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1
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How have we seen art used so far

A 
narrative
utility
worship
idolatry
metaphor/abstraction
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How is Adam using his creative capacity in that one image

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He came up names for for these animals

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How can we be confident that we have been created to use our human creativity?

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says so in the bible, God mandated us to be creative

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What are the Hows that we can know about Paleolithic art

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How things were made, what they used and how long ago it was made. We can only speculate

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5
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Can we know for sure how these images were used in paleolithic art

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We know they drew from memory but we can’t know for sure why

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How were these official depictions of the cherubim used

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As a reminder that God is separated from humans; were used as a type of worship

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7
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how did God have Moses use the graven image of the Bronze Serpent

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people had to look at it to be healed

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What is this picture of a golden bull? What is his name? Where is he from

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An Egyptian Deity
Apis
Egypt

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9
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What does your brain do before it interprets the world around it

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takes in info/gathers data

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reflection or emission of lights waves from an object to the light receptors of your eyes

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visual perception

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5 basic elements of visual perception

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line, shape, color/value, texture, form

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12
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can we perceive an actual line

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no

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13
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abstract mathematical concept of an “existent of length without breadth”

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line

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14
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defined line

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can see the line

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15
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implied line

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imaginary line

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visible, distinguishable, and namable wavelength of light emitted or reflected by an object

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color

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17
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wheel of colors that represent the colors that are perceivable by human beings

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color wheel

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18
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3 colors that are equally spaced apart on the color wheel. Generally go together

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triadic colors

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19
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deal w light waves; emitted light waves

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additive primaries

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20
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Additive primary colors? Why?

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red+green+blue

bc they make white

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21
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deal w reflected light waves and pigments

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subtractive primaries

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22
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Subtractive primary colors? Why?

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magenta cyan yellow

bc they make black

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23
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1 color area or 2 adjacent color areas taking 1 color

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monochromatic color

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24
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three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, sharing a common color,

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analogous color

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an oldest known type of glazed ceramic. It was abandoned more than 6k years ago in Egypt

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faience

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26
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Is faience true pottery

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not really bc it doesn’t contain clay but contains major elements of glass

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27
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colors that are on the opposite of one another on the color wheel
successful color schemes

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contrasting colors

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28
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describes the intensity (purity) of a hue.

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saturation

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29
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how do tints and shades affect saturation?

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affects the purity of the color by becoming less saturated

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30
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do colors have value

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yes

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31
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how does one make a tint of a color

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adding white to a color

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32
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how does one make a shade to a color

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adding black to a color

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33
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the outline of an area or figure

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shape

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34
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how we understand what we see

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interpretation

35
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what we perceive form light/form

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perception

36
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Is the image of The Snail representational or abstract

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abstract

37
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relative lightness or darkness of light reflected or emitted from an object(s)

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value

38
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perceived surface quality of a work of art. element of 2D and 3D designs and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties

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texture

39
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the physical properties of the surface of an object that can be felt through touch

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physical texture (3D)

40
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visual properties of an image that translate a physical texture through reflected light rays

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visual texture (2D)

41
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What is the media of this lioness piece?

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Paint

42
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shape and (physical) volume or perceived volume

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form

43
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form for 2D

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percpective and/or shading or modeling techniques

44
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form for 3D

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depth width and height

45
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creating a 2D space to look 3D by varying the lights and the darks

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volumetric form

46
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How is Gioto’s Fides an ex of volumetric form

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he varied the lights and darks in a 2D space to make it look 3D

47
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Why isn’t Eqyptian art an example of volumetric form

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art is portrayed flat

48
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who is this bronze cat? how was it used and why? is it an idol?

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Bast
worship bc it’s a god
yes

49
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what is this blue hippo’s name and was it an idol

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William

no

50
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refers to the visual flatness or illusion of depth that is depicted in a visual representation

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2D space

51
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refers to the physical environment and how it functions in its particular context

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3D space

52
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method utilized to either communicate depth or give the illusion of realistic depth in space

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perspective

53
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3 basic types of perspectives in the west

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divergent
intuitive
linear

54
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asian culture used what kind of perspective

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vertical perspective

55
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everything is diverging away from the eyes

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divergent perspective

56
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guessing the perspective

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intuitive perspective

57
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horizon line and vanishing point. everything goes into vanishing point

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linear perspective

58
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where is the horizon line always going to be in relation to the viewer

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eye level

59
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lines parallel to the viewer’s body in linear perspective always remain

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parallel

60
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lines vertical to the viewer’s body in linear perspective always remain

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vertical

61
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lines perpendicular to the viewer’s body in linear perspective become

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horizon lines

62
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works in the sky and the ground

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atmospheric perspective

63
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how does overlapping aird in the perception of special depth

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helps figure out what’s in fron of the other

64
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artificial perspeciv

meant to be seen in a very specific POV

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anamorphic

65
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contains a message that means you die

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memento mori

66
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physical environment and how it functions in its particular context

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3D space

67
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refers to size compared to another object

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scale

68
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bigger than human scale

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large scale

69
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smaller than human scale

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small scale

70
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really big scale

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colossal scale

71
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what 2 primary concerns dominated egyptian art

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complex religion system

strong monarchial govt

72
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when is it believed that egyptian conventons for their art were developed

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3500 bc

73
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how long did egyptian conventions last

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3000 yrs

74
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did egyptian conventions change in that time

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not really except once

75
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flat piece of stone that you can grind makeup in

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palette

76
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earliest example and made in earliest point in the egyptian dynasty

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Cannon of Proportions

77
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represent certain things

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pictographs

78
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division of space of lines. everything stands on that line

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registers

79
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place where people stand

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groundline

80
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one of the oldest goddesses on Cannon of Proportions

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Hathor/Horus

81
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takes place of something else

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symbolism

82
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what does the bull’s tail represent

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strength

83
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servant in afterlife

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ushabti

Visual Arts (4 decks)

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