Art Terms Chapter 1-4 Crossword

Produced or intended primarily for aesthetic purposes rather than utility. Any of the art forms, such as sculpture, painting, or music.
The materials, such as oil, watercolor, etc., used to create an artwork; or a category of art such as drawing, painting, or sculpture.
things that are represented in an artwork, such as people, buildings, trees, etc.
Works that have form, style, and subject matter that are familiar to the public as art.
Artworks that have no recognizable subject matter such as figures, flowers, buildings, etc.
Describing an artwork based on an identifiable subject, but with few or no details, and whose visual elements are simplified or rearranged.
The experience of seeing and enjoying something for its own sake, or for its beauty and pleasurable qualities.
The examination of the relationships among the facts (objects, people, shapes, colors) in an artwork.
A systematic discussion of the characteristics of an artwork, usually involving four stages: description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
The act of organizing the elements of an artwork into a harmoniously unified whole.
A listing of the facts in an artwork, such as objects, people, shapes, and colors.
The plan the artist uses to organize the art elements (line, shape, form, space, etc.) in a work of art to achieve a unified composition.
Line, shape, form, color, value, space, and texture. The building blocks the artist works with to create an artwork.
A process used to determine the quality or lasting importance of a work.
The degree to which a work reflects a theme, emotion, or worldview.
​An explanation of the meaning of an artwork.
The study of art that involves asking and answering all kinds of questions about art, how people respond to it, and how it relates to our lives.
Unity, variety, emphasis, rhythm, movement, balance, pattern, and proportion. The effects that may result when the art elements are structured to achieve a successful composition
Those with the training, experience, and commitment that gives them the authority to make judgements in order to determine when something is art.
Lines found in very abstract and nonobjective artworks that do not describe anything. They are meant to be seen only as lines
e​The tendency of the mind’s eye to complete partial forms or shapes by seeing lines that do not exist
Lines that define the outer edges of forms and surfaces within a form, such as shapes or wrinkles and folds. Used in contour drawings to suggest depth in addition to height and width.
Shading created by crossed parallel lines
s​Lines created with a variety of tools; can be outlines, contour lines, single lines, or hatching.
Where one shape ends and another begins, resulting in implied line.
Lines that are produced to express an idea, mood, or quality
Shading using closely spaced, parallel lines; used to suggest light and shadow
Lines that are indicated indirectly in artworks at edges where two shapes meet, where a form ends and the space around it begins, or by positioning several objects or figures in a row.
An element of art that is used to define space, contours, and outlines, or suggest mass and volume. It may be a continuous mark made on a surface with a pointed tool or implied by the edges of shapes and forms.
Implied lines suggested by the direction in which figures in a picture are looking, or from the observer’s eye to the object being looked at.
Lines with little variation that describe the outer edges of shapes that appear flat.
A method of applying perspective to an object or figure so that it seems to recede in space by shortening the depth dimension, making the form appear three-dimensional.
An element of design that appears three-dimensional and encloses volume such as a cube, sphere, pyramid, or cylinder. The term may also refer to the characteristics of an artwork’s visual elements (lines, color, textures, etc.) as distinguished from its subject matter
Mechanical, human-made shapes such as squares, triangles, circles, etc. Geometric shapes have regular edges as opposed to the irregular edges of organic shapes.