ART APPRECIATION FINAL UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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ART APPRECIATION
ART APPRECIATION FINAL UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
form - CORRECT ANSWER- formal elements
i.e. lines, shapes, color, texture, spatial qualities and composition
medium - CORRECT ANSWER- tool/material that an artist uses
content - CORRECT ANSWER- the message/subject matter/ideas ...
ART APPRECIATION FINAL UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
form - CORRECT ANSWER- formal elements
i.e. lines, shapes, color, texture, spatial qualities and composition
medium - CORRECT ANSWER- tool/material that an artist uses
content - CORRECT ANSWER- the message/subject matter/ideas in the artwork
style - CORRECT ANSWER- how the artist chooses to use the medium
the characteristics in an artwork's form and content that identifies a particular artist's or group
of artist's work (used to define a kind of work)
artist's style: describes the consistent use of form and content
line - CORRECT ANSWER- a mark that is made on a 2D or 3D surface
more or less continuous that will define a shape or depict a motion
can divide space and lead the eye into space
lines have greater length than width and are NOT edges
drafting - CORRECT ANSWER- another word for drawing
shading - CORRECT ANSWER- used in drawing to build atmosphere or volume
,crosshatched - CORRECT ANSWER- a line also used to create atmosphere or volume
contour line - CORRECT ANSWER- outline or the edge of a figure or a volumetric object.
neither a line or an edge but is made up of one or the other
implied line - CORRECT ANSWER- describes the suggest lining up of juxtaposed (side by
side) objects
no actual line created by the artist
the compositional elements of an artwork allow the eye to see a directional suggestion and
move through the work
shape - CORRECT ANSWER- shows the external appearance of an object rather than its
skeleton structure (ex: restroom symbols)
geometric shape - CORRECT ANSWER- uses straight edges and make the form look like a
flattened 2D object
can be constructed on 2D or 3D
biomorphic shape - CORRECT ANSWER- uses curving forms with thinning and bulging
shapes
references shapes of living beings
a symbol can be biomorphic rather than geometric!
can be constructed on 2D or 3D
color - CORRECT ANSWER- important formal element in artwork
, complex concept, can be understood in 3 categories:
1) hue
2) value
3) intensity
hue - CORRECT ANSWER- the word for the color itself (ex: blue, red, yellow, etc.)
the hue of both the primary (red, blue, yellow), secondary (green, orange, purple), and tertiary
(combo of one primary and one/two secondary colors like red-green) colors is their name
value - CORRECT ANSWER- how much black or white has been added to the hue/color
ex: on a 1-10 scale, 1 is the lightest sky blue, 5 is pure blue, and 10 is dark blue-
black/midnight blue
chroma/intensity - CORRECT ANSWER- quantity or saturation of color/hue in the paint/ink
how much of the color is in the medium of paint/ink
ex: in pink, there is less red in the color and in apple red, there is more red
opacity - CORRECT ANSWER- When a color/object covers another and you're not able to
see through it
when light cannot pass through a color/object, therefore the object behind is obscured
translucency - CORRECT ANSWER- A color/object that covers another and allows some
visibility of the color/object behind
the state or quality of letting light passes through but diffusing it so that objects behind cannot
be clearly distinguished
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