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Elements and Principles - Gateways to Art

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If the elements of art are the vocabulary of art the ______ of art are its grammar -- rules or truths about how the elements are used. (p. 42)
A great example of Mass can be found in the colossal _______ head from Veracruz, Mexico (p. 68).
The exceptional symmetry of the ___ ______, a RW shown on page 136, illustrates the principle of balance, particularly symmetrical balance.
Seen in 1.2.7 (p. 65) a _________ is an upright stone slab decorated with inscriptions or pictorial relief carvings. (p. 64)
Example of a form (p. 61)
In ___________ (which is a RW), the artist accentuated the irregularities of organic form to express the agony of death and grief) p. 63
Both the images on page 65 are __________, meaning each is a raised form on a largely flat background.
This RW is shown on page 90-91 to illustrate how Raphael combined one-point and two-point perspective to create an illusion of depth.
The Nazca spider on p. 43 (1.1.1) is an example of how artist use the element of art that is a mark or implied mark between two endpoints - in this case to create the shape of a spider. (p. 42)
Through his use of the element of mass in the RW, The Kiss, the artist __________ illustrates the quality of solidity in love. (p. 72)
The Imperial procession (1.2.6) is high relief but the Stela (1.2.7) is _______ relief, meaning the sculpture is carved with very little depth so that the subjects rise only slightly from the surface of the work. (p. 64-65)
Shown on page 113 is a work by the sculpture, Bernini, whose work is featured in our RW set. The work here is shown to illustrate how Bernini used the element of implied ______
The center of interest or activity in a work of art, often drawing the viewer's attention to the most important element. (p. 66)
The lightness or darkness of a plane or area (p. 76)
A two-dimensional area the boundaries of which are defined by lines or suggested by changes in color or value. (p. 42)
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Shown on page 79 to illustrate the idea of tenebrism, dramatic use of intense darkness and light, is the painting (also a RW) The Calling of St. Matthew, 1599-1600 by _____________
A drastic difference between such elements when the are presented together (color, value, shape, etc.,) p. 68
The RW seen on page 70 is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, in which the architect, Frank Gehry, makes use of both geometric and __________ forms. (p. 70)
The concept that volume is solid and occupies space, whether it is enormous or small, like a piece of jewelry (p. 62)
This RW by Leonardo da Vinci is shown on page 89 to illustrate the use of one-point linear perspective, a system with a single vanishing point on the horizon.
Three-dimensional form made up of unpredictable, irregular planes that suggest the natural world (p.63)
Shown on page 126, the RW Great Wave off shore at Kanagawa by Hokusai illustrates harmony and the principle of ___________ (p. 126)
All _____ have volume and mass. (p. 62)
The surface quality of a work. How it would feel if we touched it, or how we imagine it would feel if we touched it. For example. the _______ of the work shown in 1.2.2 (p. 62) would be rough and warm
The __________ of art are the basic vocabulary of art: line, shape, form, volume, mass, texture, value, space, color, and motion/time
Works such as 1.2.7, 1.2.6 (p. 65) do not rely on the element of _________, which is the optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into separate wavelengths. (p.64)
Meaning "light-dark," it is a method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork to create the illusion of a three dimensional solid form (p. 78)
Illustrating the ideal of subversive texture is the surrealist (and RW) Object by Meret ______________
The amount of actual space a form occupies (p. 62)
The distance between identifiable points or planes