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PRELIMS - FINALS Flashcards

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Conscious use of skill and creative imagination.

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Art

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Art is an imitation of the real world.

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Mimesis (Plato)

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Avoided making marks that resembles a recognizable object.

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Jackson Pollock

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He excluded art that does not represent objects

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Plato

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Russian novelist author of the great novel war and peace.

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Leo Tolstoy

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The reason why Leo Tolstoy’s theory failed.

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Unverifiable and spectator dependent

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Art is a communication of feeling.

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Leo Tolstoy

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Art is a significant form that brings us aesthetic pleasure.

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Clive Bell

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Collection of elements that rises to the level of your awareness.

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Significant form

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Theory about who has the power to decide what is art and what is not.

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Artworld Theory

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Introduced artworld theory.

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George Dickie and Arthur Danto

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Appeals to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature.

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Visual Arts

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A creative art form that allows people to freely express themselves.

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Dance

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An art performance that usually follows a script.

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Theater Art

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An art form where the artist expresses his emotions through words in a live audience.

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Poetry Performance

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Making of beautiful buildings.

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Architecture

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Use words to express themselves and communicate emotions to the readers.

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Literary Art

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Series of movements that follow the rhythm of the music accompaniment.

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Dance

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Elements of Architecture

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Plan, Construction, and Design

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Threefold Aspect of Visual Arts

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Artist, Presentation, and Viewer

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An active and creative process.

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Reading

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Reading of arts is based on the elements present, excluding subjective meaning.

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Context-Dependent

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Three Mainpoints in Seeing as Reading

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See things we are actively engaging with our environment rather than simply reproducing everything within our line of sight.

Every act of looking and seeing is also an act of not seeing.

The extent to which we see, focus on and

pay attention to the world around us.

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Refers to a general familiarity with, and an ability to use the official and unofficial rules, values, genres, knowledge, and discourses that characterize the cultural field.

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Cultural Literacy

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Techniques of Seeing as Reading

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Selection and Omission

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The building blocks of art, It must be visually detectable and separately identifiable.

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Elements of Visual Arts

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What are the elements of visual arts?

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Line, Shape, Form, Space, Value, Color, and Texture

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A mark with length and direction.

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Line

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Line for emphasis and advances.

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Thick Line

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Line that recedes

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Thin Line

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Mechanistic and dynamic and rarely found in nature.

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Straight Line

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Line that conveys energy

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Curved Line

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It suggests comfort and ease

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Curved Line with no Sharp Angles

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Conveys turmoil, chaos, and even violence.

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Curved Line with Sharp Angles or Twisted Lines

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Line that conveys action and excitement.

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Zigzag

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Gives movement and dynamism to a composition.

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Diagonal Line

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37
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Line that suggests height and strength. It also has a spiritual connotation.

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Vertical Line

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Line that suggests stability, calm, and repose.

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Horizontal Line

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Stability and Solidity

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Horizontal and Vertical Combined

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Two dimensional that have height and width

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Shape

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Shapes that are mathematical

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Geometric Shapes

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Shapes that are natural, irregular, or freeform

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Organic Shapes

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Represents the space where the objects exist

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Positive Shapes

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Represents the space between those objects

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Negative Shapes

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A three dimensional object that encloses volume - height, width, and depth.

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Form

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46
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Two types of Forms

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Geometric and Organic

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The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within an object.

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Space

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Kinds of Space

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Positive Space and Negative Space

Three-dimensional Space

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Uses of Space

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Overlapping, Placement, Size, and Detail

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The surface quality or “feel” of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.

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Texture

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Texture you can see, but can’t feel.

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Visual Texture or Implied Texture

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Texture you can actually feel.

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Actual Texture

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53
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Brightness or Darkness of a color

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Value

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54
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Values from light to dark

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Value Scale

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55
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Optical Illusion

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Trompe L’oeil

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Tonal Values

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High Keyed and Low Keyed

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The visual property of the pigment of an object that is detected by the eye.

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Color

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Another word for color.

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Hue

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Intensity of color measured by boldness or dullness.

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Chroma/Saturation

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Primary Colors

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Red, Yellow, and Blue

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Found directly opposite to one another on a color wheel.

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Complementary Colors

62
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Colors that are next to each other to create harmony and unity due to same hues.

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Analogous Colors

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Colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.

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Triad Colors

64
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Four colors arranged into two complementary pairs.

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Rectangle ( Tetrad ) Colors

65
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Four colors evenly spaced around the color wheel

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Square

66
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Color that represents passion, desire, and energy

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Red

67
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Enhances human metabolism and increases respiration rate

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Red

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Color of Man

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Brown

69
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Color that represents seriousness, dependability, and resilience.

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Brown

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Honesty and Stability

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Light Brown

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Mature and Dull

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Dark Brown

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Color of Nature

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Green

73
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Color that represents growth, harmony, and fertility. Beneficial to the mind - tranquility and calmness.

