Art Vocabulary Test

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Across
  1. 4. A chamber used to heat clay to a specific temperature, causing a chemical change to take place. Clay is then called CERAMIC, and cannot be softened back into a workable consistency
  2. 6. Way elements of art are arranged to create a sense of stability and equal visual weight; symmetrical, radical, asymmetrical
  3. 8. An object with 3-dimensions; width, height, and depth (W x H x D)
  4. 10. construction- The layering of ropes of clay, joining them with scoring and slip, to create form
  5. 12. Clay is not fired in the kiln yet
  6. 13. Lightness and darkness of a color or value scale
  7. 16. dry- Completely air dried & very brittle
  8. 17. Visual sensation produced by light and pigment; has three properties-hue, value, intensity
  9. 18. A continuous mark made by a moving point; horizontal, vertical, diagonal, parallel
  10. 19. Sense of importance given to any one part of the composition, or focal area of work
  11. 20. To force bubbles of air out of clay body while kneading the clay to distribute water evenly into a consistent, lump-free medium
  12. 21. Quality of wholeness achieved when separate elements work together
  13. 23. An enclosed area of space with 2-dimensions; width and height (W x H)
  14. 25. A layer of material applied to a bisque-fired ceramic piece and fired to bond the two layers together. Glaze serves to protect, waterproof and/or decorate the piece
  15. 27. Way a surface feels to the touch (actual) or how it appears to feel through vision (implied)
  16. 28. A single material an artist may use ex. Wood or clay
  17. 29. Repetition of one or more art elements
  18. 30. High water content, most workable
Down
  1. 1. Material is cut, carved or chipped away (wood, stone)
  2. 2. A difference in the use of two elements (rough & smooth; light & dark)
  3. 3. Different kinds of materials are joined together (paper, wood, plastic, wire, string)
  4. 5. Viewed from all sides
  5. 7. Soft or workable material is shaped (clay)
  6. 9. How parts of an art were related to each other in size or scale
  7. 11. Liquid material is poured into mold (water, clay, slip, bronze, gold, iron)
  8. 14. hard- less water, but still workable
  9. 15. Way elements of art direct a viewer’s eye through a work, often to a focal area
  10. 22. Actual 3-dimensional space or the illusion of space through overlapping or perspective
  11. 24. Clay is fired once in the kiln
  12. 25. ware- Glaze applied to bisqueware and fired in a kiln a second time
  13. 26. Sense of movement in a composition created by the repetition of an element