Art Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. an art element with three properties: hue, value, and intensity. Also, the character of surface created by the response of vision to wavelengths of reflected light.
  2. 5. an element of art concerned with the degree of lightness of colors. Darker colors are lower in value.
  3. 7. a principle of design related to the sense of wholeness that results from the successful combination of the component elements of an artwork.
  4. 8. an element of design that appears three-dimensional and encloses volume such as cube, sphere, pyramid, or cylinder. May also refer to the characteristics of an artwork's visual elements (lines, color, textures, etc.) as distinguished from its subject matter.
  5. 9. the repetition of elements or combinations of elements in a recognizable organization.
  6. 14. a design principle reflecting the size relationship of parts to one another and to a whole.
  7. 15. a principle of design that refers to ways of combining elements to produce the appearance of movement in an artwork. It may be achieved through repetition, alteration, or progression of an element.
Down
  1. 1. an element of art that includes areas between, around, above, below, or within something.
  2. 2. a principle of design associated with rhythm, referring to the arrangement of part in an artwork to create a sense of motion to the viewer's eye through the work.
  3. 4. a principle of design referring to the arrangement of visual elements to create stability in an artwork. There are four of these arrangements in art: asymmetrical, symmetrical, approximately symmetrical, and radial.
  4. 6. a principle of design in which one element, or a combination of elements, create more attention than anything else in a composition.
  5. 10. the surface quality of an artwork usually perceived through the sense of touch. However, it can also be implied, perceived, visually, though not felt through touch.
  6. 11. an element of art. Enclosed area defined by other art elements such as line, color, and texture.
  7. 12. a principle of design concerned with the inclusion of differences in the elements of a composition to offset unity and add interest to an artwork
  8. 13. an element of art that is used to define space, contours, and outlines, or suggest mass and volume. It may be a continuous mark made on a surface with a pointed tool or implied by the edge of shapes and forms.