Art Vocabulary

5. art made during a period of European history in Italy around 1400 AD
7. having one or more values of one color
12. artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering
14. a chemical compound commonly referred to as plastic
15. the regular or ordered repetition of elements in the work
17. a form of slow drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil that forms a tough, colored film on exposure to air
20. a two-dimensional area, the boundaries of which are defined by lines or suggested by changes in colors or values
24. the basic vocabulary of art

1. the size of an object or artwork relative to another object, or to a system of measurement
2. a mark, implied mark, between two endpoints
3. the substance the artist uses to create a piece of artwork
4. a principle of art in which elements are used to create a symmetrical sense of visual weight in an artwork
6. the center of interest or activity in a work of art, often drawing the viewer's attention to the most important element
8. paint applied in thick layers
9. a perspective technique that depicts a form- often distorting or reducing it- at an angle that is not parallel to the picture plane, in order to convey the illusion of depth
10. the optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into separate wavelengths
11. the space filled or enclosed by and three-dimensional figure or object
13. an artwork that is placed behind an altar in a church
16. the lightness or darkness of a plane or area
18. a technique where the artist paints onto freshly applied plaster.
19. an object that can be defined in three dimensions (height, width, and depths)
21. an arrangement of predictably repeated elements
22. the effect of changing placement in time
23. the use of non-overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness