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TERMS Flashcards

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Color

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Element of art
Produced when light reflects off of an object and hits the eye

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Line

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Element of Art
Point moving across space

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Shape

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Element of Art
Two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width

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Form

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Element of Art
Three-Dimensional geometric figure

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Texture

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Element of Art
Refers to how things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched

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Value

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Element of Art
The lightness or darkness of a color

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Space

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Element of Art
Refers to the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects

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Elements of Art

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

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One Point Linear Perspective

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A version of linear perspective in which there is only one vanishing point in the composition

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Two Point Linear Perspective

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Two vanishing points in a composition in which you view objects from the corner

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Isometric Perspective

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A system using diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth
In this technique, all objects appear at the same size regardless of distance
Popular in traditional Japanese Art

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Trimetric Perspective

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The direction of viewing is such that all of the three axes of space appear unequally foreshortened
All three angles have different degrees of foreshortening relative to their length
All angles where the axes meet will be different in this type of drawing

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Balance

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Principle of Design
A condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions
There are three types of visual balance: symmetry, asymmetry, and radial
Creates unity

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Contrast

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Principle of Design
Refers to the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs . dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.)

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Unity

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Principle of Design
Related to the sense of wholeness that results from the successful combination of the component elements of an artwork
Created by balance and repetition

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Variety

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Principle of Design
Concerned with diversity or contrast
Achieved by using different shapes, sizes, and/or colors in a work of art

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Rhythm

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Principle of Design
Indicates movement
Created by the careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat

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Repetition

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Principle of Design
Some graphic elements are repeated throughout the entire design
Creates unity

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Movement

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Principle of Design
Used to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewer’s eye throughout the work of art

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Pattern

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Principle of Design
The geometric arrangement of objects in space

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Harmony

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Principle of Design
Creates unity by stressing the similarities of separate but related parts

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Emphasis

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Principle of Design
Arranging the design to highlight specific components
Establishes focus

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Principles of Design

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Balance, Contrast, Unity, Emphasis, Repetition, Rhythm, Variety, Movement, Pattern, Harmony

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Hot pressed paper

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Papers are hard and smooth
Best suited to detail work with pen or hard pencil They are not very absorbent

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Cold Pressed Paper

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The most common
Have moderate surface texture and absorbency and accept the widest range of media
Rough paper has a pronounced surface texture and is most commonly used with watercolor or ink washes

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Graphite Pencils

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They are a mix of graphite and clay mixed together. The more clay that is mixed with the graphite the lighter in value the pencil is (H Pencils)
B pencils have more graphite in them and less clay making them softer creating darker values.

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Charcoal Sticks

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A dry drawing medium made from charred twigs, usually vine or willow.

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Compressed Charcoal

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Charcoal ground to a powder and compressed into chalk-like sticks
Offers deeper, richer blacks than stick charcoal, but is harder to erase

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Powdered Charcoal

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Produced by rolled blotting paper in pencil form, very hard and suitable when a variety of tonal effects are desired.

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Non-Waterproof Ink

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Provides an effect similar to watercolor in that these absorb into the paper and dry to a matte finish
The color range is relatively small

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Fixative

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A light, liquid varnish sprayed over finished charcoal or pastel drawings to prevent smudging

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Bamboo Brushes

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Offers greatest range of flexibility as determined by brush size, pressure, amount of ink applied, dilution of ink and angle of brush to paper

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Stippling

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Dots spaced close or far apart to suggest darker or lighter areas

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Cross hatching

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The use of overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness

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Foreshortening

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The use of perspective to represent in art the apparent visual contraction of an object that extends back in space at an angle to the perpendicular plane of sight

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Gesture Drawing

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The drawing of lines quickly and loosely to show movement in a subject.

