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Intro to Art Terms
Form- refers to purely visual elements of art and architecture, which include line, color, texture, spatial attributes, and composition.
Line- is an element, usually drawn or painted, -made by a more-or-less continuous mark.
Color- has several attributes which include:
Hue- refers to the general term associated with the word color. Primary hues: Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary hues: Orange, Green, and Purple
Value- is the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a given color and it is created by the amount of light reflected from the object’s surface.
Saturations- or intensity, is a color’s quality of brightness of dullness.
Texture- is the textile quality of a surface, how the surface feels (smooth, polished, rough, etc.).
Space- is what contains objects.
Actual or 3-D, two-dimensional
Mass- is matter sculpture or architecture that takes up space.
Volume- The shape and mass of a 3-dimensional form, measurable in terms of the actual space it occupies and characterized as well by its weight or appearance of weight.
Content- The essential meaning, significance, or aesthetic value of a work of art, based on the sensory, subjective, psychological, or emotional properties it evokes, as opposed to its descriptive aspects alone.
Style- A distinctive or characteristic manner of working identifiable to a particular artist, school, or period in art, including the types of imagery employed, the objects produced, the application of media and techniques, and the utilization of the art elements.
Medium- The material(s) used by an artist to create art works.
Mixed Medium- two or more mediums are combined to create an artwork
Architecture- is the three dimensional art of building and designing buildings which are highly spatial, functional, and closely bound with technology and materials.