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Elements - Answer-Visual vocabulary of art. Line, form, shape, volume, mass, color,
texture, space, time, motion, value (lightness, darkness).
Principles - Answer-Rules similar to grammar in art. The ways the elements of art are
constructed in a work of art -- contrast, balance, unity, variety, rhythm, emphasis,
pattern, scale, proportion, and focal point.
Line - Answer-Most fundamental element used by artists, organize the visual world.
Connects two points, can define boundaries between planes, define shapes, direct our
eyes, convey sense of movement and energy.
Tool for describing in two-dimensions a three dimensional object by indicating depth
and noting surface changes.
A mark, or implied mark, between two end points.
Implied Line - Answer-Not continuous, suggest or give impression of a line.
Contour Line - Answer-Suggests a volume in a space by defining edges of an object,
and providing clues about the character of the object's surface.
Gestural Line - Answer-line showing movement
Directional Line - Answer-show direction
Communicative Line - Answer-communicate feeling via lines and guide attention
Shape - Answer-two-dimensional area, the boundaries of which are defined by lines or
suggested by changes in color value.
Form - Answer-Three-dimensional shape
Geometric Shape / Form - Answer-Composed of regular lines and curves
Organic Shape / Form - Answer-Made up of unpredictable, irregular lines that evoke the
natural world.
Positive Shape (Figure) - Answer-A shape defined by its surrounding negative space
Negative Space (Ground) - Answer-an empty space given its shape by its surround,
, Figure-Ground Reversal - Answer-the reversal of the relationship between one shape
(the figure) and its background (the ground), so that the figure becomes the background
and the ground becomes the figure.
Contrast - Answer-a drastic difference between such elements as color or value when
they are presented together
Volume - Answer-Space filled by or enclosed by a three-dimensional figure or object
Mass - Answer-a volume that has, or gives the illusion of having, weight, density, and
bulk.
Texture - Answer-the surface quality of a work, for example fine/coarse, detailed/lacking
in detail
Implied Texture - Answer-two-dimensional work by an artist to create the effect of
texture.
What is the subject matter of Goya's Third of May? How does he use directional line
and contrast to draw attention to and build sympathy for the victims? - Answer-mplied.
Painters often use implied line to guide a viewer's eye as it scans the canvas. In
Francisco Goya's The Third of May, 1808, the artist portrays the execution of Spaniards
who had resisted the occupation of their country by the French army of Emperor
Napoleon (1.1.13). Goya uses contrast to draw our attention to a particular line (A)—
created in the place where the dark background sky meets and contrasts with the
lighted hillside—that separates the two areas of value. Our attention is drawn downward
and to the right toward an area where there is more visual activity. Goya holds our
attention by using other directional lines; (B), for example, follows the line implied by the
feet of the soldiers. Then a shadowed area (C) at the bottom of the page directs our eye
to the left, where other lines, such as (D) and (E), draw our gaze up toward the area of
high contrast (A). Goya is keen to keep our attention on the atrocities committed by the
army of Napoleon. The strong horizontal of the rifles is so distinct that our eye is pulled
toward the group of victims: we identify not with the line of executioners, but with the
victims. PG 56 IN TEXT
What qualities or feelings are often conveyed by vertical lines? horizontal lines?
diagonal lines? - Answer-Vertical lines tend to communicate strength and energy;
horizontal lines can suggest calmness and passivity; diagonal lines are associated with
action, motion, and change.
How is the technique of figure-ground reversal used in Noma Bar's Gun Crime? -
Answer-The woodcut, where removed material prints white and preserved material
prints black, is conducive to exploring figure- ground reversal, which is the very essence
of Escher's technique here. Ppt 5
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