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Contour Drawing

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Shows the edges of figures or objects
Drawn slowly to capture every detail including folds, wrinkles, and details

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Cross Contour

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A line that moves across a shape or object to define the surface undulations between the outermost edges

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Oil Paint

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A paste made with ground pigment and a drying oil such as linseed oil, used chiefly by artists

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Acrylic Paint

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A water based paint that has a (polymer) plastic binder and dries to a permanent covering

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Watercolors

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Pigments suspended in a gum arabic, a water soluble glue binder

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Underpainting

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In oil painting, the process of painting the canvas in a base, often monochrome color as a first step in creating the areas of light and dark value

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Scumbling

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In oil painting, the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color

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Dry Brushing

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A painting technique in which, as the name suggests, a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush
When applied, it produces a broken, scratchy effect.

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Impasto

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Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

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Alla Prima

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A style of painting where, instead of building colors up with layers, the painting is done in one session while the paint is still wet

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Sgrafitto

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A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color
Typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing.

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Graded Wash

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A wash that smoothly changes in value from dark to light.

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Varnishing

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A coating applied after printing to provide a clear protective surface

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Glazing

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In oil painting, adding a transparent layer of paint to achieve a richness in texture, volume, and form

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Organic Pigments

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Made using carbon chemistry
Transparent inks with varying lightfastness (cyan has excellent lightfastness)

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Inorganic Pigments

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Ground up minerals, brightly colored rocks, offer lightfastness (holds color when exposed to light, doesn’t fade)

-chrome yellow, zinc yellow, iron oxides, iron blue, ultramarine blue, titanium dioxide (one of the most widely used—packaging)

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Synthetic Pigments

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Paints that are artificially made in science labs

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Plates

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Thin, flat sheets of metal commonly made from aluminum
They are used in printing products like business cards, catalogs, and brochures

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Stone Lithography

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Artist can naturally “paint” or “draw” with an oily substance onto a flat stone to create an image
Stone is moistened with water
Oil based ink in applied to the stone
Piece of paper is pressed to the stone

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Woodblock Printing

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A type of printing in which text is carved into a block of wood and the block is then coated with ink and pressed on the page

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Etching

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An intaglio printmaking technique in which a metal plate is covered with an acid-resistant ground and worked with an etching needle to create an image.

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Burins

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Small, chisel-like tools with a pointed end; thought to have been used to engrave bone, antler, ivory, or wood.

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Brayer

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A small, hand-held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing.

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Silkscreen

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A printing technique that passes ink or paint through a stenciled image to make multiple copies

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Etching Ground

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A resinous acid-resistant substance used to cover a copper plate before an image is etched on it.

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Planography

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A print process- lithography and silkscreen printing- where the inked image area and non-inked areas are at the same height

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Relief Printing

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Printmaking techniques in which the image is printed from the raised areas of the printmaking block.

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Intaglio

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Any printing process in which the ink sits below the surface of the plate

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Monotype

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One of a kind print made from painted or inked surface

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Pulling Prints

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When you lift the sheet of paper from the print plate or block, revealing the print you’ve created

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Artist’s Proof

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One of a small group of prints set aside from the edition for the artist’s use.

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Edition

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All the copies of a print made from a single printing

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bon a tirer BAT

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(French, good to pull) A press proof of a print that is approved by the artist and serves as the standard for the edition.

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Trial Proof

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Print made during the carving or development process to check the image

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State Proof

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A proof that shows an image in a particular finished state of development.
A variation of an image before its final state.

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Hors Commerce Proof

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Impressions annotated as H.C. are typically not for sale.
Publishers may sometimes use such proofs as exhibition copies, thereby preserving the numbered impressions in the edition from exposure and rough handling

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Cancellation Print

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After completing the edition, the artist may deliberately deface the plate, block, or screen and pull a print to show the edition is limited

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Variable Edition

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Print being unique or containing unique elements that cannot be exactly reproduced in another pulling

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Mezzotint

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Picture engraved on copper or steel by polishing or scraping away parts of a roughened surface

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Additive Sculpture

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A kind of sculpture technique in which materials (for example, clay) are built up or “added” to create form.

