Studio Art 1 Final Review:

Vocabulary:

1. Line:   A series of connected dots.

2. Line Weight:   How thick (heavy) or thin (light) a line is.   Shows depth.

3. Shape:   A series of connected lines.

4. Value:   Light and dark and everything in between.

5. Texture:   How an object feels or appears to feel.

6. Form:   Volume & Mass, the 3D aspects of objects that take up space.

7. Space:   A 3D volume that can be empty or filled with objects.

8. Negative Shape:   A shape made up of the space around or between two positive shapes.

9. Basic Structure:   All objects are based on 4 geometric solids: Cones, Cubes, Spheres and Cylinders.

10. Eye Level:   The height at which our eyes view an object.

11. Vanishing Points:   An imaginary point on the eye level or horizon where the parallel edges of a cubic form appear to converge and meet.

12. Perspective:   Vanishing points, converging lines and eye level all added up.

13. Washes:   Mixing any color with a large amount of water to cover a large area.

14. Blotting:   To create texture using a paper towel or sponge to remove paint from your canvas.

15. Under painting:   Any painting that is done under a painting or a part of a painting.

16. Dry brush:   Using a dry brush on a painted area to create a smooth, feather-like texture.

17. Glazing:   Mixing 1 part paint with 3 parts water to create a mixture that will mute or dull a color.

18. Scumbling:   A mixture of opaque paint used to dull a color.

19. Fresco:   A moist, lime plaster mixed with water based pigments that can be painted with.

20. Aesthetics:   Principles of beauty.

21. Abstract Art:   Art that is not an accurate depiction of subject matter.

22. Abstract Expressionism:   A style of painting in which the artist shows their personality through spontaneity and use of color and shape.

23. Hudson River School:   A group of American landscape painters of the mid 19 th century who took a romantic approach to depicting the Hudson River valley with vast, panoramic paintings that emphasized nature and de-emphasized people.

24. Impressionism:   A light, spontaneous manner of painting that began in France as a reaction against the formalism of the dominant academic style which uses blobs of color to show how light affects subject matter.

25. Modern Art:   Art from 1900 to the mid 1980's.

26. Pointillism:   A form of painting which is derived from Impressionism in which tiny dots of primary colors are used to generate secondary colors.

27. Portraiture:   Paintings of people.

28. Post Modernism:   Art from the mid 1980's to the present.

29. Realistic Art:   Art that is an accurate representation of subject matter.

30. Religious Art:   Art in which the subject matter is derived from various religions.

31. Renaissance Painting:   Paintings from a period of great creative activity where artists broke away from the restrictions of the Byzantine Empire and began studying the natural world.

32. Representational Art:   Art that is an accurate representation of subject matter.

33. Surrealism:   A movement in visual art and literature that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious mind using dream-like or fantastic imagery in an incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

34. Trompe L'oeil:   French for “Trick the Eye”; a style of painting which gives the appearance of 3D or Photographic realism.

35. Cubism:   Subject matter is broken down and portrayed by geometric forms without using realistic detail.

36. Literal Qualities:   What you actually see, the subject matter, every detail.

37. Visual Qualities:   The Elements of Art and the Principles of Design.

Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Value, Space.

Principles of Design: Balance, Harmony, Variety, Movement, Emphasis, Unity, Repetition, Proportion, Gradation.

38. Expressive Qualities:   What does it mean?   How does it make you feel?   Meaning, mood & idea.

39. Imitationalism:   A realistic presentation of subject matter.

40. Formalism:   Effective organization of the Elements of Art according to the Principles of Design.

41. Emotionalism:   Strong moods, feelings and emotions.

42. 5 Ways the artist is influenced by the world around him/her:   Political, Social, Economic, Religious and Other Cultural Events.

43. The 4 Steps to understanding and appreciating art:   Description, Analysis, Interpretation, and Judgment.