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final exam Flashcards

1
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metamorphosis of narcissus

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Dali

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without hope

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kahlo

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guernica

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picasso

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4
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braids

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wyeth

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5
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mummy portrait of a man

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unknown Egyptian

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6
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holy trinity

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massacio

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7
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school of athens

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raphael

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8
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monk by the sea

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friedrich

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9
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abbey in an oak forest

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friedrich

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10
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the fighting temeraire

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turner

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11
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the dove

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bearden

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12
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bottle of suze

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picasso

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13
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stonehenge

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unknown artist
in the uk

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14
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ziggurat at ur

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unknown sumerians
nana the moon goddess
the wheel

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15
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the great pyramids

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egyptians

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16
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the parthenon

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itkinos and kallikrates

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17
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pont du gard

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unknown romans

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18
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roman colloseum

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unknown romans

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notre dame cathedral

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unknown french
flying buttresses
gothic

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20
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eiffel tower

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eiffel

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21
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falling water

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wright
organic structure

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22
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guggenheim museum

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wright

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23
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dying lioness

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unknown assyrians

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24
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unique forms of continuity in space

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boccioni

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25
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actual lines

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outline and flatten an object

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26
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contour line

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a perceived line that marks the border of an object in space (edge line)

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27
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implied line

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a line created by movement or direction

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28
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chiaroscuro

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light-dark, is the manipulation of light and dark to create the effect of a modeled 3-D surface

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29
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implied mass

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the illusion of mass on a 2-d surface

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30
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implied texture

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visual texture on a 2-d surface

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31
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texture

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how something feels

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32
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expressionism

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colour or brushwork is manipulated to create emotional impact

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33
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realism

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the portrayal of people or things without distortion or abstraction

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34
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complementary colours

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colours directly across from one another

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analogous colours

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colours adjacent to one another

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warm colours

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oranges, reds, yellows

37
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cool colours

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blues and greens

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hierarchical scaling

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the size used to indicate the importance of people (kings were drawn larger than peasants)

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scale

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an object’s size in relation to other objects (2 things)

40
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proportion

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the relationship of the size of a part to the whole like arms to a body

41
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bilateral symmetry

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an exact mirrored image

42
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asymmetrical balance

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both sides seem to be completely different but still hold balance

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focal point

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the center of visual attention

44
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abstract art

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departs significantly from the actual appearance of things

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iconography

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the study of hidden symbols

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tint

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adding white

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shade

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adding black

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pointillism

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applying small unmixed points or dots of paint

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readymade

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found objects that are exhibited as works of art

50
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linear perspective

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parallel lines seem to merge together in the distance at a converging point or vanishing point

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atmospheric perspective

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how distant objects appear less clear

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impasto

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thick application of paint

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style

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the visual appearance of a work of art that relates to other works with similar aesthetic roots

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topography

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the distinct landscape characteristics are of the building site

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tensile strength

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the ability of a building material to span horizontally without support and without buckling

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post and lintel

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most basic and earliest forms of building

57
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entasis

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a bulge in a column

58
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doric ionic and corinthian

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doric: square
ionic: scroll
corinthian: flower

59
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voussoirs

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wedge shaped stores that make up the sides of the arch

60
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key stones

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the stone that sits at the top of the arch

61
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barrel vault

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tunnel

62
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cast iron structure

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the eiffel tower

63
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tempera

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egg yolk

64
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encaustic

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wax

65
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fresco

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buon fresco: painting is applied when the plaster is still wet
fresco secco: paint is applied when plaster is dry

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oil

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turpentine

67
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water colour

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mixed with water

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mixed media

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mixing different types of art

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mimesis

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copying nature

70
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solvent

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a thinner used in oil painting

71
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support

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what you paint on

72
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additive process of sculpture

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building upon

73
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subtractive process

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carving away

74
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low relief sculpture

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objects are slightly raised from the ground

75
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pediment

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triangle section of a roof that is supported by columns

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contrapposto

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“counter balance” weight shifting stance

77
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installation

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sculpture that is placed indoors

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assemblage

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similar to a collage but with a sculpture rather than painting

79
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wash

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ink diluted in water

80
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cartoon

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a large drawing intended to become a painting

81
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heightening

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adding white highlights

82
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pastels

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made from oil based chalks

83
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charcoal

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originally made from charred twigs

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