Art Review

4. Relative size, proportion; the determination of measurements of dimensions within a design or artwork.
5. quick, rough use of lines to create dark and light values
8. A line that goes up and down
9. Differences achieved by opposing, contrasting, changing, elaborating, or diversifying elements in a composition to add individualism and interest; the counterweight of harmony in art.
11. Art Works of art that depict recognizable people, places or things, often figures, landscapes, and still life.
13. The realistic and natural representation of people, places, and/or things in a work of art; the opposite of idealization.
15. a slanted line giving the feeling of mobility or instability, creating dynamic movement or tension.
16. The manner and skill with which artists use their tools and materials to achieve an expressive effect.
17. A sense of movement achieved by the repetition of visual units; the use of measured accents.
18. A measurable area of defined or occupied space.
19. a swerving line; suggesting a natural, sweeping motion; adds interest and gentleness to floral designs
20. Used to describe works of art which conform to imagined or invented visual rules.
21. The practice of representing things by an image, sign, symbol, convention, or association.
22. line A line that travels right to left. Comes from "horizon" which is the line created where the land meets the sky.

1. A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface. It is 1-dimensional, measured by length
2. A quality that refers to the sense of touch.
3. An outline drawing of a shape. Originally this is presented a profile portrait filled in with a solid color.
6. Line A kind of line that seems to spring directly from the artists emotions or feelings, loose, gestural, and energetic
7. The mirror-like repetition of appearances on both sides of an imaginary central axis.
10. Point A point of view, or a place from which subject matter is viewed.
12. Possessing the dimensions of height and width, especially when considering the flat surface or picture plane.
14. Positive shape, a clear separation form the ground (negative shape)
19. Hatching one set of hatches is crossed at an angle by a second set of hatches and sometimes even a third.