Color, Shape, and Rhythm
Across
- 4. hangs so that all sides are free except at the point of support
- 5. the three most basic colors, red, blue, and yellow, from which all other colors can be mixed
- 8. positioned up and down rather than side to side
- 9. flat, lacking depth
- 14. a color that is opposite another color on the color wheel; examples include green as the complement of red, or blue as the complement of orange
- 15. how compact, or closely placed, objects or parts of a whole are arranged
- 16. having an equal arrangement of elements such as lines, color, and shapes
- 19. larger than life
- 21. an image that is visually deceptive or misleading
- 24. having the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional (flat) plane
- 25. style of abstract art in which the artist uses pattern and color to create an illusion of movement
- 26. the area in an artwork that appears closest to the viewer
- 27. art that depicts real forms in a simplified, nonfigurative way
- 29. a quality that makes all the elements in an artwork appear to work together to form a whole
- 30. formed or arranged by adding a material or image on top of another
- 31. extending over or covering part of other forms
- 32. the curves or form of a shape
- 33. shapes or patterns made of recognizable forms
Down
- 1. minor differences in an image that repeats
- 2. portray in an artwork
- 3. colors that are next to one another on the color wheel
- 6. a feeling of a beat or pulse in an artwork arising from regular or irregular
- 7. showing a design or image again and again within an artwork, making a pattern or creating emphasis on a certain portion of the work
- 10. forms created by closed lines that express length and width; shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles, or organic, such as free-form or natural
- 11. the purity, vividness, or intensity of a color
- 12. the representation of three-dimensional space
- 13. the darkness or lightness of a color in an artwork
- 17. pure color with no shading, highlights, or texture
- 18. appearing again and again in an artwork
- 20. related to vision or the eye
- 22. receding lines, usually diagonal, that pull the viewer’s eye deeper into an
- 23. the arrangement of elements within a work and the choices an artist makes about how to render them
- 28. the properties of length, depth, and width