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Test 2 Vocab Flashcards

1
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Symmetrical balance

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When two halves of a composition correspond to one another in terms of size, shape, and placement of forms

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Asymmetrical balance

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Balance achieved in a composition when neither side reflects or mirrors the other

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Emphasis

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The place of visual attention

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Focal point

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The center of visual attention, where viewer’s gaze is drawn

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Afocal

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No single point of the composition of demands our attention more or less than any other, the eye can find no place to rest

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Scale

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The comparative size of an object in relation to other objects outside itself

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Proportion

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In any composition, the relationship between the parts to each other and to the whole

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Unity and variety

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Complementary principles; typically both present, one more so than the other

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Rhythm

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shapes, colors, or pattern repeated over and over

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Repetition

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A thing repeated

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Cartoon

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Drawing done to scale for a painting or a fresco

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Dry media

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Metal point, chalk, charcoal, graphite, pastel

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Liquid media

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Pen and ink, wash and brush

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Silverpoint

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silver applied to prepared paper

create permanent delicate lines

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Graphite

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Carbon in pencil

sharp lines or graduations of tone

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Charcoal

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Sticks of burnt wood

fine lines, tonal graduations or bold gestural marks

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Ink

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Pigment suspended in water
With pen: precise lines
With brush: wide range of line quality

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Support

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Surface on which an artist paints

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19
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Ground

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Coating applied to a support to prepare it for painting

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Pigment

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Powdered color

organic or synthetic

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Binder

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Substance that holds pigment together

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Encaustic

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Pigment mixed with hot wax
requires strong support such as wood
Permanent, demanding, naturalism

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Fresco

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Pigment mixed directly into plaster of wall
becomes part of the architecture
artist must work quickly

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Giornata

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From Italian “a day’s work”, the area a fresco painter is able to complete in a single sitting

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Tempera

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Pigment mixed with egg yolk
glossy, thin, transparent
fine details

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Watercolor

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Pigment mixed with water, prepared paper.
No white watercolor
Light weight, fluid, gestural effects

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27
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Vanitas

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A tradition of still life painting popular in Europe in the 17th century, reminding the viewer of the frivolous quality, or vanity, of human existence

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Oil paint

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Linseed oil binder
slow to dry
most accurate 3-D effects possible

29
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Photography- uniqueness

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Requires little skill, nothing is created, ubiquitous

recording tool and artistic device

30
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Photography – history

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First photo 1826
Means drawing with light
film to digital camera
similar to the human eye

31
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Camera Obscura

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means dark room

box with a pinhole, light creates an upside down image

32
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Heliograph

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Sun writing

Niepce’s early photographic process

33
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Daguerreotype

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invented by DAGUERRE,
treated metal plates
detailed positive image

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Cyanotype

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Cameraless image

chemical process produces blue color where light penetrates and remains white where light is blocked

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Portrait

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Image of a person, focuses on the face

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Landscape

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visible features of land

aesthetic appeal considered

37
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Zone system

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A picture broken up into zones ranging from black to white

38
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Photo journalism

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The use of photography to tell a news story

39
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Impression

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Image transferred onto paper through print making processes

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Matrix

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Surface upon which the design for the print has been created. Examples include metal plate, linoleum, or nylon

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Relief (printmaking)

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Raised area is printed

linocut and woodcut

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Intaglio

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Recessed area is printed

engraving and etching

43
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Registration

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align multiple blocks on the same paper

multiple colors

44
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Wood cut

Linocut

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Artist carves block of wood or linoleum, raised areas are printed on paper

Reliefs

45
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Engraving

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Artist carves directly into metal plate
print from gouged out areas

Intaglio

46
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Etching

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Metal plate is covered with acid resistant material, artists scrapes away this coating, acid deepens areas without coating.
recessed area is printed (Intaglio)

47
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Lithograph

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Limestone holds ink through chemical processes
oil and water do not mix
Retains drawing characteristics (brushstrokes)

48
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Silkscreen

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similar to stenciling
connection to mass production
broad, smooth plains of color

49
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Print making (2 reasons)

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1) artist can make multiple copies

2) artist can make more money… more affordable for general public

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Sculpture

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A 3-D tangible work of art
usually not functional
mass and environment are relevant

51
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Subtractive process

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Artist starts with a block of material and cuts away or subtracts unwanted material, carving

52
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Additive process

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Artist starts with nothing and adds material to create a form

casting

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Carving

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artist cuts away unwanted portions to create a form

Subtractive process

54
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Casting

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Artist creates model, uses mold to replicate the model in a permanent material

Clay/bronze, kiln firing and ceramics

Additive process

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Kiln

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An oven used for firing ceramics

56
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Firing

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baking clay pieces in kiln

clay pieces become durable and hard

57
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Ceramics

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Clay pieces that have been fired in a kiln

58
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Lost wax casting process

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Assembly of wood is packed with a layer of clay, then wax, then Clay. The mold is hardened and the wax drains when heated. Then molten bronze is poured and allowed to harden. The Clay shell is broken and the bronze sculpture is revealed

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Relief sculpture

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A sculpture that is made up of both a background in a protruding design

Best viewed from one vantage point

60
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Low relief sculpture

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Sculpture in which figures and objects remain attached to the background and protrude of it by less than 1/2 their normal depth

61
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High relief sculpture

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Figures remain attached to background

protrude by MORE than 1/2 their normal depth.

62
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Freestanding/ in-the-round sculpture

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Not attached to anything and stands on its own

viewed from multiple perspectives

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Earthwork

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artist uses nature to create the piece.

Site specific, and often change over time

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Environment

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Large scale sculptures

Immersive experience- viewer can enter into the space of the sculpture

65
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Ka

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In ancient Egypt, the spirit of the deceased

Art 1309 (6 decks)

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