Art Terms

5. Italian word for "light-shade". The use and balance of light and shade in a painting, and in particular the use of strong contrast.
7. Using cut photographs to create a work of art.
9. An image that accompanies written text and aids in interpreting it.
10. A movement in the 19th century which bridged the "realist" tradition with the modern movements of the 20th century. Focus for the impressionist was on light and atmosphere.
12. the use of found objects or three-dimensional objects to create a work of art.
15. The "glue" the holds pigment together and makes it stick to a surface.
16. Coarse cloth or heavy fabric that must be stretched and primed to use for painting, particularly for oil paintings.
17. A technique used in preparation for cementing two pieces of clay together using a series of incised lines. Also describes a process for indentation and curved line paper sculpture and folding.

1. line The horizontal line that distinguishes the sky from the earth, or the ground from the wall. The eye-level of the artists view. Also, where the vanishing point lies in a perspective drawing.
2. A watercolor paint mixed with white pigments making it more opaque and giving it more weight and body.
3. The arrangement of the parts of a work of art.
4. Originally the study of beautiful things. But currently aesthetics refers to the study or understanding of anything that is visually pleasing or "works" within the boundaries of the principles of art.
5. Literally means beautiful line. Typically refers to a type of writing that incorporates the use of a wide pen nib.
6. A rule in perspective to create the illusion of coming forward or receding into space.
7. An image created with the use of small dots or points.
8. paint A plastic, water soluble pigment used for painting.
11. The art principle which refers to the arrangement of elements in an art work. Balance can be either formal symmetrical, informal asymmetrical or radial.
13. A process, used by printmakers, of incising or scratching lines into a wood block or metal plate from which a print was made
14. Art art created from a realistic situation but represented unrealistically.
18. A natural, moist earth substance used in making bricks, tile, pottery and ceramic sculpture