Homework # 3 Vocabulary

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   Chapter 5/8: Balance/ shape and Volume:

1.          Describe the difference between balance and imbalanced work?

    A balanced work has an equal distribution of visual weight horizontally and vertically. An imbalanced work is when the artists intentionally makes the work come off as uneasy or unstable usually by having the main distribution of weight farther up in the picture

2.         What is horizontal and vertical placement?

    Horizontal placement is where the visual weight is distributed between the left and right and the vertical placement is where the visual weight is distributed between the top and bottom. 

3.          What is symmetrical balance, and give an art historical example? 
       Asymmetrical balance is when the shapes on one side of the vertical axis is mirrored on the other side. The St. Lucy Altarpiece.

4.         How can asymmetrical balance be achieved with value/color/ shape and texture?
         Value- a small amount of a darker value can be balanced with a more amount of a lighter value on the other side.
         Color- a small area of bright color can balance a larger area of a duller color.
S       Shape- a large simple form balances a smaller and more detailed shape
         Texture- a smaller, rough- textured area balances a larger area with little texture.

5.         What is radial balance?
         When visual elements are balanced around from a central point.

6.         Give a good example of a piece of artwork?
        Whirling Log is an example where similar elements are mirrored from the central point of the piece. 

7.          What is a shape and how does it differ from volume and mass?
         A shape is an area enclosed by either a line, color or value change that defines the outer edge. a shape is a two- dimensional element rather than volume and mass that are three- dimensional.

8.         What is the difference between naturalism and distortion in art and design?
        Naturalism- a realistic picture of an image
d      Distortion- an abstract picture that exaggerates the forms of nature.

Define abstraction: How is your fire and water panel abstract? What concepts are informing your work on this project?
Abstraction is a simplified version of natural shapes.  Our fire and water panels demonstrate simplified shapes and lines to symbolize fire and water. The concept of removing naturalism form the subject matter in our projects and the terms reductive and biomorphic inform my work on the fire and water panel.

Chapter 8: Shape and volume:

1.          Define these terms in art:

2.         Non-objective: shapes with no object reference an no subject matter

3.          Curvilinear: rounded and curved forms that conveys a flowing composition

4.         Rectilinear- geometrical shapes with straight edges and sharp angles

5.         Positive and negative shapes- a shape or object distinguished from the background is positive and the empty space surrounding the objects or shapes in the composition is negative space.

Chapter 10:

1.          List three ways to depict illusion of depth
         - size: size gets smaller further away
   - overlapping: each shape hides part of another to make it seem like it is on top or in front of another. 
         - vertical location: elevation on the page indicates a recession in depth. The higher objects are, the farther back it is assumed to be.

2.         What is one point perspective? where lines in a shape go back towards only one vanishing point.

3.          Two point perspective? where and object is being viewed from an angle making two vanishing points. 

4.         What is an isometric projection/? when lines receding on the diagonal are parallel instead of converging towards a vanishing point.

5.         What is equivocal space? Find an example when it is difficult to distinguish the difference between the foreground and the background. Andy Warhol's colored Mona Lisa