Art Terms Crossword
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- 3. Artwork that depicts easily recognizable subject matter.
- 5. Colors, Colors suggesting warmth, such as reds, yellows, and oranges.
- 7. Matter, The main idea or image that the artwork is trying to convey, i.e. Still Life, Landscape, Figure, Objective, Non-objective, etc.
- 8. Movement, A style or tendency that is linked to a specific time period and group of people.
- 11. The part of a two-dimensional artwork that appears nearest to the viewer; the middle ground and background appear progressively farther away.
- 14. Painting depicting an expanse of natural or sometimes man-made scenery.
- 17. A variation of a color produced by adding white to it; characterized by pale coloration, low saturation, and high lightness.
- 19. a feel, appearance, or quality of a surface of an object. It can be used in two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks.
- 21. light that reflects off of objects. Its main characteristics are hue, value, and intensity. Colors can also be warm or cool.
- 24. defines the center of interest in a painting and catches the viewer’s attention. It’s usually different from the rest of the work.
- 27. Colors opposite one another on the color wheel (red/green, blue/orange, yellow/violet).
- 29. Colors, Black, white, gray, and variations of brown; included in the earth-color family and created by mixing complementary colors.
- 30. consists of different elements which are used together to highlight their differences.
- 33. They can vary in length, width, and direction.
- 35. the path the viewer’s eyes follow, coming to the focal points of a work. The movement is usually directed by the lines, shapes, and colors of an art piece.
- 36. The scale relationships of one part to the whole and of one part to another, including the balance between the size of the body and its limbs.
- 37. Plural of medium referring to materials used to make works of art.
- 38. provides the cohesive quality that makes an artwork feel complete and finished. When all the elements in a work look as if they belong together, the artist has achieved unity.
- 39. a feeling of depth. It also refers to the artist’s use of the area within the painting. Space can be positive or negative.
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- 1. Colors created by mixing primary and secondary colors, e.g. red-orange, red-violet, blue-green, blue-violet, yellow-orange, yellow-green.
- 2. A color with black added to it.
- 4. The overall placement and organization of elements in a work of art and the relationships between them.
- 6. Red, yellow, and blue; from these, all other colors are created.
- 9. Colors, Colors suggesting coolness, such as blues, greens, violets, and their variants.
- 10. An artistic composition made of various materials (e.g., paper, cloth, wood) glued on a surface.
- 12. uses the Art Elements in random or planned repetitions to enhance surfaces of paintings and sculptures.
- 13. A representation of the human body.
- 15. Life, A work of art that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world such as fruit, flowers, dead game, or vessels like baskets or bowls.
- 16. Colors created by the mixture of two primary colors, e.g. red + yellow = orange, yellow + blue = green, blue + red = violet.
- 18. A practical skill or method used by an artist to create a work of art, i.e. drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, etc.
- 20. A color with gray added to it.
- 22. three-dimensional. Such figures as cylinders, pyramids, and spheres are forms.
- 23. The perceived distance between the foreground and background in a composition.
- 25. The part of the picture plane that appears farthest from the viewer.
- 26. the distribution of visual elements and weights of objects, colors, textures, and space. Can be symmetrical and asymmetrical.
- 28. refers to Lightness or Darkness. Value contrasts help us see and understand a 2-Dimensional work of art.
- 31. the relationship between elements. It creates a visual tempo and establishes a sense of harmony by repeating certain features.
- 32. are two-dimensional. They can be geometric or organic. Familiar shapes help us focus on particular parts of an artwork.
- 34. Having no recognizable object or subject; also nonrepresentational.