art+vocabulary

=Talking About Art: The Elements and Principles of Art, Color Schemes, and Useful Vocabulary=


 * __Elements of Art__:**
 * the tools, basic components, or building blocks that artists use when creating art. Elements are used to create the principles of art (see below).**


 * Color: an element of art made up of three qualities: __hue__, the color name, e.g., red, yellow, blue; __intensity__, the purity and brightness of a color, e.g., bright red or dull red; and value, the lightness or darkness of a color.
 * Hue: a color’s name; a color in its __pure__ form (without white or black added to it)
 * Intensity: The brightness and __purity__ of a color (e.g. the more __neutral__ looking a color is, the less intense it is)
 * Value: the lightness or darkness of a hue (color).
 * Line: a __continuous__ mark made on some surface by a moving point (pen, pencil, etc.)
 * Space: in flat, __two-dimensional__ artworks, this is the area on the page that can be used either negatively (left blank) or positively (filled with elements of art). In __three-dimensional__ artwork this is the available area that can be left empty or filled with objects.
 * Form: an object that is __3-dimensional__ (has depth, __volume__, height and width)
 * Texture: the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched.
 * Space: the distance or area between, around, above, below or within things


 * __Principles of Art__:**
 * the different ways that the elements of art can be used in a work of art. Principles are always created by the elements and are used to direct, attract, or appeal to the viewer’s eye in a work of art.**
 * Balance: a way of arranging art elements to create a feeling of __equilibrium__ or stability in a work
 * Emphasis: the size relationships between parts of a whole, or the size relationship between an object and its surroundings.
 * Contrast: a way of combining the elements to __emphasize__ the differences between those elements; this helps to make a work of art eye-catching
 * Unity: the look and feel of __wholeness__ or oneness in a work of art; created by using __similar__ elements __throughou__t an artwork to help unite all parts of the work
 * Variety: combinations of different elements to create __diversity__ in a work
 * Gradation: the size relationships between parts of a whole, or the size relationship between an object and its surroundings.
 * Movement: the look and feeling of action; guides the viewer’s eye throughout the work of art
 * Rhythm: the use of repeated elements in a work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat.
 * Proportion: the size relationships between parts of a whole, or the size relationship between an object and its surroundings.


 * __Color Schemes (ways to combine colors) in Works of Art__:**
 * Primary: the three basic colors (red, yellow, blue) that cannot be made from other colors.
 * Secondary: the three colors made by combining two primary colors (orange, green, violet)
 * Tertiary: . colors made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color (red-orange, blue-green, red-violet, etc.)
 * Triad: a color scheme that uses 3 colors that are __equidistant__ on the color wheel (red, yellow and blue; orange, green and violet; red-violet, yellow-orange, blue-green; etc.)
 * Complementary: colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel. (When mixed they form neutral colors; when placed side by side without being mixed, complementary colors make each other look more intense)
 * Analogous: colors that are closely related because they are next to each other on the color wheel (ex: red, red-orange and orange)
 * Monochromatic: a color scheme that consists only of a single color, and different values of that color that are created by adding white or black to it (ex: red, light red and dark red)
 * Warm Colors: colors that suggest warmth. These are colors that contain red, orange and yellow. Warm colors tend to look like they come forward in a work.
 * Cool Colors: colors often associated with water, sky, spring, and foliage (leaves) and suggest coolness; contain blue and green and appear opposite the warm colors on the color wheel. Cool colors tend to __recede__ in a work of art.
 * Mixed Color Scheme: a combination of two or more of the other color schemes.