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Subtractive Sculpture

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A kind of sculpture technique in which materials are taken away from the original mass; carving.

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Relief Sculpture

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A sculpture that comes forward from a flat surface, as opposed to being freestanding.

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Installation

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An artwork created by the assembling and arrangement of objects in a specific location

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Earthworks

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Artworks created by altering a large area of land using natural and organic materials.
Earthworks are usually large-scale projects that take formal advantage of the local topography.

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CAD

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Computer Aided Design.
The use of computers in converting the initial idea for a product into a detailed engineering design.

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Sanding

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The step in which the sculptor smooths out rough edges before mounting and finishing the piece.

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Plaster Molds

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A plaster shape designed to pour slip into and let dry, the shape comes out as an exact replica

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Assemblage

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A three-dimensional composition in which a collection of objects is unified in a sculptural work.

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Armature

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A framework or skeleton used to support a sculpture

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Single Lens Reflex Camera

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A camera with a movable mirror and detachable lenses that allows you to see exactly what you will be photographing

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Digital Camera

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A camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction

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Camera Lens

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A piece of curved glass that focuses light rays in order to form an image on film

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Wide Angle Lenses

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Exaggerate relative size and linear perspective; de-emphasize overlapping planes and aerial perspective

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Aperture

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Controls the amount of light that will reach the camera’s image sensor
F-Stop

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Shutter Speed

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The amount of time the shutter inside the camera is open to expose your photo

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Image Sensor

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An electronic component in a digital camera that measures and records light as it passes through the lens and shutter of the camera

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DSLR

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Digital single-lens reflex camera.
These feature a movable mirror that lets the photographer see directly through the camera’s lens when looking through a viewfinder

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Mirrorless Camera

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Have a system with an interchangeable lens that does not feature a mirror reflex optical viewfinder such as in the DSLR
Designed with the advantage of smaller size and lighter weight

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Film Camera

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Uses film to take the picture by capturing light on the film

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Camera Obscura

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A darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface

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Backlighting

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Illumination cast onto the figures in the scene from the side opposite the camera, usually creating a thin outline of highlighting on those figures

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JPEG

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Most common graphic file format, full color graphic format (16.7 million colors) with a relatively small file size

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PNG

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Supports advanced transparency with a relatively average file size, can be interlaced, optimizing for internet use

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GIF

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Stands for graphics interchange format.
Includes data compression, but because it is limited to 256 colors
More effective for scanned images such as illustrations rather than color photos

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PDF

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File format which preserves all document formatting

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SVG

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An XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation

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MP4

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Mpeg 4;
A compressed file format that can be used for audio or video; appropriate for streaming

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Spotting

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The process of determining where music and effects will be added to a film

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Dodging and Burning

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Refer to techniques that lighten or darken photographs, respectively.
Traditionally achieved by decreasing/ increasing exposure to prints in the darkroom, these techniques now mostly are accomplished digitally

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Flash

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A device used in photography producing a flash of artificial light

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Bleed

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An image that extends to and/or beyond the edge of the page

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Watermark

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A pale or semitransparent graphics object positioned behind text in a document.

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Greenware

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Unfired pottery

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Bisqueware

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Clay that has been fired once

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Glazeware

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Clay that has been fired twice

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Earthenware

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A low-fire clay
Porous and not waterproof
To be functional, It must be glazed

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Stoneware

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A high-fire clay
Stoneware is waterproof even without glaze
The resulting ware is sturdier than earthenware

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Kaolin

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A fine, pure-white clay
Main ingredient in porcelain

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Colored Slips

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Wet clay used to decorate

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Underglaze

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Colored decoration applied to bisqued clay, then coated with a clear glaze.
Typically made of clay slip and raw pigment

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Glaze

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A mixture of powdered materials that often includes a pre-melted glass made into a slip and applied to a ceramic body

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Raku

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A low-firing process that is done in a pit and was introduced by the Japanese

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Backstrap Loom

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A simple Andean loom featuring a belt or backstrap encircling the waist of the seated weaver

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Inkle Loom

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Used to weave narrow strips of fabric such as straps and belts.
They are portable and while they are a great beginner’s loom, experienced weavers also use them to create complex patterns.

