Achieved in a work of art when opposite sides contain elements of equal balance. There are three kinds of balance. Radial Symmetric - Balanced Asymmetric - Unbalanced Marry Cassatt, The Little Girl
Principles of ArtBALANCE Which type of balance does this art composition contain? Answer: Asymmetric/ Unbalanced Salvador Dali, Domenech’s Melting Clocks
Principles of ArtMOVEMENT Movement occurs when the artist uses elements to move the viewers eye across the work. Frederick Remington, A Dash for Timber
Principals of ArtCONTRAST Contrast is when an art composition contains elements that are opposite to attract the viewers eye. Ansel Adams, Carlsbad Caverns, 1942 Can you identify the contrasting elements in this photograph? Colors - black/white Lines - horizontal/vertical Texture - smooth/rough
Principles of ArtVARIETY The artist uses a variety of the elements so the work is interesting/not dull. Picasso used a variety of shapes, colors, lines, textures, and values. Pablo Picasso, The Three Musicians, 1921
Principles of ArtVARIETY Can you describe the variety of elements used in this painting? How is color used? How is texture used? How is line used? How is shape used? How is value used? Stephen Mopope - Kiowa, Buffalo Hunt
Types of Visual Art • Landscape • Painting • Portrait • Pottery • Sculpture • Still Life • Weaving
Types of Art -Landscape A landscape is artwork that shows an outdoor scene. Albert Bierstadt, Oregon Trails, 1867
Types of Art -Painting A painting is a picture created by using paint. Georgia O’Keefe, Red Poppy
Types of Art -Portrait A portrait is a painting or drawing of a person. Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait, 1640
Types of Art -Pottery Pottery is a three dimensional piece of artwork that is made of clay and hardened by heat. Making pottery on a pottery wheel. Pottery made by Hopi Indians
Types of Art -Sculpture A sculpture is a three dimensional piece of artwork formed from stone, clay, wood, metal, etc. Michael Angelo, Bust of David Leonardo Da vinci, Horse
Types of Art -Still Life Still Life is artwork that shows non-living things such as books, candles, etc. arranged by the artist. Henri Matisse, Blue Pot and Lemons Henri Matisse, Still Life w/ Oranges 1913
Types of Art -Weaving Weaving is artwork created by lacing together Strands of materials such as yarn, thread, or paper.