ART TERMS

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Across
  1. 3. The way an artist uses a paintbrush to create textures, strokes, and patterns.
  2. 6. Combining various materials to create a new composition.
  3. 10. A mid-20th century art style emphasizing feelings and emotions through bold brushstrokes, splatters, and large paintings.
  4. 12. A quick-drying and durable paint popular in the Contemporary period.
  5. 15. Colors associated with cool temperatures, like blue and green.
  6. 16. A historical art period characterized by formal paintings with detailed scenery, energy, and contrast.
Down
  1. 1. An art period from the 1950s to the present, marked by abstract art and influenced by historical events.
  2. 2. The ingredients like light, color, lines, and shapes used to create a painting.
  3. 4. A comparison highlighting differences, using elements like color, light, lines, and textures.
  4. 5. The part of a painting farthest from the viewer, often contrasting with the foreground.
  5. 7. Pairs of colors located at opposite ends of the color wheel, creating maximum contrast.
  6. 8. A style of art from the Contemporary period where artists focus on shapes, colors, and forms to convey emotions and ideas, challenging traditional representation.
  7. 9. A painting technique using strong light and shadow contrasts for a dramatic effect.
  8. 11. How art elements work together to form a complete painting.
  9. 13. A painting style breaking up objects into geometric figures and reassembling them.
  10. 14. (1) A painting; (2) Treated fabric stretched over a frame for painting.