ART APPRECIATION FINAL EXAM (Rutgers – Art
Appreciation Short Online - Final Exam) STUDY GUIDE
EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(A+ GUIDE SOLUTION)
Terms in this set (114)
form formal elements
i.e. lines, shapes, color, texture, spatial qualities and
composition
medium tool/material that an artist uses
content the message/subject matter/ideas in the artwork
style how the artist chooses to use the medium
the characteristics in an artwork's form and content that
identifies a particular artist's or group of artist's work (used
to define a kind of work)
artist's style: describes the consistent use of form and content
line a mark that is made on a 2D or 3D surface
more or less continuous that will define a shape or depict a
motion
can divide space and lead the eye into space
lines have greater length than width and are NOT edges
drafting another word for drawing
,shading used in drawing to build atmosphere or volume
crosshatched a line also used to create atmosphere or volume
contour line outline or the edge of a figure or a volumetric object.
neither a line or an edge but is made up of one or the other
implied line describes the suggest lining up of juxtaposed (side by side)
objects
no actual line created by the artist
the compositional elements of an artwork allow the eye to
see a directional suggestion and move through the work
shape shows the external appearance of an object rather than its
skeleton structure (ex: restroom symbols)
geometric shape uses straight edges and make the form look like a flattened
2D object
can be constructed on 2D or 3D
biomorphic shape uses curving forms with thinning and bulging shapes
references shapes of living beings
a symbol can be biomorphic rather than geometric!
can be constructed on 2D or 3D
important formal element in artwork
complex concept, can be understood in 3 categories:
color
1) hue
2) value
3) intensity
, hue the word for the color itself (ex: blue, red, yellow, etc.)
the hue of both the primary (red, blue, yellow), secondary
(green, orange, purple), and tertiary (combo of one primary
and one/two secondary colors like red-green) colors is their
name
value how much black or white has been added to the hue/color
ex: on a 1-10 scale, 1 is the lightest sky blue, 5 is pure blue,
and 10 is dark blue-black/midnight blue
chroma/intensity quantity or saturation of color/hue in the paint/ink
how much of the color is in the medium of paint/ink
ex: in pink, there is less red in the color and in apple red,
there is more red
opacity When a color/object covers another and you're not able to
see through it
when light cannot pass through a color/object, therefore
the object behind is obscured
A color/object that covers another and allows some
visibility of the color/object behind
translucency
the state or quality of letting light passes through but
diffusing it so that objects behind cannot be clearly
distinguished
Appreciation Short Online - Final Exam) STUDY GUIDE
EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(A+ GUIDE SOLUTION)
Terms in this set (114)
form formal elements
i.e. lines, shapes, color, texture, spatial qualities and
composition
medium tool/material that an artist uses
content the message/subject matter/ideas in the artwork
style how the artist chooses to use the medium
the characteristics in an artwork's form and content that
identifies a particular artist's or group of artist's work (used
to define a kind of work)
artist's style: describes the consistent use of form and content
line a mark that is made on a 2D or 3D surface
more or less continuous that will define a shape or depict a
motion
can divide space and lead the eye into space
lines have greater length than width and are NOT edges
drafting another word for drawing
,shading used in drawing to build atmosphere or volume
crosshatched a line also used to create atmosphere or volume
contour line outline or the edge of a figure or a volumetric object.
neither a line or an edge but is made up of one or the other
implied line describes the suggest lining up of juxtaposed (side by side)
objects
no actual line created by the artist
the compositional elements of an artwork allow the eye to
see a directional suggestion and move through the work
shape shows the external appearance of an object rather than its
skeleton structure (ex: restroom symbols)
geometric shape uses straight edges and make the form look like a flattened
2D object
can be constructed on 2D or 3D
biomorphic shape uses curving forms with thinning and bulging shapes
references shapes of living beings
a symbol can be biomorphic rather than geometric!
can be constructed on 2D or 3D
important formal element in artwork
complex concept, can be understood in 3 categories:
color
1) hue
2) value
3) intensity
, hue the word for the color itself (ex: blue, red, yellow, etc.)
the hue of both the primary (red, blue, yellow), secondary
(green, orange, purple), and tertiary (combo of one primary
and one/two secondary colors like red-green) colors is their
name
value how much black or white has been added to the hue/color
ex: on a 1-10 scale, 1 is the lightest sky blue, 5 is pure blue,
and 10 is dark blue-black/midnight blue
chroma/intensity quantity or saturation of color/hue in the paint/ink
how much of the color is in the medium of paint/ink
ex: in pink, there is less red in the color and in apple red,
there is more red
opacity When a color/object covers another and you're not able to
see through it
when light cannot pass through a color/object, therefore
the object behind is obscured
A color/object that covers another and allows some
visibility of the color/object behind
translucency
the state or quality of letting light passes through but
diffusing it so that objects behind cannot be clearly
distinguished
