GHP VISUAL ARTS EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
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Design Principles
Refers to the ways artists organize the visual elements of art:
generally found to include balance, emphasis, contrast, unity,
movement and rhythm. May also include: proportion, scale,
repetition, pattern, and variety.
Line A visual element that is the path of a moving point through space. It has the properties of direction, width and length.
Twentieth Century Art Influenced by technology of early twentieth century; expansion of color-right from the tube in assertive brush
strokes; discord of color; non-Western themes. Cubism:
fragmentation of form; influenced by African tribal arts; masks and sculpture; move toward abstract art.
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Four Parts of Art Criticism Description, analysis, interpretation, and judgement.
Diptych A picture with two panels, usually together.
Triptych A picture that has three panels placed next to each other.
Balance A principle of art that is concerned with the sense of stability
of the visual elements. There are three types of _____ :
symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial.
Art Movements Mid ages, gothic, renaissance, baroque, neoclassicism, naturalism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, post impressionism, art nouveau, expressionism, fauvism, cubism, futurism, dada, surrealism, pop art.
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Impressionism This movement was the product of art critics and members of high society scrutinizing many new artists about what they could paint. Influenced by science; concern for light and color on object. Experience of the fleeting moment; new techniques allowed for painting outside; rejected themes of the French Salon; emphasis on primary colors and small brush strokes; side-by-side placement of primary color; little white or black.
Expressionism A modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century.Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.
Art Nouveau A style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the US from about 1890 until World War I and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms.
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