Contemporary Arts: Art and Visual Elements Quiz

Line

• A prolongation of a point or a mark on a surface
• Solid lines define form, while broken lines suggest hidden forms

Shape

• An area with boundaries identified or drawn using lines
• Organic shapes are 2D and have length and height
• Geometric shapes are 3D and have height, length, and depth

Mass

• A solid portion of a 3D object

Color

• A visual perception that allows people to differentiate objects due to the way various wavelengths of light are reflected
• A crucial element in communicating information and emotion to the viewer

Color Properties

• Hue: the basic or pure color, represented in the color wheel
• Value: the lightness and darkness of a color
• Saturation: the brightness and dullness of a color
  • Bright colors: same pigment with the same hue
  • Dull colors: start adding grey colors

Color Wheel

• A combination of primary, secondary, and tertiary colors

Color Schemes

• Monochromatic: uses the same hue with different gradients of value
• Analogous: uses three or four adjacent colors in the color wheel
• Complementary: uses a color and its complement (the color located opposite in the color wheel)
• Split-Complementary: uses the two colors adjacent to the complement
• Triadic: uses three colors of equal distance from each other
• Tetradic (Double Complementary): uses two pairs of complementary colors

Value

• Refers to the lightness or darkness of an area
• Creates shadows and contrasts in art

Texture

• Refers to the feel or appearance of a surface
• Can be actual or implied
• Two types of texture:
  • Actual texture: can be felt tangibly based on the material used
  • Implied texture: can be exhibited in a painting, such as the fur of an animal

Space

• Refers to the area occupied by an object or subject
• Two types of perspective:
  • Atmospheric perspective: uses the properties of light and air
  • Linear perspective: uses vanishing points and receding hidden lines

Time and Motion

• Can be an illusion or an actual motion
• Actual motion is seen in kinetic sculpture, which moves with the wind or vibrates with the surrounding air

Painting

• Refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface
• Considered two-dimensional, with height and width only

Forms of Painting

• Easel painting: involves applying color to a board or canvas on an upright support
• Murals: huge wall-sized paintings
  • New mural: developed to prevent erasure from the wall
  • Portable mural: uses bold strokes and bright colors on pieces of cheesecloth or canvas
• Telon painting: used as a backdrop or background for the stage
• Jeepney and calesa painting: evolved from calesa painting, with logos, numbers, or paintings on jeepneys