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Visual art Flashcards

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memento mori, what is it?

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art designed to encapsulate the fragility of human life and to remind the viewer of their inevitable death

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memento mori translates to…

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remember you must die

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what do you find in memento moris

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skulls, clocks, hourglasses, extinguished candles, fruits, flowers

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vanitas still life, what does it designed to do?

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contains worldly pleasures, to remind us of the futility of earthly vanities.

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what does a vanitas still life contain?

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books, wine, musical instruments e.t.c

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what is a composite art work?

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art that is made up of many parts to make a whole piece (like a puzzle)

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what do artists use masks in their work for?

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protection, disguise, concealment, amusement.

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Blind Contour Line Drawing:

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A drawing created without looking at the page or lifting up the pencil in
order to create contour lines.

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Continuous Contour Line Drawing:

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A drawing created by looking at the reference more than the page and not lifting up the pencil in order to create contour lines.

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Portrait:

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An artwork where the subject matter is of a particular person.

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Mixed Media :

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when an artist uses different media, materials and techniques in one work

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Mood/Atmosphere:

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a feeling or emotion communicated through an artwork

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Pattern

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The repetition of an element to create the visual effect of a pattern.

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South African Mythology, eg

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Mami Wata, Anansi, Impundulu Bird, The Jengu

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STILL LIFE

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An arrangement of (non-living) objects or a drawing/painting of them.

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LANDSCAPE

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An artwork where the reference is natural scenery

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elements of art

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line, shape, value, form, texture, space, colour

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line, definition

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the path left by a moving point

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shape, definition

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area enclosed by a line, 2D, geometric/organic

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value, definition

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lightness/ darkness of a surface.

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form, definition

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3D, gives the illusion that it occupies space

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texture, definition

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actual surface feel/ the way it looks like it should feel, rough, smooth etc

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space, definition

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the illusion of objects having depth on a 2D surface

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colour, definition

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seen by the way light reflects off a surface

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COMPOSITION

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Composition is the combination of the art elements to form a pleasing whole.

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SCULPTURE

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Three dimensional artwork. It has form.

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COLLAGE

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an image made up of pieces of paper, cloth, photographs, ect. glued together to make a different image.

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STYLE

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Style is the way an artwork has been created.

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PERSPECTIVE

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Used to create space and depth on a 2D surface

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Two Point Perspective

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two vanishing points, one at each end of the horizon line. The two vanishing points must be placed at the same level. the vanishing points are directly related to your eye level.

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Aerial perspective

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when atmosphere softens shapes and colours in the distance. When you are near a tree, you can see individual branches and leaves. At a distance it appears to blend together.

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biomimicry

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the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modelled on biological structures

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY:

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Sustainable energy is energy that we will never use up or deplete. It is inexhaustible.
wind, solar, and water, bioenergy and geothermal energy.

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AFROFUTURISM:

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a movement, featuring futuristic themes which incorporate elements of black history and culture.

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DYSTOPIA:

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relating to an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically an environmentally degraded one.

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UTOPIA:

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modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.

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CIVILISATION:

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the stage of human social development and organisation, which is considered most advanced

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METROPOLIS:

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a very large and busy city eg: Shanghai, Lagos, Cairo, Tokyo, and Johannesburg

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Linear perspective

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t parallel
lines appear to meet on the horizon at one or more vanishing
points. Objects become smaller as they move further.

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