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This use of the grey scale to represent light falling across a surface creating a realistic 3D effect in a drawing is called____________________.

These are lines that send us messages about what the artist wants his or her work to make us feel. Curved, jagged, wide, narrow, and bold would all describe this type of line.

An artwork that uses one color but many values is called monochromatic.  Hue plus black and white

An art movement in the 1960s that relied on perceptual anomalies of the human eye to create dynamic effects is called____________________.  

This type of perspective is based on the observation that parallel lines meet in the distance. As parallel lines get farther away from us they appear to converge, finally meeting on a vanishing point on the horizon line.  

Name this artist and the work.

The line we draw to record the boundaries of the object or form we see is called a_______________________.  (A drawing)  

Name this artist and the work.  

A construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air. Artwork that frequently hung from the ceiling is called a________________________.   Alexander Calder          Quatre Blancs

A color that is lighter than its basic hue plus white is known as a tint. A color that is darker than its basic hue plus black is called a ________.