Art Test 1

The expression of creative skill and imagination

Is the symbol meaning of signs, subjects, and images.

• •Unity and variety
• •Balanced
• •Emphasis and subordination
• •Directional forces
• •Contracts
• •Repetition and rhythm
• •Scale and proportion

Is the size relation of one thing to another.

Is the size relationship of parts to a whole.

Is the appearance or condition of oneness.

Provides diversity – acts to counter unity.

Is the achievement of equilibrium, in which acting influences are held in check by opposing forces.

is the exact matching of left and right sides of a three-dimensional form

the left and the right sides are not the same.

is use to draw our attention to an area or areas.

area is a specific spot or figure.

are “paths” for the eye to follow provided by actual or implied lines.

is the juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements.

• Repetition gives a composition unity, continuity, flow, and emphasis.
• Rhythm is created through the regular recurrence of elements with related variations.

imply means that we viewers are able to recognize an object within the piece of art.

presents visual form with no specific references.

is what we see.

is the meaning we get from what we see.

• • Line
• • Shape
• • Mass
• • Space
• • Time and Motion
• • Light
• • Color
• • Texture

Yellow, Blue, Red.

refers to relative lightness and darkness of surfaces.

mental images and ideas.

the act of create of something.

refers to point of view. Or means of representing three-dimensional objects.