Elements and Principles of Art
Across
- 3. The use of areas in 2D space defined by edges
- 7. The path a viewers eye takes through a work of art often to focal areas
- 11. The way we organize the elements of art: Movement, Contrast, Pattern, Rhythm, Emphasis, Balance, & Unity
- 13. The repetition of a design element
- 17. Symmetry around a central axis
- 18. Typically off-center or created with an odd number of different elements.
- 19. Volume or perceived volume. Has depth width and height
Down
- 1. The created center of interest. The place in an artwork where your eye first lands
- 2. When one or more elements of design are used repeatedly to create a mood
- 4. The building blocks of art: Color, value, shape, space, line, form, texture,
- 5. A mirror image; when one side is exactly the same as the other
- 6. When light striking an object is reflected back to the eye
- 8. The lightness or darkness of a color
- 9. Marks that span a difference between two points or the path of a moving point
- 10. When the components of an artwork are harmonious, it gives the work a sense of completion
- 12. Differences in colors, values, shapes or other elements
- 14. The area around between or within things. The background, foreground, and middleground
- 15. The impression of equilibrium
- 16. The way an artwork feels or looks like it feels