Understanding Art: Terms and Concepts in Design and Visual Art, Quizzes of Production and Operations Management

Download Understanding Art: Terms and Concepts in Design and Visual Art and more Quizzes Production and Operations Management in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Line DEFINITION 1 A point set in motion, created by movement and capable of infinite variety. MOST COMMON DESIGN ELEMENT, describes shape TERM 2 Actual Line DEFINITION 2 One motion, can have many different properties Ex. _______________ TERM 3 Implied Line DEFINITION 3 A connected series of unconnected points Ex. ----- TERM 4 Contour DEFINITION 4 Shapes bound by a line, an outline TERM 5 Gesture DEFINITION 5 Contouring the shape is less important than showing the action of the pose, movement weight and posture TERM 6 Line Directions DEFINITION 6 Format to the picture can affect the artist's choice of line and direction, most paintings are rectangular Horizontal: Calm and quiet, looks like sleep Vertical: Strong and stable Diagonal: Motion and action TERM 7 Line Quality DEFINITION 7 Number of characteristics (weight direction uniformity) to form emphasis on volume, should reflect the theme you want to depict TERM 8 Cross-Hatching DEFINITION 8 Crisscrossed lines often used for shading. Resulting areas of dark and light value can give 3D appearance TERM 9 Dark Line Technique DEFINITION 9 When outlining forms to illustrate weight, can lead to desired emphasis TERM 10 Explicit Line DEFINITION 10 Product of edges with emphasis, line as an element TERM 21 Abstraction DEFINITION 21 Natural shaped to basic shapes. Reduced to their simplest forms TERM 22 Reductive Abstraction DEFINITION 22 Subject is simplified to its basic building blocks TERM 23 Biomorphic DEFINITION 23 Abstract shapes that allude to organic forms. Non-geometric abstraction TERM 24 Nonobjective DEFINITION 24 Shapes with no object reference and no subject matter, judged soley on visual deign, yet still able to convey emotion TERM 25 Curvilinear DEFINITION 25 A continual curved form TERM 26 Art Nouveau DEFINITION 26 Art style that put pictorial emphasis on curvilinear and natural shapes. Natural shapes reflect soft flowing shapes in nature. TERM 27 Positive Shape DEFINITION 27 AKA FIGURE Main shape or subject in the picture TERM 28 Negative Shape DEFINITION 28 AKA GROUND Space in which the positive shape resides (think background). Just as important as the figure. Loved my Japa and typography and architecture. TERM 29 Isolation DEFINITION 29 Very unintresting. When positive and negative space are rigidly definied. TERM 30 Integration DEFINITION 30 Smoothes the transition between positive and negative space. Negative space appears more interesting. Desirable in design. TERM 31 Confusion DEFINITION 31 When positive and negative shapes are integrated to such an extent that there is no visual distinction. Artist purposely makes the positive and negative sapce ambiguous. TERM 32 Figure DEFINITION 32 AKA POSITIVE SHAPE TERM 33 Ground DEFINITION 33 AKA NEGATIVE SHAPE TERM 34 Cubist DEFINITION 34 Abstractions of natural forms into geometric planes. Difficult to determine which areas are figure and which are ground. Very 20th century Picasso. TERM 35 Pattern DEFINITION 35 Repetition of a design motif. Human desire to fill empty space. Lots of pattern can create visual rhythm. Most patterns can be reduce to a grid. TERM 46 Size DEFINITION 46 Closer=larger Farther=Smaller Great with similar objects TERM 47 Exaggerated Size DEFINITION 47 Foreground=oddly large object Background=Small, will create distance TERM 48 Overlapping DEFINITION 48 Creates depth simple. Complete objects=in the front. TERM 49 Vertical Location DEFINITION 49 Objects lower in the frame are considered closer. Used Middle East and Asian art. Based on the way we see things. TERM 50 Aerial Perspective DEFINITION 50 AKA ATMOSPHERIC The use of color/value show depth (contrast) Far away objects=neutral color TERM 51 Linear Perspective DEFINITION 51 Create a horizon/vanishing point via parallel lines on paraller planes that all converge at the same point. Used in western art, thanks to renaissance TERM 52 One point Perspective DEFINITION 52 All lines go to one point Vanishing Point: Paraller lines come together at the same place in infinity. (Think railroad tracks) Monocular: A single fixed vantage point on which the linear perspective is base. TERM 53 Two Point Perspective DEFINITION 53 2 vanishing points on the horizon line, looks more neutral Parallax: Vantage point based on 2 point system, like how eyes work. TERM 54 Amplified Perspective DEFINITION 54 Pulls viewer into the picture. Closer object=large and in focus, the rest of the figure is small in the background (Uncle Sam, I want you!) TERM 55 Multipoint Perspective DEFINITION 55 Different objects will have seperate sets of vanishing point if they aren't