7^th and 8^th Grade Visual Arts Study Guide for FINAL TEST

DIRECTIONS:

Study the art concepts below.

Be ready to any or all of the following with this information:

·         compare/contrast

·         define

·         draw

·         label an example of a concept

·         analyze artwork for these ideas

 

1.          subject - main thing seen in an artwork

2.        content - mood, meaning, or message of an artwork

3.        credit line - important information about an artwork

4.        composition - pleasing arrangement of art elements using the principles of design

5.        foreground - area in an artwork closest to the viewer

6.        middle ground - area in an artwork between the foreground and back ground

7.        background - area in an artwork furthest from the viewer

8.        focal point (point of interest) - main part of an artwork that catches the viewer's interest first

9.        focal area - main area of an artwork that catches the viewer's interest first

10.     medium (media) - material used to create an artwork

11.       ground - support for the medium

12.     elements of art - basic symbols in the visual language of art

13.     principles of design - rules that govern how artists use the visual elements of arts

14.     line - a point moving in space. TWO main kinds: straight & curved. FOUR line variations: size (length & width), direction, degree of curve, and texture

15.     shape - an enclosed area having 2 dimensions: height and width

16.     space - the area in, around, between a subject

17.     form - an enclosed area having 3 dimensions: height, width, & depth

18.     texture - the feel of something either real or imagined

19.     value - the lightness or darkness of something

20.    color - reflected light

21.     balance - principle of design dealing with equalizing of forces in an artwork

22.    unity - principle of design in which all elements used in an artwork are necessary for the work to look complete and finished

23.    pattern - principle of design that uses two dimensional decorative repetition without movement and usually without rhythm

24.    primary color - colors that cannot be MADE by mixing, but are used to mix other colors: red, yellow, blue

25.    secondary color - a color made by mixing a primary color with a primary color: orange, green, and purple (violet)

26.    intermediate color (tertiary color) - a color made by mixing with a secondary color: Identified by having two color names: red-orange, red-violet, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-violet, blue- green

27.    intensity- the brightness or dullness of a color through the combination of complementary pairs

28.    pure color - a color that is not mixed with another

29.    brightness - the intense color from not being mixed with another color

30.    dullness - browns, grays, and neutral colors that result from two complements being mixed together

31.     tint - a light color made by mixing a pure color with white

32.    shade - a dark color made by mixing a pure color with black

33.    complementary colors: two colors that sit directly across from each other on the color wheel

34.    neutral colors - colors made by mixing complementary pairs together or the total lack of pigment at all. IMP: They take on the temperature characteristics of the colors they are next to in an artwork. Brown, white, gray, black.

35.    warm colors: colors that suggest heat and seem to move towards the viewer. Red, orange, and yellow

36.    cool colors: colors that suggest cold and seem to move away from the viewer. Blue, green, and purple (violet)

37.    analogous colors: a color scheme in which three colors next to each other on the color wheel are used in an artwork

38.    triadic colors: a color scheme in which three colors equally spaced on the color wheel are used in an artwork

39.    monochromatic colors: a color scheme in which one color and its tints and shades are used in an artwork

40.    contour drawing: type of drawing which lines are used to define the edges and surface ridges of a subject

41.     organic shapes or forms: these shapes or forms are based on nature. Palm frond, leaf, rock, etc.

42.    geometric shapes or forms: these shapes or forms are based on math. Circle, oval, square, rectangle, pentagon, etc.

43.    negative space - the areas in, around, over, under, and in-between main areas in an artwork

44.    warp threads - vertical threads placed on a weaving board to hold the weft

45.    weft threads - horizontal threads woven into the warp threads on a weaving board

46.    weaving board - cardboard or other stiff board notched equally top and bottom that is used to weave artworks

47.    tabby weave - basic over and under weaving technique alternating threads from row to row

48.    reasons for creating art: artistic expression, ceremonial, narrative, functional, persuasive

49.    subject matter in artworks: landscape, portraits, still life, abstract, non-objective

50.    abstract art: artworks in which simplify real shapes in order to emphasize form over subject matter - some realistic subject matter can still be seen

51.     non-objective art: artworks in which there is no recognizable subject matter

52.    portrait: artwork in which the main subject is a person or animal

53.    landscape: artwork in which the main subject is nature

54.    still-life: artwork in which the main subject(s) is(are) inanimate objects