Test 2 Flashcards

1
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Contrast between light and dark to define shapes, and create depth. the difference between background and foreground is defined by the contrasts between darks and lights

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Space

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2
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the subtle use of light and dark to create new colors. used to define shadows and edges. gives illusion of depth or volume

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Shading

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3
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hues that in theory can not be created from a mixture of other hues, but create other hues themselves.
in pigment
in light

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Primary colors
red yellow and blue
red orange green and blue violet

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4
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Hues created by combining two primary colors.
Pigment:
Light:

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Secondary Colors
orange green and violet
yellow magenta and cyan

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5
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an arrangement of specific colors, used to heighten the reality of an image and create different responses in he artist and viewer. add drama or calm to an image.

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Color Schemes

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6
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a color scheme consisting of shades and tins of on ehue only

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monochromatic

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7
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A color scheme composed of hues that neighbor each other on the color wheel. less contrasting than complimentary schemes. interior design

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analogous

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8
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a circular arrangement of hues based on one of a number of color theories. mixes colors, defines contrasting colors, creates neutral tones. 12 sections

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Color wheel

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9
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the relative purity of a color’s hue, and a function of its relative brightness or dullness, aka _____. low ____ appear more neutral or slightly more grey than the pure hues that make them

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Intensity/saturation
saturation
intensity

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10
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a color or hue modified by addition of another color, resulting in a hue of lower key or value (darker) (black to red results in maroon)

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shade

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11
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a color or hue modified by the addition of another color resulting in a hue of higher key or value. (brighter) (white to red results in pink)

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Tint

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12
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Hues that are opposite one another on the color wheel (red and Green). they intensify each other when beside or on top of the other. When two are mixed, they create neutral versions of their pure form (greys)

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Complimentary color scheme

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13
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Lights are darks.

specific: this ___ is darker than this ____

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Value

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14
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illustrates varieties of grey that fall between pure white and pure black.

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Grayscale

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15
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the modification of perspective to decrease distortion resulting from the apparent visual contraction of an object or figure as it extends backwards from the picture plane at an angle approaching the perpendicular

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foreshortening

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16
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The relative lightness or darkness of a picture or the colors employed in it. refers to a broader area

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Key

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17
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all lines remain parallel. can be used to measure dimensions

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axonometric projection

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18
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in linear perspective, the point on the horizon line where parallel lines appear to converge

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Vanishing Point

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19
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in two dimensions, the areas of an image that represent objects and their appendages as they extend into the space created

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positive space

20
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in two dimensional works, thi is the space that occurs as a consequence of, or is defined by a positive space or object.

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negative space

21
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___ ____ is between black and white and creates a sharper image

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high contrast

22
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white on white creates a dull image because of its ____ ____

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low contrast

23
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can be viewed from any angle the viewer wishes. art becomes part of the surrounding space

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three dimensional space

24
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Michaelangelo’s

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David, crucifixion

25
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in this space, artists have a variety of ways to create the illusion of depth and the creation of space within a picture plane

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Two dimensional space

26
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an area of closely spaced parallel lines employed in drawing and engraving to create the effect of shading or modeling

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hatching

27
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two or more sets of roughly parallel and overlapping lines, set at an angle to one another in order to create a sense of three dimensional modeled space

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cross hatching

28
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a system for depicting three dimensional space on a two dimensional surface that depends on two prinicples

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linear perspective

29
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line that represents as far as the eye can see, from a given point of view

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horizon line

30
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version of linear perspective in which there are two vanishing points in the composition. depicts edges.

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Two point perspective

31
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technique employed in landscape painting, designed to suggest three dimensional space in the two dimensional space of the picture plane. creating the illusion of depth by simply changing the value and color as the landscape recedes into the distance

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Atmospheric Perspective

32
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colors in the yellow-orange to red range are called

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warm colors

33
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three dimensional texture you can feel

A

actual texture

34
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textures that look rough or smooth but are only drawn or painted on the surface of an image or object

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visual texture

35
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“To rub” creating an image from laying a piece of paper over an actual texture and rubbing o it with graphite or charcoal to pick it up. 3D texture can be created by dragging textured objects through layer of wet paint

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frottage

36
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Leonardo Da Vinci

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shading called chiaroscuro. would build up dark areas show light areas by erasing

37
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two artists who were contemporaries that openly argued about the virtues of painting over sculpture. ___ was attracted by the grotesque. in many of his drawings he included models that are not beautiful but old or even deformed. ____ was more interested in beauty and the invention of ideal beauty in stone and other media

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Leonardo

michelangelo

38
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combination of primary and secondary colors

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tertiary colors

39
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Relating colors to each other in a composition

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Unity

40
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Repeating design

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pattern

41
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balance emphasis, focal point, scale, proportioning, repetitions are used to describe the way a designer arranges and modifies the elements in a design

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Principles of Design

42
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artist whose ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that medium. copper engravings

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Albrecht Durer

43
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arrangement of elements in a work so that it is pleasing to the eye

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balance

44
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the center of interest or activity in a work of art.

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focal point

45
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imaginary or theoretical spacial plane corresponding to the actual surface of the image. in painting this would be th eboundaries of the canvas

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picture plane

46
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the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists.

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Stippling