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Green

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Color for inner reflection

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Blue

75
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Color that represents communicative, warm, and compassionate.

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Blue

76
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Stimulates mental activity and generates muscle energy.

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Yellow

77
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Color that represents rejuvenation, communication, happiness, and attraction

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Orange

78
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Color for Gentle love and childhood sweetness

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Pink

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Color of Woman

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Pink

80
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Color for tenderness, vulnerability, and optimism.

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Pink

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Color for royalty, nobility, and luxury.

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Purple

82
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Color that is highly versatile

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Black

83
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It refers to the visual weight of the elements of the composition. It is a sense that the painting feels stable and “feels right.”

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Balance

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It is the positioning of opposing components in a work of art. It occurs when two or more related elements are strikingly different.

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Contrast

85
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Color for purity, wholeness, and innocence

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White

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It’s used when an artist wants to draw attention to a specific feature or area of a painting by giving it dominance and making it stand out.

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Emphasis

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It gives the artist control over what the viewer sees next. Using this principle, the artist can create the path our eyes will travel as we look at art.

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Movement

88
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This is the harmony produced by all the elements in a design piece.

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Unity

89
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It refers to the different elements of arts in a composition.

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Variety

90
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Objects are mirrored across the central axis

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Symmetrical

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Is “heavier” or “lighter” in some areas

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Asymmetrical

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Arranged around a central point

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Radial Balance

93
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Used to create variety, visual interest, and drama in an artwork

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Contrast

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Contrast through Color

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Complementary colors

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Contrast through Movement

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Fast vs. Slow

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Contrast through Shape

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Organic vs. Geometric

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Contrast through Space

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Positive vs. Negative

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Contrast through Size

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Large vs. Small

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Contrast through Temperature

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Warm vs. Cool

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Contrast through Texture

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Rough vs. Smooth

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Contrast through Value

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Light vs. Dark

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How to achieve emphasis?

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Color, Shape, Size and DOminance, Detail, Contrast, and Isolation

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How to achieve movement?

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Repetition and Rhythm

Diagonal
Vertical
Horizontal
Curving
Flowing
Progressive

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Also known as harmony

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Unity

105
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How to achieve variety?

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Color, Shapes, Lines, Size, Perspective, and Textures

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Any material or tool used by an artist in translating his or her thoughts and
emotions into an artwork.

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Art Medium

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These are dryly
applied materials

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Dry Media

108
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The most basic of medium

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Graphite Pencil

109
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To cover large areas on a surface.

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Powdered Graphite

110
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Same as graphite, but it’s softer in nature that creates darker values.

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Charcoal Pencil

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5 Dry Media

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Graphite Pencil
Charcoal Pencil
Colored Pencil
Chalk Pastel
Oil Pastel

112
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They have a softer color and are ideal for creating delicate blends.

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Chalk Pastels

113
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The result is a rich, creamy crayon that gives artists the ability to create
vibrant colors that can be easily blended together.

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Oil Pastels

114
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These are coloring materials in liquid form

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Wet Media

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6 Wet Media

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Oil Paint
Drawing Inks
Pen and Ink
Watercolor
Watercolor Pencils
Acrylic

116
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Can do things that no other medium can do.

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Oil Paint

117
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Can be used as both wet and dry media.

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Watercolor Pencils

118
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A combination of two or more wet and dry media in a single artwork.

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Mixed Media

119
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Visual elements are combined to create a new
image that conveys a message or idea.

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Collage

120
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Three-dimensional elements that are combined

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Assemblage

121
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Book is taken as a base to create art.

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Book Alteration

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It can be wood, wire, glass, metal, or found objects

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Sculpture

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4 Mixed Media

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Collage, Assemblage, Book Alteration, and Sculpture

124
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Method of using a medium in creating an artwork.

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Art Techniques

125
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Using brush and other tools to flick, throw, or drip paint onto a painting surface.

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Splattering

126
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Put colors together to create a greater visual

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Coloring

127
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A technique used in painting, the paint is laid in very thick layers and strokes are visible

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Impasto Painting

128
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Hot waxing painting, it involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments are added

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Encaustic Painting

129
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Transforms walls and ceilings into canvases for creative expression

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Mural Painting

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Common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas

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Oil Painting

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Author’s Meaning

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Expert’s Meaning
Artist’s Meaning
Visual Thinking
Critical Viewing

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Audience’s Meaning

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Visual Language
Constructive Meaning

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Expert’s perspective

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Expert’s Meaning

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Lens of an artist and background.

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Artist’s Meaning

135
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Visualizing how the artist created the artwork.

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Visual Thinking

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Using questions and critical thinking

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Critical Viewing

137
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Artwork’s message, code, symbols, elements, and design

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Visual Language

138
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Using one’s experience and perspective.

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Constructive Meaning

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Levels of Visual Analysis

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Literal Description, Comprehensive Feeling, Formal Analysis, and Interpretation of Meaning

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Essay Outline

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Introduction, Body, and Conclusion

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