paraller to each other. More than 2 vanishing points can be disorientating Dynamic Spatial Effects: Can look cool in abstract 2D TERM 56 Isometric Projection DEFINITION 56 A spatial illusion. Parallel lines don't recede to a vanishing point, they remain parallel. Se in traditional oriental art. Creates a very flat image. TERM 57 Open form DEFINITION 57 Partial view of object/scene in the frame. Picture breaks out of the frame. TERM 58 Closed form DEFINITION 58 Complete view of scene inside the frame. Eyes are not led out of the painting. TERM 59 Transparency DEFINITION 59 Forms overlap yet can be seen completely Equivocal space: Ambiguous about what is where or what overlaps what TERM 60 Multiple perspective DEFINITION 60 Several different views are combined to form more than one vantage point simultaneously, Egyptian illustrations combine most descriptive characteristics of the body. TERM 71 Blurred Outlines DEFINITION 71 Detals are lost in the combination of fast movement and sloe shutter speed. We connect blurry with motion because of our own visual experience. Op Art: A style of art and design where a static image creates the optical illusion of movement TERM 72 Multiple Images DEFINITION 72 One figure in an overlapping sequence of poses changing slightly each time TERM 73 Lines of Force DEFINITION 73 Curved lines to show the pathway of movement. A comonly seen device that is immediately understood. Comics TERM 74 Grouping Multiple images DEFINITION 74 Makes a scene TERM 75 Value DEFINITION 75 Artistic term for light and dark. Light reveals form TERM 76 Acrhromatic Grays DEFINITION 76 Grays that contain no color, just black and white, there are 40 different shades of gray TERM 77 Value Contrast DEFINITION 77 Relationship btw different areas of dark and light. Value is contrast, every color is also a value, if you take color out of a color you get a value TERM 78 Low Value DEFINITION 78 Darker gray (purple) TERM 79 High Value DEFINITION 79 Lighter gray (yellow) TERM 80 Value Pattern DEFINITION 80 Arrangement and amount of variation in light and dark (WITH NO COLOR) great for creating the illusion of depth or space. TERM 81 Low Key DEFINITION 81 Range of values are all light colors. Seem to move away. TERM 82 High Key DEFINITION 82 Range of values are all dark colors. Seem to come forward. TERM 83 Value Emphasis DEFINITION 83 Use of a high contrast can draw attention to an object and create a focal point TERM 84 Chiaroscuro DEFINITION 84 Uses of light and dark to imply depth and volume. Usually theres a big change btw light and dark areas TERM 85 Shading DEFINITION 85 The application of value in art, 3D TERM 96 Complimentary Colors DEFINITION 96 Opposite on a color wheel 2 complimentary colors side by side look bright, mixing 2 complimentary colors creates grey TERM 97 Color Constancy DEFINITION 97 Color is a production of light and therefore color changes with light TERM 98 Constancy Effect DEFINITION 98 Objects changes colo with light season and weather, yet we think of an object as being one particular color TERM 99 3 Properties of Color DEFINITION 99 Hue: Name of a color. Not many hues, but many colors. Same color can have different names. Value: Like color, value is variable and depends on surrounfing hues for its visual sensation Intensity: Brightness of a color. AKA CHROMA AND SATURATION TERM 100 Secondary COlors DEFINITION 100 Orange Green and violet TERM 101 Tertiary Colors DEFINITION 101 Mix a primary and a secondary color TERM 102 Tint DEFINITION 102 Adding white to a hue TERM 103 Shade DEFINITION 103 Adding black to a hue. Humans can see 40 tints of any color TERM 104 Color Interaction DEFINITION 104 Colors change with their context. Repetition is a critical factor. TERM 105 Saturation DEFINITION 105 INtestity TERM 106 Chromas DEFINITION 106 Insensity TERM 107 Simultaneous Contrast DEFINITION 107 When 2 compliments are next to each other they increase their visual brilliance TERM 108 Afterimage Effect DEFINITION 108 When you look away, after staring at an intense color, you will see the complimentary color TERM 109 Visual Color Mixing/Otical Mixing DEFINITION 109 Creates color by placing 2 pure color next to each other instead of mixing them on a board TERM 110 Pointillism DEFINITION 110 The process of using small bits of color next to each other to produce a color, tvs, pixels TERM 121 Optical Color DEFINITION 121 Depicting objects as they might be seen in various light TERM 122 Subjective COlor DEFINITION 122 Arbitrary use of color chose by artists via preference TERM 123 Emotional Color DEFINITION 123 Use of color to create a reaction/response (blue=sad) TERM 124 Color Symbolism DEFINITION 124 Employing color to signify human character traits or concepts. Different meanings in different cultures TERM 125 Triadic Color Scheme DEFINITION 125 Uses 3 hues that are equidistant on the color wheel