PSLCE Arts and Life Skills flashcards

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Elements of art

The basic visual components - line, shape, form, value, texture, colour and space - used to build and analyse any artwork.

Complementary colours

Pairs of colours opposite each other on the colour wheel, such as red and green, which create maximum visual contrast when placed together.

Tint and shade

A tint is a colour lightened by adding white; a shade is a colour darkened by adding black.

Radial balance

A composition in which visual elements radiate outward from a central point, producing symmetry around more than one axis.

Art criticism sequence

A four-stage process: describe what is visible, analyse how elements are used, interpret meaning, then evaluate success.

Formalism

An aesthetic theory judging art mainly by the quality of its design and composition rather than by realism or emotional effect.

Contextual analysis

Interpreting an artwork using information about the artist, period, culture, purpose and audience rather than the object alone.

Provenance

The documented history of ownership of an artwork, used to establish authenticity, legal title and often market value.

Time signature

A musical notation of two numbers: the upper gives beats per bar and the lower gives the note value receiving one beat.

Major scale pattern

The interval sequence tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone that produces a major key.

Dance canon

A choreographic device in which dancers perform the same movement sequence but start at different times, creating overlapping layers.

Timbre

The distinctive tone quality of a voice or instrument that lets a listener identify it even when pitch and volume are equal.

Soliloquy

A dramatic convention in which a character alone on stage speaks their inner thoughts aloud to the audience.

Upstage and downstage

Stage directions from the actor's view facing the audience: upstage is away from the audience, downstage is towards it.

Blocking

The planned pattern of movement and positioning of actors on stage, fixed during rehearsal and repeated in performance.

Dramatic tension

The element of drama created by conflict, uncertainty or stakes that keeps the audience anticipating what happens next.

DRABC first aid

A first-aid check sequence: Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, performed before giving further help.

Communicable disease

An illness caused by pathogens that can pass from one person, animal or surface to another through air, water, food or contact.

SMART goals

A goal-setting rule requiring goals to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound to be useful.

Puberty

The stage of adolescence in which hormonal changes such as rising oestrogen or testosterone produce physical and emotional development.

Cross-contamination

The transfer of harmful microorganisms from raw food, hands or equipment to ready-to-eat food, prevented by separation and hygiene.

Unit price

The cost per unit of measure, calculated as total price divided by quantity, used to compare value between packages.

Food preservation

Methods such as drying, salting, smoking, freezing, canning and pickling that slow or stop microbial growth to extend shelf life.

Consumer rights

Entitlements including safety, accurate information, choice, redress and representation, matched by duties to verify and complain.

Arms of government

The legislature makes laws, the executive implements them, and the judiciary interprets them and settles disputes.

Waste hierarchy

An ordered preference for managing waste: reduce first, then reuse, recycle, recover energy, and dispose last.

Fire triangle

The three conditions needed for fire - fuel, heat and oxygen - so removing any one of them extinguishes it.

Citizen responsibilities

Duties such as obeying laws, paying taxes, respecting others' rights, voting and protecting public property and the environment.

Design brief

A short statement of the problem, target user, constraints and success criteria that guides a project before making begins.

Working drawing

A scaled technical drawing showing dimensions, materials and views, used to guide accurate construction of a product.

Project evaluation

A judgement of a finished product made by comparing it against the original success criteria and recorded test evidence.

Formative project record

Ongoing notes, sketches, photographs and test results kept during making, providing evidence for later evaluation and improvement.