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Rigid Heddle Loom

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Enables the weaver to easily lift and lower the warp. Spreads the warp to a fixed width and consistently spaces the yarn

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Floor Looms

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Large looms that sit directly on the floor and use foot pedals called treadles that open and close the sheds (the temporary separations in the warp) by raising and lowering the harness

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Table Looms

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Smaller and portable
Weaver lifts the shafts by hand by lifting your arm

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Tapestry Looms

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Vertical looms on which art is woven.
These are commonly used to weave wall hangings

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Wedging

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Kneading clay in order to remove air bubbles and prepare it to be used

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Pinch Pot

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The most simple, basic process and type of hand built pottery
Made in the palm of the hand and are generally small

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Wheel Thrown

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A piece of clay is
placed on a potter’s wheel head which spins

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Inlay

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Substance embedded in another, contrasting material

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Oxidation

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A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes, forming rust

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Porcelain

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A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures

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Embroidery

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A woven product in which the design is stitched into a premade fabric

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Repousse

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Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the face

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Applique

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A technique in which shaped pieces of fabric are attached to a background fabric to form a design or picture

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Batik

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A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don’t need to be dyed

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Sand Casting

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A process of pressing moist sand around a pattern to make a mold.
The pattern is removed, leaving a cavity in the sand. The cavity is the mold that will be filled with liquid metal.
The result will be a casting that is identical in shape to the original pattern

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Enameling

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The process of firing special powder or enamel pigments on copper or silver in a kiln

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Lost Wax Casting

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Process by which a duplicate metal sculpture is cast from an original sculpture

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Felting

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A method for converting yarn into fabric by matting the fibers together

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Knitting

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Looping yarns together to make fabric

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Quilting

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The process of adding a layer of padding between two layers of fabrics held together with stitches

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Collaring

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Squeezing the upper part of a thrown form as it rotates on the wheel, in order to decrease the size of its diameter

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Assyrian Art

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Artists praised greatness of the king, ability to kill enemies, hunting prowess, etc.
Cuneiform, relief sculpture

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Olmec Art

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Huge sculptures of heads and their finely crafted stone carvings

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Pre-Columbian Art

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Art that is from cultures like the Incas, Aztecs, and Maya’s who existed in Central and South America before the arrival of the Europeans

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Romanticism

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19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason

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Arts and Crafts Movement

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Opposed modern mass production and embraced natural forms, William Morris was a major force

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Medieval Art

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Subjects are religious and figures look flat and stiff with little emotion

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Renaissance

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“Rebirth”; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

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Hudson River School

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Founded by Thomas Cole
First native school of landscape painting in the U.S.; Attracted artists rebelling against the neoclassical tradition
Painted many scenes of New York’s Hudson River

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Totem Poles

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Tall posts carved and painted with a series of animal symbols associated with a particular family or clan

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Sand Painting

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As “Mandalas”,
Ordered, color-coded worlds into which gods summoned
Ends with destruction of painting, Parallels in Hindu, Buddhist mandalas

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Kachina Dolls

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Dolls made by the people of the southwest desert to resemble spirits

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Taj Mahal

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A tomb built by shah jahan for his wife

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Palace of Versailles

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A palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles

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Neoclassical Style

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An eighteenth-century revival of Classical Greek and Roman art, characterized by simplicity and straight lines

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Islamic Art

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Used brilliant colors, complex forms, and geometric and floral designs
Usually religious in nature
Descends from areas of Spain, Portugal, North Africa, and Central Asia

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Tang Dynasty Art

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Ceramics brushwork for landscape paintings
Sculpted Buddhas increase in the very appreciation of art as a worthy human endeavor

