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Art & Design Final Flashcards

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Value

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The degree of darkness or light

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Hatching

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The use of parallel lines to create values. Closer lines creates darker value, while lines further away from each other creat light values.

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Cross-Hatching

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Using overlapping lines to create value. Closer lines are darker while lines further away from each other are lighter.

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Pointillism

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The use of dots to create value. Cloer dots are darker while further away dots are lighter. Can also be called stippling.

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Famous artist who used pointillism/stippling is his art.

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Georges Seurat

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Value Scale

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A scale showing the values of lightness to darkness.

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How many values are on the value scale?

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9

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Balance

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Distribution of visual weight in art

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Asymmetrical balance

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When the balance of two sides in a piece of art is unequal

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Symmetrical balance

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When the sides of an artwork are equal and evenly distributed on both sides of an axis

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Radial balance

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When the visual elements are placed equally around a central point.

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Primary colors

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Red, yellow, and blue (or Magenta, yellow, and blue depending on the situation)

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Can primary colors be made from other colors?

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No, they must be produced and cannot be created by mixing other colors together.

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Secondary colors

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Orange, green, and purple. They are created by mixing together two primary colors. (Red+yellow=orange)

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Intermediate colors/tertiary colors

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Colors found between the primary and secondary colors on the color wheel. (red-orange, blue-green, red-violet) The primary color always comes first when naming intermediate colors.

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How many intermediate colors are there?

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Six. (Red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet)

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Neutral colors

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Black, white, grey, and brown. These colors go together with all other colors and rarely create contrast.

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How is brown made?

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By mixing the three primary colors.

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Complimentary colors

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Two colors on opposite sides of the color wheel that create high contrast. (Red to green)

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Monochromatic

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A color scheme that uses the hints, tones, and shades of one base color. (light blue+dark blue to create value)

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What does mono- mean

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one

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What does chroma- mean

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color

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Tint

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any color with white added to it

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Tone

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any color with grey added to it

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Shade

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any color with black added to it

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Analogous colors

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three or more colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel, usually temperature colors (cool colors or warm colors)5

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Split-complementary colors

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starting with a base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complementary color (blue, red-orange, yellow-orange)

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What is the purpose of a split-complimentary color scheme?

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It has most of the stark contrast complementary colors have but with less tension.

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Triad color scheme

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three equally spaced colors on the color wheel (red, yellow, blue)

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Hue

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the name of a color

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31
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Line

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the path of a point moving through space

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32
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Contour lines

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a highly detailed and accurate observational drawing of the outside features of an object or subject

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Gesture drawing

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used by artists to draw a quick moment in time

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5 ways a line can vary

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length/width; curve/direction; material; rhythm, texture

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6 ways lines are used

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portray distance; show an irregular surface; describe a mood; call attention; contour; show movement

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Shape

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a 2-dimensional ELEMENT limited to height and width

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Form

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a 3-dimensional object with length, width, and depth

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Organic shape

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an irregular shape that resembles living matter and is not drawn with a ruler or compass

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Geometric shape

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precise, regular shapes (triangle, circle, square)

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Space

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an ELEMENT that uses the area to display distance between objects

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Positive space

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the area of an artwork that the object occupies

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Negative space

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empty area around objects

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Perspective

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a tool developed by Renaissance scientists to show depth on a 2-dimensional object

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Texture

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surface quality; what something “feels” like

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Implied texture

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a 2-dimensional rendering of what something would feel like

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Actual texture

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a surface that can be felt, 3-dimensional object that can be touched

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Emphasis

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a focal point that draws the eyes

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Movement

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when the eyes of the viewer are purposely directed from one part of a piece to another

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Proportion

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the size relationship between different parts of a composition

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Unity

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the invisible glue of composition that creates a sense of oneness

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Variety

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diversity or differences in an artwork

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Pattern

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a repeated decorative design

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Rhythm

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a regular repeated pattern

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Alternating rhythm

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a rhythm with patterns of elements that appear in the same order (ABABABABABABAB)

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Random rhythm

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visual rhythm with no discernable motif

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Is ‘line’ an element or a principal?

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element

57
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is ‘emphasis’ an element or a principle?

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principle

58
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is ‘value’ an element or a principle?

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element

59
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is ‘proportion’ an element or principle

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principle

60
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is ‘balance’ an element or principle?

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principle

61
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is ‘color’ an element or principle?

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element

62
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is ‘symmetry’ an element or principle?

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principle

63
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is ‘shape’ an element or a principle?

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element

64
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is ‘pattern’ an element or principle?

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principle

65
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is ‘rhythm’ an element or principle?

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principle

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is ‘form’ an element or principle?

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element

67
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is ‘unity’ an element or principle?

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principle

68
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is ‘texture’ an element or principle?

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element

69
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is ‘variety’ an element or principle?

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principle

70
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is ‘space’ an element or principle?

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element

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is ‘contrast’ an element or principle?

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principle

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is ‘perspective’ an element or principle?

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element

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is ‘movement’ an element or principle?

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principle

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Regular rhythm

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elements that are exactly repeated in an organized fashion (AAAAAAAAAAAA)

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Progressive rhythm

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a rhythm in which the elements change slightly with every repetition (aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAA)

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Flowing rhythm

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when art contains curved or circular elements

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Symmetry

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equal weight distribution of mirrored weight on an axis

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Asymmetry

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unequal weight distribution across an axis

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