Art appreciation
Across
- 6. The part of a work depicted furthest from the viewers space, often behind the main.
- 9. A painting medium that primarily uses wax, usually beeswax, as the bing agent
- 11. Capable of stirring the emotions of the viewer
- 14. Semi-transparent
- 15. An area of lightest value in a work
- 16. A drastic difference between such elements as color or value when they are presented together
- 18. The principle of drawing attention to particular content in a work
- 19. The optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into separate wavelengths
- 21. A period of cultural and artistic change in Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century
- 22. The material on or form which and artist chooses to make of work, for example canvas and oil paint, marble, engraving, video or architecture
- 23. The surface or background onto which an artist paints or draws
Down
- 1. The part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer
- 2. A substance that makes pigments adhere to a surface
- 3. the use of non-overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness
- 4. The material on which painting is done
- 5. the lightness or darkness of a plane or area
- 7. The person, object, or space depicted in a work of art
- 8. a technique in which the artist paints onto freshly applied plaster
- 10. The textural quality of a paper surface for holding drawing media in place
- 12. A chemical compound commonly referred to as plastic
- 13. a rough preliminary version of a work or part of a work
- 17. The surface quality of a work, for example fine/coarse, detailed/lacking in detail
- 20. The colorant in art materials. Often made from finely ground materials