Across
- 2. When the artist uses visual components to frame the subject in order to highlight its importance.
- 5. The area in the composition to which the viewer's eye is naturally drawn.
- 7. The strongest focal point with the greatest visual weight
- 9. A particular area which has been given more visual weight in the overall composition of the work.
- 10. Where the viewer is implied to be standing relative to the subject matter. (e.g. Bird's eye view)
- 13. is the removal of unwanted outer areas from a photographic or illustrated image.
- 14. That which is used to create the illusion of distance and depth.
- 15. When parts of the visual piece are different from one another but are balanced out in such a way that they carry they same weight visually.
- 20. Size of objects in relationship to each other.
- 21. The art of beautiful handwriting. Or the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner.
- 22. The part of the image which is perceived as being farthest away from the viewer.
- 23. Is the image of a person, an object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, its edges matching the outline of the subject
- 28. When something which isn't a photograph (in art this would usually be a painting) looks as real as a photograph.
- 29. Any shape with four sides.
- 30. Refers to how the visual elements have been arranged. This determines the visual hierarchy of the piece (that is, the order in which each element is seen by the viewer) and therefore the respective importance of each element.
- 32. Font concerns size of characters and what style they are printed in (e.g. New Roman, MS Comic Sans). The term 'serif' is French for "With tails", while 'sans serif' means the letter are without tails.
- 33. is a technique of art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
- 35. Basically an image with a strong similarity to an object in the real world.
- 36. A general guideline for how to create an interesting composition which states that any image—painting, photograph, graphic design—should be broken into a grid with two vertical and two horizontal lines, creating nine equally proportioned boxes.
- 37. When there are no or very few recognizable forms from the real world. Can often involve a simplification of something from the real world to make it more abstract.
- 38. The principle of design used to create the impression of action in a work of art.
- 39. When the elements on the left and right are balanced.
- 40. The actual objects and shapes in an artwork.
- 41. A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop.
- 42. Balance achieved by placing the same form or elements adjacent to each other, on both sides of an implied central line to create balance. Its opposite is asymmetrical balance.
- 43. The part of the image which is perceived as being closest to the viewer.
- 44. The spot on the horizon line to which the receding parallel lines diminish.
- 45. Refers to when a person in the real world is represented in such a way that some of their features over-exaggerated, often humorously.
Down
- 1. When everything is comprised of the same hue (different shades of the same color). Its opposite is Polychromaticism (use of multiple colors).
- 3. Is a recurrence of a particular line, pattern, shape, or other visual elements in a single or part of the series.
- 4. How different visual elements have been arranged to evoke a particular overall effect, or to evoke a sense of unity.
- 6. A principle of art that refers to the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement and drama.
- 8. The process of making a composite picture by bringing together into a single composition a number of different pictures or parts of pictures and arranging these, as by superimposing one on another, so that they form a blended whole while remaining distinct.
- 11. An important and enduring symbol.
- 12. Is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image.
- 16. A detail, brushstroke, or area of color placed in a painting for emphasis.
- 17. A line that suggests the edge of an object or a plane within an object.
- 18. Balance which is achieved by arranging elements around a central point or line.
- 19. The communication of ideas through visuals.
- 22. When all of the elements of a piece have the same visual weight, thus creating a sense of visual harmony and unity. Contrast with imbalance, which might be purposely used to evoke a sense of discord in the viewer, by giving more weight to some elements in favor of others.
- 24. Harmony can be described as sameness, the belonging of one thing with another. The repetition of design elements like color, texture, shape, and form is one of the easiest ways to achieve harmony to create a composition.
- 25. Line, form, value, texture, color, shape, space.
- 26. Is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.
- 27. A technique whereby one creates the illusion of depth in order to convey a three-dimensional space. This is done by showing things that are far away as being smaller and making the smaller details of them harder to make out than the things which are supposed to be closer. In other words it mimics how the distant objects look to the human eye.
- 28. Balance, movement/rhythm, emphasis, contrast, proportion, space, unity/harmony, pattern
- 31. When a visual image has been constructed wholly or partially by a computer software.
- 34. Use of the fewest and barest essentials or elements, as in the arts, literature, or design.