Arts Definition Flashcards

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the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

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Arts

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a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression

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Perception

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Aesthetics

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the branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste.

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Artifact

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an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

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Style

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a manner of doing something.

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Color

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the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light.

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Line

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a long, narrow mark or band

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Composition

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Form,mass,or color

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Shade

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a color, especially with regard to how light or dark it is or as distinguished from one nearly like it.

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Texture

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the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.

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Medium

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the intervening substance through which impressions are conveyed to the senses or a force acts on objects at a distance.

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Photography

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the art or practice of taking and processing photographs.

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Form

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the visible shape or configuration of something.

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Light

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the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.the relative absence of darkness

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Shadow

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a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

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Hue

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a color or shade.

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Value

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White to black to dark to light

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Intensity

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the strength or sharpness of a color due especially to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.

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Mass

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a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:

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Size

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the relative extent of something; a thing’s overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.the amount of mass an object requires

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Rhythm

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a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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Harmony

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the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

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Variation

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a different or distinct form or version of something.

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Balance

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a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.

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Proportion
a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.
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Symmetry
the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.
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Asymmetry
lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.
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Unity
the state of being united or joined as a whole.
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Chiaroscuro
the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting
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Compare
estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.
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Contrast
the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association.
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Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
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Sculpture
the art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.
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Relief sculpture
any work which projects from but which belongs to the wall, or other type of background surface, on which it is carved
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Pointillism
a technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye.
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Cubism
an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.
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colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produce white light.
Complementary Colors
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refers to the use of compatible color combinations that blend well together and are near each other on the color wheel
Adjacent colors
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schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints.
Monochromatic Color
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Using 2 colors
Dichromatic Color Scheme
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consists of three colors. The term is often used to refer to the red, green, and blue color receptors in human vision
Trichromatic color scheme
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es can contain different "Monochromatic" shades of a single color; for example, a color scheme that mixes different shades of green, ranging from very light (white), to very neutral (gray), to very dark (black).
Neutral Color scheme
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Adding colors to stand out
Accented Neutral Color Scheme