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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Line

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A thin, continuous mark that is much longer than it is wide; in art: a moving dot or series of connected dots of the same size

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Shape

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Two-dimensional area with distinct boundaries; can be communicated with lines, patches of color, or texture

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Mass

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A three-dimensional object in space with measurable volume and weight

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Space

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Artists create the illusion of three-dimensions

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Light

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Can be used to reveal form, color, textures; can suggest mood; can suggest time

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Value

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The relative lightness or darkness of a color or neutral

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4 Functions of a Line

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Outline and contour, shading and modeling, texture, and direction and movement

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Visual Elements

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The building blocks of a work of art; the artist uses them to express themselves in any medium or material

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Actual Line

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Dots are connected and continuous

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Implied line

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Suggested by a series of unconnected dots that our brains connect

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Outline/Contour Line

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Suggests the edges or boundaries of a form or shape

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Shading

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Creating shadows

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Hatching

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The creation of an area of shadow or tone with closely spaced parallel lines

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Modeling

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Creation of the illusion of three-dimensionality or volume on a two-dimensional surface using light and shadow

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Geometric Shape

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Squares/rectangles

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Organic Shape

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Shapes found in nature

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Figure

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“Positive” shape that we distinguish and focus upon

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Ground

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Background that figure stands out from

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Figure-Ground Relationship

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Positive-negative visual relationship

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Figure-Ground Reversal

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Occurs when both perceived shapes appear to be the distinct positive figure

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Closed Form

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A solid, self-contained, compact form without openings in or projections out from the mass

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Open Form

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Has openings in the mass or projections out from the mass that activate the space around the object

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Chiaroscuro

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The use of lights and darks (gradients of value) to create the illusion of three-dimensional form on a flat surface

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Hue

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Another word for color

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Intensity

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Purity and brilliance of a color

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Primary Colors

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Red, yellow, and blue

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Secondary Colors

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Orange, green, and violet

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Warm/Cool Colors

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Psychological suggested of temperature (red, yellow orange//blue, green violet)

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Complementary Colors

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Colors that are opposite on the color wheel

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Complement

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Opposite of the color on the color wheel

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Monochromatic

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Artist uses a single color or values of a single color (including black and white)

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Afterimage

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Complements of colors appear when original color is removed

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Actual Texture

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The surface quality of an object that we experience through touch

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Impasto

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Very thick application of paint to create an actual texture (i.e. Van Gogh)

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Visual Texture

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Simulated or implied surface quality

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Picture Plane

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The actual surface of the flat artwork

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Overlap

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One object appears to partially obscure/overlap another, suggesting that the partially obscured object is behind the unobstructed object

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Vertical Placement

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Objects considered to be in the foreground (closest to the viewer) are located in the bottom of the picture; distant objects are located in the upper portion of the composition

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Diminishing Size

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Smaller objects are perceived as being farther away from the viewer because objects appear smaller in the distance.

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Linear Perspective

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An advanced system for creating the illusion of depth on a flat surface created by Italian Renaissance artists

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Vanishing Point

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Point on the horizon at which all lines converge

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Atmospheric Perspective

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Objects in the distance are much less distinct and take on a bluish value; there is a general loss of contrast, detail, and sharp focus

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Design

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The combination of the visual elements in art

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Unity

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The quality of wholeness and cohesion that occurs when all the elements in a work are necessary and belong

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Variety

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Differs from the unified look to add interest

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Balance

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A sense of equilibrium achieved by the distribution of the elements in a composition

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Formal Symmetry

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The exact correspondence of compositional elements on either side (mirror images)

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Symmetrical Balance

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Approximate symmetry (left and right are very similar but not mirror images)

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Asymmetrical Balance

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Overall equilibrium is achieved, but left and right sides are considerably different

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Visual Weight

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An apparent lightness or heaviness

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Focal Point

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The place the artist wants the viewer to look

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Directional Force

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Guide the viewer’s face to the focal point

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Scale

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The size of an object in comparison to its normal/expected size

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Hierarchical Scale

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The most important person/object is the largest

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Proportion

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The relationship between a part to the whole or between elements of a composition to each other

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Naturalistic

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The artist seeks to portray the parts of the piece as they are seen by the eye or are really thought to be, without idealization or distortion

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Abstract

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Rooted in the world of visible reality; artist recreates natural world in an altered or exaggerated manner

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Non-Objective Art

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Makes no reference to the world of visible reality

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Iconography

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Conventional meaning attached to images

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High Key

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Light/high value colors

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Low key

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Dark/low value colors

62
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Trompe l’oeil

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that which fools the eye (visual textures that appear totally genuine)

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