Art Terms Crossword

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