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genre

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type of art work
portrait
landscape
still life

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commision

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hiring and paying artist

create artwork

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self-portrait

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artist paints portrait

herself/himself

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art elements

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basic ingredients

7

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design principles

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how artist chooses
arrange and manipulate
art elements
create composition and visual message

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highlights

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light parts

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distort

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changing
shape
form

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elongate

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look longer

than actually is

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mass media

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communication media

reach many people

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trend

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general change
happening in society
popular in specific time

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popular culture

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culture and knowledge

passed through mass media

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idealise

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make something perfect

better than really is

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realistic

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make something exactly

what it looks like

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veristic

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show plain real object

not heroic or amazing

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chiaroscuro

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creating dramatic contrast
light and dark tones
no middle

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modelling

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full range of tones

obj looks 3D

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pop icon

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famous person

people admire

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subject matter

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main obj of artwork

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represent

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showing something

particular way

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advertising

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create awareness

new product

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achromatic

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using
black
white
grey

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polychromatic

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including many colors

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monochromatic

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one colour

lights and darks

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analogous

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using colors

similar to each other

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complementary
colors opposite on colour wheel
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desturate
make color less pure and dull add black
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shades
add black | darker
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tints
add white | lighter
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colour scheme
specific colours artist choose | include in artwork
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warm colors
have yellow and red | mixed in
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cold colors
have blue | mixed in
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contrast
different things used together | make more interesting
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opaque
not see through
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transparent
see through | can see layer underneath
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bleed
edges of paint stroke | spread outward slightly
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painting techniques
``` large and thin brush strokes sfumato painterly blending planar ```
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acrylic techniques
``` impasto wash mixed media wet on wet straw blowing ```
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observer
artist look carefully whats going on ask questions and looks for answers understand world on deeper level
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contributor
make positive difference in world | using time and talents
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social commentator
talk about what’s happening in society make people stop and think form opinions on what’s happening
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globalization
spreading on global scale
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contemporary
producing or existing | at present time
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signs
marks, objects show something inform us
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national symbols
objs recognized by citizens | country has special meaning for them
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cultural symbols
special meaning | particular culture
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symbols
objects communicate deeper meaning represent other things
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humanism
man is the centre of all things
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believed
people were individuals determine own future no one should dominate another everyone has freedom and personal honor
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anthropomorphic
gods took on human characteristics
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greek sculpture
marble and bronze | glyptic form- carved
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4 periods
geometric archaic classical hellenistic
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golden section
achieve | total balance and harmony
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Greek ideal
Emphasis on: harmony of proportion, expression and balance. Figures had idealisation and naturalism- combined to make perfect form
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Geometric
Geometric designs | Harp player
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Kouros
``` Rigid, monumental frontal pose Hands stiffly at sides,arms straight Hair stylized Eyes large+ almond shaped Large archaic smile Nude ```
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Kore
``` Chiton Frontal pose Rigid and monumental Arms holing robe Large eyes Archaic smile Hair stylized ```
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Archaic
Show movement Some parts of sculpture are painted Calf bearer
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Critios boy
``` Relaxed position Weight is on left leg Shoulders+ hips are tilted to create movement Contrapposto position Life flows through ```
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Charioteer of delphi
Represents passage-Archaic to Classic Exemplifies balance- stylized geometric representations and idealised realism Geometric folds overlie body- harmony between realism and idealism
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Classical
``` Idealisation Godlike figures Faces calm and expressionless Bodies showed all emotion and energy Realistic but idealised Males nude Variation of poses Made in the round Awareness of anatomy Dying Gaul ```
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Hellenistic
``` Extreme movement Exaggerated facial expressions Theatrical quality Overdid display of technical proficiency Laöcoon Group ```

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