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Exam 1 Flashcards

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This is what all artists use to make art. Basic vocab of art.

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Visual Elements

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Principle of design that refers to a regular repetition to produce the look and feel of movement.

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Rhythm

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The size or apparent size of an object seen in relation to other objects, people, or environment or format.

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Scale

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appearance of similarity, consistency, or oneness.

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Unity

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Characteristic manner of expression. These are traits that we can see in a work of art as constant, recurring, and coherent. Can be specific to artists, time period, or culture.

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Style

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French term for fool the eye. Naturalistic that looks actual or real.

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Trompe l oeil

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both sides of a composition are identical or nearly identical

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Symmetrical Balance

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guides or grammar to the artist to create effective image with visual elements.

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Principle of Design

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Image appears balanced but no symmetrical

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Asymmetrical Balance

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Placement of objects within the composition keeps viewers attention within picture plane.

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Closed Form

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Incorporates actual movement as part of the design

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Kinetic Art

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Imagined line created by the eye.

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Implied Line

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Common Era

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C.E.

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colors which are next to each other on the color wheel.

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analogous

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2D surface on which shapes are organized into a composition

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Picture Plane

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Realistic portrayal or subject matter. Subject is recognizable- may be realism or abstraction

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Representational (figurative art)

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tints, tones, and shades of a single color

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monochromatic

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distinctive visual element. desinged unit that is repeated to create patterns or designs.

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Motif

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part of an image is cropped implying that the image is only part of a larger view and continues beyond its border.

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Open Form

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any forcefulness that gives importance/dominance to some feature or features of an artwork.

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Emphasis

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Art made by people who have had no formal, academic training, by whose work are part of an established tradition of style and craftsmanship.

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Folk Art

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Institutions training artists in both theory of art and practical techniques.

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Academics

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Method for describing space that uses the concept that parallel lines appear to converge and meet at a vanishing point on the horizon line as they recede.

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Linear Perspective

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Works that are in their original place of creation or in the original place artist intended.

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In Situ

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Study and philosophy of our response to the concept of beauty

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Aesthetics

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Whole is more than or sum of its parts. Our tendency to view things as a whole.

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Gestalt

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Structure or organization of an image

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Composition

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Name of a color (also known as local color)

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Hue

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Refers to the use of color or value to show depth. In environment colors appear cooler, lighter, and duller in distance.

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Atmospheric Perspective

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A set of colors that are used in an artwork, way they are combines, sometimes called a palette.

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Color Scheme

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No connection to real or natural world.

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Nonrepresentational (nonobjective)

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When referring to objects it is the shape or structure. When referring to 2D art it is total physical characteristics: composition, media, construction

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Form

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Used when the exact date of a creation is unknown. small c

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Circa

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Unoccupied or insignificant area that surround objects or figures in composition.

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Negative Shape

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Italian Word Meaning- light dark. Gradual transitions of value in 2D images to create illusion of 3D volume.

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Chiaroscuro

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Unnatural use of proportion or scale to show the relative importance of figures.

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Hierarchical Scale

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Comparative, proper, or harmonious relationship of one part to another or to the whole with respect to size, quantity, or degree: a ration.

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Proportion

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Background in 2D works- area around or between figures.

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Ground

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Opposites on the color wheel.

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Complementary Colors

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Tints, tones, and shades of black.

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Achromatic

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Interest or attention centers the ____.

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Focal Point

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Refers to shape or proportions of a picture plane.

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Format

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Pathways the artist embeds in a work of art to guide viewers eyes. (Done with lines)

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Directional Forces

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Particular material along with its technique or in painting. Fluid in which pigment is suspended.

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Medium

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Before Common Era- Indicates dates before CE

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B.C.E

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Separate shape distinguishable from a background or ground.

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Figure

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Identifying color perceived in ordinary daylight.

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Local Color

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Art works which are not strictly representational or faithfully to nature. Elements- Simplified or exaggerated.

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Abstract

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a figure or figure-ground shape as opposed to a negative ground or background shape.

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Positive Shape

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