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Aboriginal Art

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Dot paintings, paint-from plants, create art to preserve and celebrate memory of dreamtime
X-ray style depicts the bone and muscular structure of animals

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Aztec Art

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Art for religious expression to pay tribute to their gods, performed sacrifices for their gods, used pictographs to represent art

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Mayan Art

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Created enormous temples in step pyramid form huge limestone temples were richly carved with relief sculpture and hieroglyphics

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Incan Art

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Made sacrificed to the earth and believed in life after death
Western side of south Americans on mountains
Clothing represented social standing
Developed road system

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Gothic Art

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The use of elongated human figures
Paintings were flat and used gold paint in the background.
All paintings were of religious people.

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Futurism

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An early-20th-century Italian art movement that championed war as a cleansing agent and that celebrated the speed and dynamism of modern technology

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Social Realism

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Emphasizes influence of social and economic conditions of an era on characters, events, and social institutions

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Pop Art

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An American school of the 1950s that imitated the techniques of commercial art (as the soup cans of Andy Warhol) and the styles of popular culture and the mass media

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Han Dynasty Art

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Represent everyday life and the stories from history and mythology
Calligraphy, painting, lacquerware production, and jade carving
Good economy and technological advances led to higher production and demand for art

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Qin Dynasty Art

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Represent everyday life and the stories from history and mythology
Calligraphy, painting, lacquerware production, and jade carving
Good economy and technological advances led to higher production and demand for art

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Sumerian Art

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Figures, cut from stone, eyes wide open, men are bare-chested and wear kilts, women have left shoulder covered

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Cubism Influences

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1) African masks
2) Response to realism

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Cubism

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A style of art in which the subject matter is portrayed by geometric forms, especially cubes

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Abstract Expressionism

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An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors, lines and shapes

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Impressionism

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An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel, or impression, of the piece they were drawing

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Surrealism

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An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images

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Precisionism

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Developed in America in the 1920’s out of a fascination with the machine’s precision and importance in modern life.
Charles Sheeler, Charles Demuth, Georgia O’Keefe

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Yoruba Art

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Made to honor deities

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Benin Ivory Mask

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Miniature sculptural portrait in ivory of Idia, the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of the 16th century Benin Empire, taking the form of a traditional African mask.

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Ziggurat

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A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians

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Kente Cloth

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The Asante people of Ghana developed an intricately designed cloth
Today its designs represents the philosophy, moral values, and code of conduct of Ghanaian culture

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Persian Carpets

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A carpet or rug woven in Iran in a traditional design incorporating stylized symbolic imagery

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Mihrab

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A niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, toward which the congregation faces to pray

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Minarets

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Tower attached to a Muslim mosque, having one or more projecting balconies from which a crier calls Muslims to prayer

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Muquarnas

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A small niche-like component based on the squinch and used in Islamic architecture to achieve and transition between flat and rounded surfaces

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Maori Art

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New Zealand
Woodcarving
Tattoos
Meetinghouses were embodiment of an ancestor, entering the deceased’s body

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Chinese Landscape Painting

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Paintings which focused on mountains and water and were influenced by Daoism

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New Guinean Ancestor Poles

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15-foot-high wooden poles come from the Asmat people
Carved from mangrove trees, bis poles (pronounced “bis”) were used in ritual feasts and to honor the dead
The elements on the poles recall many aspects of Asmat religion and mythology.

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Stupa

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Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound

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Paracas

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Indian tribe of southern Peru known for making beautifully woven materials and embroidery

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Olmec Architecture

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The architecture of the Mesoamerican civilization which flourished c1200-500 B.C. in the tropical lowlands of the Mexican Gulf Coast, characterized by temple pyramids and large ceremonial centers.

