The Color Wheel | The Visual Elements | Artists and their works | Traits of a creative person | What Do Artists Do? |
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What are the primary colors
Red, blue, and yellow
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What is a line
Functions include outlining shapes, creating form, demonstrating movement, emphasis, and shading or modeling
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Who is Pablo Picasso
This artist is known for his feud with Henri Matisse as well as his varying styles, including surrealism and cubism.
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What is flexibility
This trait of a creative person refers to the ability to adapt to new situations.
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What is "create places for human purpose."
The Roman coliseum and churches are an example of this thing that artists do.
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What are the secondary colors
Orange, green, violet
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What is a shape
This two-dimensional form occupies an area with identifiable boundaries.
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Who is Vincent Van Gogh
This artist is known for painting Starry Night.
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What is originality
This trait of a creative person generates uncommon responses to situations and solving problems.
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What is "make extraordinary versions of ordinary objects."
A diamond chalice is an example of this thing that artists do.
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What is a tertiary color
Any combination of a primary and secondary color
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What is color
The most recognizable of the visual elements, it is shown to affect a wide range of psychological and physiological reactions.
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Who is Claude Monet
This artist is known as one of the founders of Impressionism. He painted Impression, Sunrise, 1872.
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What is fluency
This trait of a creative person includes a readiness to allow the free flow of ideas.
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What is "record and commemorate events."
George Washington Crossing the Delaware is an example of this thing that artists do.
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What is analogous harmony
Use of colors that are adjacent to one another on the color wheel.
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What is space
This is a dynamic visual element that interacts with the rest of the piece. It relates to linear perspective and atmospheric perspective.
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Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
This artist is known for showing an incredible amount of detail in his paintings, such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
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What is analytical skill
This trait of a creative person includes a talent for exploring problems, taking them apart, and finding out how things work
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What is "give tangible form to the unknown."
The statue of the Hindu god Shiva is an example of this thing that artists do.
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What is triadic harmony
Harmonies composed of any three colors that are equidistant from one another on the color wheel.
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What is texture
Brancusi's Bird In Space employs this visual element.
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Who is Rafael
This artist painted Madonna In the Meadows, employing an implied shape to direct your attention to Jesus.
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What is sensitivity
This trait of a creative person pertains to heightened awareness of what one sees, hears, and touches; as well as responsiveness to other people and their feelings
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What is "help people see the world in new ways."
Artists do this thing to help us break up the monotony of everyday life.
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