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| Areas between or bounded by contours edges of an object: the total shape |
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Any artistic design
Repeating element and/or design hat can produce a new set of characteristics or organization |
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| Opposition or dissimilarity |
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Area is two dimensional
supports the illusion of advancing or receding elements
Flat, sculptural surface |
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| Outermost limits of an object or a drawn or painted shape |
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| aren't limited by edges of shapes and flows across shape boundaries |
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Imaginative treatment is personalized
Image isn't coming from anything visually seen by the artist |
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Difference achieved by opposing, contrasting, changing, or diversifying elements in a composition
Adds individualism and interest |
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illusion of limited depth
Imagery moves a slight distance back from the picture plane |
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| has a level of middle gray or darker |
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Measurable distance between two points or images
Can be actual or illusionsaay |
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Refers to person or things represented
Also refers to images that have nothing to do with anything experienced in the natural environment |
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| Appears related to geometry |
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| Measurable amount of defined three dimensional space |
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| No exaggeration or creative interpretation of what is seen |
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| Boundaries have mainly curved lines |
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| One object is in front of another and therefor appears closer |
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| boundaries have mainly straight lines |
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| description of things visually experienced |
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| Doesn't exist, but is suggested through psychological connection of dots, lines, areas, or edges |
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The theory of beauty
Sensitive to art or beauty |
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| Dimension of height and width |
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| synonym expression or meaning |
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| Has a level of middle gray or lighter |
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| Similar lines pass over hatched lines in different directions |
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without symmetry
has unequal or non-corresponding parts |
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| Elegant and decorative writing |
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| Lines that are flowing rhythmically |
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Canvas with drawings
where the artist executes a pictorial image |
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Path of a moving point made by a tool or medium as it moves across an area
Can possess color, value, and shape |
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| Empty space left after the positive images have been created by the artist |
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Line that fades, dims, or stops than reappears
Visually completed by observer and is implied to continue |
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Shape
Line
Value
Color
Texture |
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Sense of visual oneness
organization of elements into a visual whole |
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| Continuance, flow, or movement achieved by repetition of regulated visual untis |
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| exact duplication of appearances in mirror like repetition of either side of a straight-lines central access |
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| tool used by artist to create the visual element perceived by the viewer. |
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Artist focuses on execution or process of the work
More concerned with technique rather than final product |
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| 7 principles of organization |
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Harmony
Variety
Balance
Proportion
Dominance
Movement
Economy |
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| Lightness or darkness of a surface seen in the objective world |
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stresses two dimensional nature of an artwork
Emphasizes flatness of a surface |
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| creates the illusion of value or space |
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| drawn freely and quickly to capture intrinsic spirit and animation seen in the subject |
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| produced by the art element or their combination |
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| has height and width but no thickness |
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| Creative vision from the imagination |
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| includes nothing unnecessary or distracting with relationships that seem inevitable |
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| illusion of a 3rd dimension or 2 dimensional surface |
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implies the process of pairing things down to the essentials
simplification and rearrangement of observable form |
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| outerlimits or boundaries of the picture plane |
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Equilibrium between areas
Implied wieght, attention, attraction, or moments of force |
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| Positive area with clearly defined boundaries |
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| relationship of size between unit or part of a whole |
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receives greatest amount of direct light
portion of an object from observers portion |
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| perfect harmonious proportion that avoids extremes |
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| Creates the illusion of possessing depth, height, and width |
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irregular
resembles freely developed curves found in organisms |
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| demonstrated by a given color |
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unclear of dimension
no clear definition and it is formless |
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distribution of lights and darks in a picture
develops illusion of mass, volume, or space (3 dimensional objects) in space or atmosphere
blends light and shadow |
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