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Moche Stirrup Vessels

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Naturalistic portraiture
Ritual use

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Aztec Codex

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Books written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Nahuas in pictorial and/or alphabetic form
Divination, ceremonies, ritual calendar

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Celtic Knot

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Elaborate interwoven knots that were used to represent the interconnectedness of life

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Illuminated Manuscripts

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Books from the Middle Ages that featured decorative, colorful designs and illustrations on each page

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Byzantine Ivories

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Consular diptychs, pyxides, icons (either as single panels or configured into diptychs or triptychs), and finally caskets made for either secular or religious purposes

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Baroque

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An artistic style of the seventeenth century characterized by complex forms, bold ornamentation, and contrasting elements

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Baroque Architecture

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A European style of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries.
It was based upon the transformation of classical forms with an inventive use of space and decoration.
Characterized by ornate detail, exuberant curvaceous decoration and grand sweeping gestures with spatially complex compositions

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Gothic Architecture

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Characterized by pointed arches, high ceilings, flying buttresses, and large stained-glass windows

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Greek Sculpture

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This moved away from the balance and ideal forms of the classical age to more natural works portraying more realistic subjects

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Avant Garde

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Ahead of the times, especially in the arts

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Pueblo Pottery

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Each community had their own shapes/designs. In the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico Pueblo potters used black outlines and geometric shapes to create bold designs over a cream-colored base.

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American Neoclassicism

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Reinforce American cultural connection to Enlightenment ideas & values in the context of North America.

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Art Deco

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Descended from Art Nouveau, this movement of the 1920s and 1930s sought to upgrade industrial design in competition with “fine art” and to work new materials into decorative patterns that could be either machined or handcrafted.
Characterized by streamlined, elongated, and symmetrical design.

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Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project

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A New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States
Relief measure to employ artists and artisans to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, theatre scenic design, and arts and crafts

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Pictoral Rug

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Navajo
Variety of themes including religious ceremonial art, scenes of daily Navajo life, bird pictorials

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Mudras

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Choreographed hand movements used in the rituals of vajrayana buddhism

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How Contemporary Artists Reflect and Influence Culture

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Raise awareness of issues
Confront social problems
Affect social change

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20th Century Art Ideas

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Identity, community, authority, feminism, equality, injustice, climate change

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Age of Enlightenment

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The time period in the 1700s during which many Europeans began to break away from tradition and rethink political and social norms

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Aesthetics

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A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art

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Imitationalism

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An aesthetic art theory that emphasizes the literal qualities of a work

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Formalism

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The study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style—the way objects are made and their purely visual aspects.

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Expressionism

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A style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world.

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Essentialism

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A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence.

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Instrumentalism

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A theory of identity politics that argues rational and self-interested elites manipulate symbols and feelings of identity to mobilize a political following

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Functionalism

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A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.

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Postcolonialism

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An intellectual, political, and cultural movement that calls for the independence of colonialized states and also liberation from colonialist ways of thinking.

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Aesthetic Experience

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Your personal interaction with a work of art

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Emotionalism

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Requires that a work of art must arouse a response of feelings, moods, or emotions in the viewer

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Dada

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Artistic movement in which artists rejected tradition and produced works that often shocked their viewers

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Op Art

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A style of art that exploits the physiology of seeing in order to create illusory optical effects

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Bauhaus

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A German interdisciplinary school of fine and applied arts that brought together many leading modern architects, designers, and theatrical innovators.

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Conceptual Art

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Art in which the idea presented by the artist is considered more important than the finished product, if there is one.

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Process of Art Criticism

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  1. Description
  2. Analysis
  3. Interpretation
  4. Judgement/Evaluation
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Stylized

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Art that represents objects in an exaggerated way to emphasize certain aspects of the object

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Nonrepresentational

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Art without reference to anything outside itself – without representation. Also called nonobjective – without recognizable objects.

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Goal of Art Criticism

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Find meaning in a work of art

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Math and Art

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Linear perspective

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Science and Art

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Impressionist study of optics
Photography to study motion

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Naturalism

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A style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail

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Minimalism

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An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

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Forced Perspective

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A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background, which creates the illusion of depth.

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language effectively and persuasively

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Satire

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A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

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