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What is aesthetics? ANS✔✔ A branch of philosophy that studies creativity, art, and its effects
What does the word "composition" refer to when talking about artworks? ANS✔✔ Final product of the
artist's decisions when making a piece of art, describes where parts of the piece are in comparison to
each other
How do different line directions imply movement or stillness? ANS✔✔ Curved, thin, zig-zag or broken
lines convey movement while straight, solid, sharp and vertical lines convey stillness
What are the defining properties of a color? ANS✔✔ Hue, value and intensity
What does "saturation" refer to with regards to color? What are other terms that can also mean the
same thing? ANS✔✔ Defines a range from pure color to grey, influences the grade of purity or vividness
(think in terms of pale and weak or pure and strong); lightness and chromaticity
What are different shape types? ANS✔✔ Geometric (architecture), Organic (nature), Positive shapes
(solid mass)
What are the elements of art? ANS✔✔ Color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value
What are the principles of design? ANS✔✔ Balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis and unity
, How does an artist create "rhythm" in an artwork? ANS✔✔ Through linear rhythm (characteristic flow of
individual lines), repetition (use of patterning to achieve timed movement and visual beat) and
alternation (sequence of repeating motifs are presented in turn)
Differentiate between "chromatic" and "achromatic." ANS✔✔ chromatic=colors achromatic=black and
white
Identify the different kinds of dry media drawing tools. ANS✔✔ pencil, charcoal, chalk and pastels,
silverpoint, ground, and gesso
What differentiates a print from a drawing? What is the relationship between the two? ANS✔✔ Prints
make multiple artworks or impressions while drawings are usually a single copy; both are usually done
on paper
Differentiate between relief and intaglio forms of printmaking. ANS✔✔ Intaglio=carving into medium,
ink settles into grooves and is wiped from the surface. relief=carving into medium, ink is left on surface
Painting is an art form with a very long history. Some of the oldest surviving paintings were made upon
what support surface? ANS✔✔ Clay vessels
Sculptures that are meant to be viewed from all sides are referred to as __________? ANS✔✔
Freestanding sculptures
What is a daguerreotype? ANS✔✔ Early photographic process
What does iconography refer to? What does iconography use to suggest concepts
and ideas? ANS✔✔ Study of visual images and symbols within their culture and historical contexts; uses
symbols
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