Visual Arts 2TTO test 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Visual Arts 2TTO test 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass content of a painting - This refers to the message contained and communicated by the work of art. foreground - the part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer background - the part of a work depicted furthest from the viewer's space, often behind the main subject matter staging - putting objects higher on the paper, closer towards the horizon, makes them look further away cropping - part of the painting is cut of by the picture plane. It looks like it would go on outside the frame. overlap - when part of one thing covers part of another thing 2 100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights diminution - something that is further away is smaller then when it is in the foreground of the painting foreshortening - if an object is pointing in your direction, or away from you, it looks shorter then it actually is. plasticity 2D - by using light and shadow the painting looks like it is 3dimensional Contraposto pose - A pose in which the weight is shifted to one leg, causing hips and shoulders to tilt in opposite directions human proportions - the way to calculate how tall everything is in a human body. It is 8 heads high, the elbows are in line with the bellybutton eg. engaged leg - In the contrapposto, this is the leg that carries most of the weight free leg - in the contraposto pose, this is the leg that carries no weight. emotion - the feeling that is produced in response to life experiences 3 100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights expression - you can see how someone is feeling due to his bodylanguages and facial expression fixture - the base of a wax scultpure, made from iron wire lighting - the way light is used for visibility and to create a mood or special effects. side light - Light coming from the side of an object. grazing light - type of lighting where the lightsource is low and close to the object, it makes long shadows and you can see th