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Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Visual Literacy

A

The ability to recognize why a visual is liked and what it communicates to the viewer

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Subject Matter

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What an image actually depicts

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Content

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What an image means

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Representational

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A portrayal of natural objects in recognizable form

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5
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Abstract

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Works that are among the least recognizable of the real world

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Nonrepresentational

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Works that do not refer to the natural or objective world at all

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Sublime

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Works that capture an immensity that cannot be comprehended by the imagination

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Naturalism

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Works in which the artist retains a realistic brand of representation

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Composition

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The format, elements, and organization of a work

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Form

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The overall structure of a work of art

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11
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Performance Art

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Includes physical space and human activity in that space. Popular in the late 1960s

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Installation Art

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Indoor environment

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13
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What is the most powerful kind of implied line?

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Line of sight

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14
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What is the artist’s most basic tool?

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The line

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15
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A shape is flat, but a form has __

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mass

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16
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What is positive and negative shape?

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Positive: An object that is perceived first
Negative: Space around the perceived object

17
Q

What has linear perspective done for art?

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It has helped artists to know how to depict more realistic 2-D spaces

18
Q

Foreshortening

A

Dimensions of the closer extremities are adjusted to make up for distinction created by the point of view

19
Q

Chiaroscuro

A

The balance of light and shade in a picture and how it is used in a curved surface from light to dark

20
Q

Light/dark of the sphere - Label the 5 parts in order

A

Light, highlight, core of shadow, reflected light, cast shadow

21
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Value

A

The relative level of lightness or darkness of an area or object

22
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Visual Literacy: The ability to __ why a visual is __ and what it __ to the viewer

A

recognize, liked, communicates

23
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Subject Matter: What an image actually __

A

depicts

24
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Content: What an image __

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means

25
Q

Representational: A __ of __ objects in __ __

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portrayal, natural, recognizable form

26
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Abstract: Works that are among the __ __ of the __ __

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least recognizable, real world

27
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Nonrepresentational: Works that do not refer to the __ or __ __ at all.

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natural, objective world

28
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Sublime: Works that capture an __ that cannot be __ by the __

A

immensity, comprehended, imagination

29
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Naturalism: Works in which the artist retains the __ __ of __

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realistic brand, representation

30
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Composition: The __, __, and __ of a work

A

format, elements, organization

31
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Form: The overall __ of a work of art

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structure

32
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Performance art: Includes __ __ and __ __ in that __. Popular in the late __s

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physical space, human activity, space, 1960

33
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Installation art: __ __

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Indoor environment

34
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What is positive and negative shape?
Positive: an __ that is __
Negative: __ around the __ __

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object, perceived, space, perceived object

35
Q

What has linear perspective done for art?

It has helped artists to know how to __ more __ __ __

A

depict, realistic 2-D spaces

36
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Foreshortening: __ of the __ __ are __ to make up for __ created by the __ of __

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Dimensions, closer extremities, adjusted, distinction, point, view

37
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Chiaroscuro: The __ of __ and __ in a picture, and how it is used in a __ __ from __ to __

A

balance, light, shake, curved surface, light, dark

38
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Value: The __ __ of __ or __ of an __ or __

A

relative level, lightness, darkness, area, object

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