Across
- 3. the highest class in certain societies; the elite, wealthy
- 5. an everyday object made for another purpose, but displayed by an artist as art (bicycle wheel, urinal, hat rack)
- 6. In the 1900s artists began rejecting traditional styles. Artists began to explore with other dimensions of color, line, and shape. Some painters used bold, wide strokes of color and odd distortions. Artists tried to produce works of strong emotion.
- 7. new and unusual or experimental ideas, especially in the arts, or the people introducing them.
- 8. a two-dimensional composition of materials pasted over a surface
- 10. an artwork created by the assembling and arrangement of objects in a specific location
- 12. color technique used in commercial art and comic books. Ex. Roy Lichtenstein imitated this technique in his paintings
- 14. A three-dimensional composition in which a collection of objects is put together to create a sculpture
- 16. theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
- 17. The treatment of light and dark/shade in a work of art
- 19. a style of abstract painting characterized by simple shapes and monochromatic color
- 21. A method for applying paint in small dabs or dots of pure color, which create optical mixtures in the eye when seen from several feet away. Popularized by post-impressionist artist Georges Seurat.
- 22. the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them
Down
- 1. an idea
- 2. art produced at the present period in time
- 4. the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists
- 9. painting in which scenes of everyday life are depicted
- 11. financial supporter of the arts
- 13. an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression
- 15. the aspects of current culture that make up its arts and entertainment (such as fads, fashions, art, media, music, movies, sports, advertising, etc.)
- 18. application of paint to canvas by dripping, splashing, or smearing that emphasizes the artist's gestures
- 20. the process or technique of laying on paint or pigment thickly so that it stands out from a surface.