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Art Flashcards

1
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genre

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type of art work
portrait
landscape
still life

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commision

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hiring and paying artist

create artwork

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self-portrait

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artist paints portrait

herself/himself

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art elements

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basic ingredients

7

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design principles

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how artist chooses
arrange and manipulate
art elements
create composition and visual message

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highlights

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light parts

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distort

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changing
shape
form

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elongate

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look longer

than actually is

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mass media

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communication media

reach many people

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trend

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general change
happening in society
popular in specific time

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popular culture

A

culture and knowledge

passed through mass media

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idealise

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make something perfect

better than really is

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realistic

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make something exactly

what it looks like

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veristic

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show plain real object

not heroic or amazing

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chiaroscuro

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creating dramatic contrast
light and dark tones
no middle

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modelling

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full range of tones

obj looks 3D

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pop icon

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famous person

people admire

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subject matter

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main obj of artwork

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represent

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showing something

particular way

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advertising

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create awareness

new product

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achromatic

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using
black
white
grey

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polychromatic

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including many colors

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monochromatic

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one colour

lights and darks

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analogous

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using colors

similar to each other

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complementary

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colors opposite on colour wheel

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desturate

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make color
less pure and dull
add black

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shades

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add black

darker

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tints

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add white

lighter

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colour scheme

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specific colours artist choose

include in artwork

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warm colors

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have yellow and red

mixed in

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cold colors

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have blue

mixed in

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contrast

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different things used together

make more interesting

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opaque

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not see through

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transparent

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see through

can see layer underneath

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bleed

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edges of paint stroke

spread outward slightly

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painting techniques

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large and thin brush strokes 
sfumato
painterly 
blending 
planar
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acrylic techniques

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impasto
wash
mixed media
wet on wet
straw blowing
38
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observer

A

artist look carefully
whats going on
ask questions and looks for answers
understand world on deeper level

39
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contributor

A

make positive difference in world

using time and talents

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social commentator

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talk about what’s happening in society
make people stop and think
form opinions on what’s happening

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globalization

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spreading on global scale

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contemporary

A

producing or existing

at present time

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signs

A

marks, objects
show something
inform us

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national symbols

A

objs recognized by citizens

country has special meaning for them

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cultural symbols

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special meaning

particular culture

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symbols

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objects
communicate deeper meaning
represent other things

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humanism

A

man is the centre of all things

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believed

A

people were individuals
determine own future
no one should dominate another
everyone has freedom and personal honor

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anthropomorphic

A

gods took on human characteristics

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greek sculpture

A

marble and bronze

glyptic form- carved

51
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4 periods

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geometric
archaic
classical
hellenistic

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golden section

A

achieve

total balance and harmony

53
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Greek ideal

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Emphasis on: harmony of proportion, expression and balance. Figures had idealisation and naturalism- combined to make perfect form

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Geometric

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Geometric designs

Harp player

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Kouros

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Rigid, monumental
frontal pose
Hands stiffly at sides,arms straight 
Hair stylized
Eyes large+ almond shaped
Large archaic smile
Nude
56
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Kore

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Chiton
Frontal pose
Rigid and monumental 
Arms holing robe
Large eyes
Archaic smile
Hair stylized
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Archaic

A

Show movement
Some parts of sculpture are painted
Calf bearer

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Critios boy

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Relaxed position 
Weight is on left leg
Shoulders+ hips are tilted to create movement 
Contrapposto position 
Life flows through
59
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Charioteer of delphi

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Represents passage-Archaic to Classic
Exemplifies balance- stylized geometric representations and idealised realism
Geometric folds overlie body- harmony between realism and idealism

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Classical

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Idealisation
Godlike figures
Faces calm and expressionless
Bodies showed all emotion and energy 
Realistic but idealised
Males nude
Variation of poses
Made in the round
Awareness of anatomy
Dying Gaul
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Hellenistic

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Extreme movement 
Exaggerated facial expressions 
Theatrical quality 
Overdid display of technical proficiency 
Laöcoon Group

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