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Art 3 Flashcards

1
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Juxtaposition

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Placement of contrasting elements

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Appropriation

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Borrowing of preexisting objects or images with little change

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3
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Transformation

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Changing of an image or object to present in a new way

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4
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Golden mean

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Way to add balance

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5
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Artist who used impasto(thick layers of paint)

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Vincent Van gogh

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6
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Deconstruction Criticism theory

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Examining the many potential meanings

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7
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Formalism aesthetic theory

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Analyzing visual aspect

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Cultural Perspective aesthetic theory

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Looks at artwork in consideration of culture

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9
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Expression Aesthetic Theory

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Artists expression of emotions

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10
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Kara Walker

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African American known for her black and white silhouette artwork

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11
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Dada Art movement

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Redefine art on its own terms

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12
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Social realism

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Portraying every day life

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13
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Fauvism

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Used intense unnatural colors and disregarded proportions

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14
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Vladimir Tatlin

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Did not paint in the color field style

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15
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What is willow charcoal composed of

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Sticks burnt in a kiln

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16
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Form follows function

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A buildings design should be led by its function

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17
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Pouncing

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Pricking holes in paper and forcing a powder through

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18
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Tudor

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Decorative timbering and a steep pitched roof

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19
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Aquatint printmaking

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Melting fine particles of acid resistant material onto a metal plate

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20
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Juxtaposition

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Two elements side by side to invite comparison light and dark

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21
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Keith Haring

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Political and social themes AIDS

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22
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Sterling silver is created by

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Adding copper

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23
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Chiaroscuro

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Emphasis contrast in light and dark

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24
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Analogous

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Colors next to each other in the color wheel

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25
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Metacognition

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Thinking about one’s own thought process

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26
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Renaissance innovations

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Linear perspective
Foreshortening
Sfumato

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27
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Frisket

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Material that prevents an area of artwork from being altered dries like a rubber

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28
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ISO

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The image sensors sensitivity to light

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29
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Romare Bearden

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Detailed collages of African American life

30
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Pigments considered hazardous

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Cad Red
Chrome yellow
Cobalt blue

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Goache

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Similar to watercolor but is opaque watercolor is transparent

32
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Batik

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Wax resist dyeing method

33
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Artists Delacroix, Gericault and Cole are associated with which movement

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Romanticism

34
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Di Soto in su

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Seen from below
Foreshorten figures

35
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Art Nouveau style building

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Asymmetrical facade
Plant, animal or floral design
Curving forms

36
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Kneaded eraser

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Only eraser that will not leave crumbs

37
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Armory Show 1913

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First major modern art show in America

38
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Nave of a church

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Center aisle

39
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Process of Enameling

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Powdered glass is fused to a surface and melted to a smooth shiny coating

40
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Filigree

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Metalworking forming metal threads to create a lace pattern

41
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Hot Shoe on camera

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Mounting point where flash would attach

42
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Up until the 1970s main genres accepted

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Nudes
Landscapes
Portraits

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Mass tone

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Color of pigment straight from the tube

44
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Artists in abstract expressionism

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Kooing
Kline
Pollock

45
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A tint of color

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Is a light value by mixing white

46
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Bad relief sculpture

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A sculpture attached to a back slab and projecting slightly

47
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Mihrab

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Semicircular niche

48
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Main difference between alkyd paints and oil paints

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Alkyds dry quicker

49
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Difference between a gargoyle and grotesque

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Gargoyle has a waterspout

50
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Contrapposto

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Pose where figure puts weight on one leg

51
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Frank Stella

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Removed visible brushstrokes from his artwork

52
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Gouache paint

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Is opaque

53
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Exposure Bracketing

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Taking 3photographs
Correct exposure
Overexposed
Underexposed

54
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Credited for establishing watercolors

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Sandby
Girtin
Turner

55
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Obelisk

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Four sides and a pyramid top

56
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Wabi sabi

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Japanese acceptance of imperfection

57
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Rose Windows

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Radial symmetry

58
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Artist in Hudson River school

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Cole
Bierstadt
Church

59
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Still life objects are grouped

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In 3’s in odd amounts for visual interest

60
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Keith Haring

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Line graffiti outlines

61
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Difference between pattern and rhythm

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Pattern repeats elements in same order

Rhythm repeats elements with variation

62
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Goal of Surrealist Art

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To bypass reason and unlock ideas from unconscious mind

63
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Applied art vs fine Art

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Applied art serves a purpose

Fine art has no purpose but to please

64
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Tortillion

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Tightly rolled piece of paper used for blending

65
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Figurative artwork

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Contains a recognizable subject

66
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Pointillism Movement

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Relied heavily on optical color mixing

67
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Siccative

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Added to oils to help them dry quicker

68
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Cerography

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Engraved in a layer of wax

69
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Aesthetic movement

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Rebelled against Victorian ideas art for arts sake

70
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4 stages of art criticism

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Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Judgement

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