Art Flashcards

(55 cards)

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Aesthetic

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stuff made to look or feel nice. It’s about creating things that make you think, feel, or just enjoy looking at them

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Architecture

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The art and science
of designing and
building buildings

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Artist

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someone who makes things to show creativity or express ideas.

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Field

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The area in which a
design, decoration, or painting is made on

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Idealization

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when you make something seem better or more perfect than it really is.

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Landscape

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A work of art that
shows the features of
the natural
environment

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Medium

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A material used by an
artist

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Mixed-media

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An art technique
that uses more than
one medium

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Modeling

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the act of shaping or creating something,

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Still life

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a group of inanimate objects arranged to be painted or drawn

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Style

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The way an artist creates
their work,

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Horizon Line

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The line where the sky
meets the ground. It’s the farthest point you can see in a landscape

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Vanishing point

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The point where
parallel lines seem
to meet

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Hatching

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Parallel lines used
for shading

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15
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Pointillism

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Painting with small
dots

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Wash

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A thin, transparent
layer of paint

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Colour

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The visual
property of light.

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Complementary
Colours

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Colours that are
opposite from
eachother on the
colour wheel

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Cool Colours

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Colours like green
blue and purple

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Warm colours

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Colours like red
yellow and orange

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Gouache

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A type of watercolor paint
that is thick and
not see-through.

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Hard-Edge

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Sharp, defined
edges in painting.

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Hue

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Impasto

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thick, textured
paint application

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Neutral
Colours like black grey and white
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Pigment
The substance that gives paint its color.
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Primary Colours
colours like red blue and yellow
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Secondary colours
Colours made by mixing primary colours
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Shade
A color darkened with black.
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Spectrum
The range of colors that light can create, like the rainbow.
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Tempera
A type of paint made from pigment mixed with egg yolk.
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Tint
a colour lightned by adding white
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Tone
A color darkened by adding gray
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Watercolour
paint that is mixed with water
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Form
The 3D shape or structure of an object
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Line
A continuous mark or stroke, often used to define shapes.
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Negative Space
The empty space around or between objects
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Positive Space
the area filled with objects in an artwork
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Sculpture
A 3D artwork created by shaping materials
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Shape
the form or outline of something
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Space
The area around, between, or within objects
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Texture
The feel or appearance of a surface
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Value
The lightness or darkness of a color
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Calligraphy
Decorative handwriting or fancy lettering.
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Contour
The outline of an object
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Portrait
a picture of a human
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Proportion
the relationship in size or scale between different parts of something
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Realism
Art that aims to look as realistic as possible
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Rendering
The process of creating a detailed representation of something
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Scale
the size of something in relation to other things or its surroundings
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Shading
Using darker areas to show light and shadow
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Sketch
A quick drawing or outline of an idea
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Sfumato
A technique used in painting to blend colors and tones smoothly,
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Sgraffito
a technique where you scratch through a layer of paint to reveal a different color or texture underneath
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Frottage
you place paper over a textured surface and rub it with a pencil