Section Objectives

After you have completed this section, you will be able to:

1. Utilize appropriate terminology to articulate the basic formal elements evident in a work of art.
2. Identify an artist’s use of linear and aerial perspective, and label the technical aspects of linear perspective.
3. Define negative space, shape, and mass.
4. Explain and differentiate the effects of chiaroscuro and tenebrism.
5. Identify the color scheme of a given work of art.
6. Describe how a color wheel is organized based on primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.