ESCHER VOCABULARY

3. A twelve sided figure.
5. An element of art and design that pertains to an actual or implied 3-D shape of an object or image. In a broader sense, form refers to the total physical characteristics of an object.
8. Any figure bound by plane faces.
9. An element of art and design that pertains to the narrow mark or path of a moving point on a surface.
10. principle of art and design concerned with one or more of the elements in a work of art being repeated again.
13. A principle of art and design concerned with one or more of the elements in a work of art being repeated again.
14. A principle of art and design concerned with the employment of repeated movement in regular or irregular succession of one or more elements to make a work seem active or to suggest repetition.
15. A principle of art and design concerned with juxtaposing one or more elements in opposition, so as to show their differences. Often represented with color or black and white.
16. The picture resulting from stamping a woodcut onto paper.

1. An element of art and design concerned with the representation of three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensiona
2. Any object that is represented two-dimensionally. (2 words)
4. Carving the picture into a flat piece of wood then spreading ink over the wood and pressing it into a piece of paper, creating a print.
6. An element of art and design concerned with the vertical division of a piece of art. The piece is symmetric if the right and left sides produce a mirror image of each other.
7. A principle of art and design concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical or asymmetrical in design and proportioned as though each side of the picture “weighs” the same.
11. A building or structure that, due to the laws of physics, cannot exist. (2 words)
12. A repeating, interlocking pattern of shapes and colors that completely cover a plane without overlapping or leaving any gaps.