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art vocab Flashcards

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pertaining to the philosophically pleasuring, beautiful, and emotional nature of man; also, a pattern of thinking so oriented

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aesthetic

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art and science of designing buildings

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architecture

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an individual who professes and practices the manipulation of materials in executing the concepts of his or her imagination. One who reflects the aesthetics and technology of his or her era and a cultural “editor” of his environment.

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artist

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the area in which a design or sketch is applied

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field

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something represented as perfect of ideal

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idealization

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a material used by an artist and often implies the technique of using that material. The plural is media. Also, the solvent which carries pigments in suspension in a paint.

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medium

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a two-dimensional art technique that uses more than one medium, for example, a crayon and watercolor work

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mixed-media

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an ornamental strip that gives variety to the surface by creating light and shadow

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modeling

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a group of inanimate objects arranged to be painted or drawn; also, a painting or drawing of such an arrangement

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still life

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the distinctive characteristics contained in the works of art of a person, period of time or geographic location

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style

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the division between earth and sky, as seen by an observer.

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horizon line

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the representation of an object and space on a flat surface from the human eye

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perspective

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an imaginary point or points on the eye level toward which parallel lines recede and where they will eventually meet in perspective drawing and painting

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vanishing points

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the use of parallel lines to create shading. When lines are overlapped at angles to each other, the technique is called crosshatching

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hatching

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a style of 19th century French painting in which colors are systematically applied to canvas in small dots, producing a vibrant surface

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pointilism

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a thin transparent layer of paint; also a thinned mixture of solvent and paint

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wash

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an element of design that identifies natural and manufactured things as being red, yellow, blue, orange etc.

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colour

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any two colours that are located opposite each other on a colour wheel. When mixed together they will tend to subdue the intensities and produce a grayed hue. When placed side by side, they produce optical vibrations

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complementary colours

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the hues on one side of the colour wheel which contain blue and green

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cool colours

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any opaque water-soluble paint or opaque watercolour

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gouache

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refers to an artistic style where the artist applies values and colors so they are even and flat, using a sharp, clean edge.

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hard edge

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the quality of a hue that serves as its naming mechanism. Six primary hues are typically recognized in the spectrum: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.

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hue

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a kind, thick cover of paint applied with a brush or knife.

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impasto

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a neutral color created by blending colors to create a grayish tone; examples of neutral colors are black, white, and grey.

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neutral

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a dry powder that supplies the colouring agent for paint, crayons, chalk and ink.

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pigment

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the hues from which all other spectrum colours can be made: red, yellow, and blue (in painting): red, green, and blue (in light waves).

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primary colours

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a low-valued color, made by adding black to a hue

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shade

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bands of colored light. Created when while light is passed through a prism; the full range of color.

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spectrum

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a waterbased paint whose vehicle is egg yolk. Some commercially made paints are called tempera, but are actually gouache.

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tempura

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a light value of a hue, made by adding white to the original color.

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tint

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the modification of a color (hue) through the addition of neutrals.

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tone

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a hue in the red to yellow range in the spectrum.

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warm colours

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any paint that uses water as a medium, including acrylic, gouache, casein, tempera, and transparent watercolor. In a more restricated sense, a paint which has gum arabic as a vehicle and water as a medium (called transparent watercolor or aquarella). Also, a painting done with this paint.

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watercolour

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the graphic devices with which the artist works, such as line, shape, color, texture, etc.

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elements of design

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an element of design that is three dimensional and encloses volume, such as a cube, sphere, pyramid, cylinder, or free-flowing volume. also , in metal-working, to shape, metal with hammered stokes

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form

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an element of design that may be 2 dimmensinal (pencil or paper), 3 dimensional (wire), or implied (the edge of a sheet or form)

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line

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the area around the object in a painting, somtimes called the backround.

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negative space

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the objects in a work of art as opposed to the background or space around the objects.

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postitive space

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a 3-dimensional work of art.

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sculpture

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an element of design that is an enclosed space, having only 2 dimensions. Shape can be geometric (triangular, square, etc) or organic (free form, with curving and irregular outlines)

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shape

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an element of design that indicates area in a painting (positive and negative). Also, the feeling of depth in a 2 dimensional work of art

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space

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the element of design that refers to th equality of a surface, both tactile and visual.

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texture

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an element of design that relates to the lightness and darkness of a colour or tone.

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value

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the art of beautiful writing or printing; fine lettering of elegance, often thought in the West as being similar to the grace of Oriental writing.

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calligraphy

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a single line or lines that define the outer and often the inner edges and surfaces of objects or figures.

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contour

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the image of a person’s face, made of any sculptural material or any two-dimensional medium.

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portrait

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a comparative size relationship between several objects or between parts of a single object or person. In figure drawing and painting, the correct relationship between the size of head and body.

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proportion

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a mid-19th century style of art based on the belief that the subject matter should be shown true to life, without any stylization or idealization.

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realism

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the careful and complete drawing or painting of an object, place, or person to make it appear realistic.

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rendering

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the relative size of an object when compared to others of its kind, to its environment, or to humans themselves.

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scale

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graduated variations in value, often used in painting to give a feeling of volume, form, and depth.

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shading

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a quick drawing that catches the immediate feeling of action or the impression of a place or situation.

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sketch

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a slight blurring of the edges of figures and objects in a painting, creating a hazy feeling and creating aerial perspective.

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sfumato

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the process of scratching lines into the surface of a work of art to expose the surface underneath

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sgraffito

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the technique or process of taking a rubbing from an uneven surface to form the basis of a work of art.

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frottage

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the illusion of distance by muting colour and blurring detail

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aerial/atmospheric perspective

57
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parallel lines having distance creating a vanishing point/horizon

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linear perspective

58
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placing objects one in front of another creating the illusion of distance

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overlapping plants

59
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looking up at an object from a low point in the composition

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worms eye perspective

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