art

Question 1

form/formal elements

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Visual Aspects such as line, shapes, color, texture or spatial qualities and composition

Question 2

medium

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refers to what the art is made out of

Question 3

content

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refers to the sensory, subjective, pscyholgicual or emotional properties we feel in a work of art

Question 4

style

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describes how an artwork looks

Question 5

line

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mark that mad on a two dimensional surface or a three-dimensional surface

Question 6

edge

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transition between 2 shapes or color

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drafting

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another term for drawing

Question 8

shading

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used to build atmosphere or volume

Question 9

crosshatching

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method of line drawing that describes light and shadow

Question 10

contour line

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used to suggest an outline

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implied line

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suggested by the changes in color, tone, texture or by the edges of shapes

Question 12

shape

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enclosed space bounded two dimensional form that has both length and width

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bimorphic shape

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often rounded and irregular, Bio=Life, Morph=form

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Geometric shape

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mathematical shapes, perfect and regular, they are characterized by straight lines, angels and points. Often squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, hexagons

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Color

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produced when light striking an object is reflected back into the eye

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hue

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Word for the color itself

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value

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Quantity of how much black or white has been added to a color

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opacity

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a lack of transparency and translucnee, a state/medium or space through which light cannot pass

Question 19

Translucency

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a substance that is translucent lets some light pass through making it partially see-through

Question 20

Transparency

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quality of being able to see through one or more layers in a piece.

Question 21

texture

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perceived surface quality of a work of art.

Question 22

Spatial qualities

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experiential qualities and the overall configuration of physical elements and their attributes in architectural space such as open, enclosed, visible, spacious or continuous.

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negative space

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is the empty space around and between the subject of an image.

Question 24

postive space

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the amount of space an object takes up

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space

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feeling of depth or 3 dimesnions

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mass

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three dimensional form that occupies space, a solid body or a grouping of elements

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volume

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representation of mass in a piece

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bas

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relief-sculpture technique in which figures and/or other design elements are just barely more prominent than the (overall flat) background.

Question 29

scale

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size of one whole object in relation to another

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distortion

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change in realities depiction

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Rhytmn

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priniple of design that suggests movement or action

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composition

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how different elements in an artwork are combined

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gravity

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up and down orientation

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balance

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the use of artistic elements such as line, texture, color, and form in the creation of artworks in a way that renders visual stability.

Question 35

symmetry

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two sides being the same

Question 36

asymmetry

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two sides being different

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content

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the emotion or intellectual message of an artwork

Question 38

iconography

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particular range or system of types of image used by an artist or artists to convey particular meanings.

Question 39

icon

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image or resemblance to something

Question 40

figurative

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any type of art with strong refrences to the real world

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narrative

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art that tells a story

Question 42

abstract expressionist

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using an abstract form of art to express something, think rothko

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figuration

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the process of creating figures

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signature style

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a style an artist is known by, something orginal to the artist

Question 45

silkscreen

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using stencils for surface painting, think the marlyn heads

Question 46

graphic images

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picture, map, or graph used for illistration

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image

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a representation

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representational

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representing something

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non representational

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not representing soemthing

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linear

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creating illusions of depth on a flat surface

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engraving

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carving into something

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caligraphy

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style in writing

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mark

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impression on the painting plane

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painterly

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application of paint on a loose manner leaving brush strokes

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atompospheric

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typically used in landscape painting to create depth

Question 56

brush strokes

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how a brush goes along a painting