DESCRIPTIVE WORDS TO USE IN A FORMAL CRITIQUE OF ART



Descriptive Words to use in a Formal Critique of Art

|ELEMENTS OF |Colors  |Shape/Form |Principles of Art |STYLE OR |MEDIA (MATERIALS) |TECHNIQUE |

|ART |brash |amorphous |balance |PERIOD |Two-Dimensional |architecture  |

|Line |bright  |biomorphic |contrast |abstract |chalk |batik |

|blurred |calm |closed |emphasis  |classical |colored pencil |carving |

|broken |clear  |distorted |harmony  |genre |conte |ceramics |

|controlled |cool  | flat |pattern  |historical  |egg tempera |collage |

|curved |dull |free-form |repetition  |literary |found materials |crafts |

|diagonal |exciting |full of spaces |rhythm  |naïve |gouache |glassblowing |

|freehand |garish  |geometric |unity  |narrative |ink | jewelry making |

|horizontal |grayed  |heavy |variety  |nonobjective |oil |metalwork |

|interrupted |multicolored |light | |primitive |pastel |modeling |

|geometric |muted |linear |Themes in Art |realistic |pencil |mosaics |

|meandering |pale  |massive |adoration |romantic |photograph |painting |

|ruled  |polychromed  |nebulous |children  |Renaissance |print |photography |

|short |primary  |open  |circus  |Pop |tempera |printmaking |

|straight |saccharine |organic |cityscape |Op |vine charcoal |repousse |

|thick |secondary  | |earth, air, fire, water  |Modern |watercolor |sculpture |

|thin |subdued  |Value |farming festivals  |Abstract Expression |Three-Dimensional |weaving |

|vertical |sweet |dark |gardens  | |bronze | |

|wide |warm |light |grief | |clay | |

|reversed | |medium |history  | |fibers | |

| | | |hunting  | |found materials | |

|Texture | |Space |landscape | |marble | |

|actual  | |ambiguous |love | |metal | |

|bumpy | |deep |music | |mixed media | |

|corrugated | |flat |mythology | |papier-mâché | |

|flat  | |negative/positive |of historic occasions | |plaster | |

|furry  | |open |portraiture | |stone | |

|gooey  | |shallow  |processions | |wood | |

|leathery  | | |religion | | | |

|prickly  | | |seascape | | | |

|rough  | | |storytelling | | | |

|sandy  | | |theater | | | |

|shiny  | | |war | | | |

|simulated  | | | | | | |

|smooth | | | | | | |

|soft  | | | | | | |

|sticky  | | | | | | |

|tacky | | | | | | |

|velvet | | | | | | |

|wet | | | | | | |

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