CPAR EXAM Flashcards
(110 cards)
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Emptiness/ void
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Space
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Space enclosed in a shape
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Positive space
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Opposite/ background
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Negative space
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Space in literature
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Pause between words
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Space in music
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Interval between notes
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The area around, above, and within an object
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Space
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Extension of a point
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Line
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- Lines that slant
- Lines that suggest action and movement, they convey dynamism, vitality, and animation
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Diagonal lines
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Lines that are parallel to the horizon
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Horizontal lines
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Character
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Curve lines
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These lines slant and are diagonal lines connected at each point, these lines can portray action and excitement.
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Zig-zag lines
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Lines in theater and play
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The script of an actor
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Lines in dance
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Series of steps that a dancer makes
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Two dimensional enclosed area
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Shape
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Have clear edges and angles
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Geometric shapes
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Are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals
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Organic shapes
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The three-dimensional quality of an object. It involves height, width, and depth
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Form
18
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A sensation created by visible wavelengths of light caught in prism
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Color
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It creates mood or tone
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Color
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Colors have different meanings depending on one’s __________
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Culture
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Color is a mixture of organic and synthetic substances called ________
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Pigments
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The lightness or darkness of a color
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Value
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Values can be shown in shades of _______
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Gray
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Gradual changes in value
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Shading
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The tactile qualities of a surface
Texture
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This element of art deals with the way objects feel or the way it looks like they would feel
Texture
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Two types of texture
Actual or tactile, simulated or illusory
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Felt by touch
Actual or tactile
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Seen, not felt
Simulated or illusory
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Texture in writing
Quality or style of a composition
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Texture in music
Sound from different musical instruments
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The overall structure of an art form
Design
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It is a plan for order
Design
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It is the means by which artists indicate and demonstrate the ideas and feelings they wish to convey
Design
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Unity
Harmony
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Wholeness of the design
Harmony
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Pleasing arrangement of parts
Harmony
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Agreement between parts of a composition, resulting in a united whole
Harmony
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Harmony in music
Combination of musical notes simultaneously played
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Harmony in writing
Theme or the topic
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Assortment or diversity of a work
Variety
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Produced so that monotony and uniformity in the environment are prevented
Variety
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Regular, repeated pattern in the elements of art
Rhythm
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Flow or feeling of movement
Rhythm
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The best can be regular or irregular, simple or complex
Rhythm
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Relationship of the elements in a work of art which makes an artwork pleasing to the eye
Proportion
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Relative size of one object to another
Scale
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Relative size of parts of a whole
Proportion
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Even distribution of weight
Balance
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Refers to two sides that are symmetrical to each other
Formal or symmetrical balance
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Refers to two sides not identical to each other yet equal in visual weight
Informal or asymmetrical balance
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Fundamental principle in choreography and in the theater arts
Movement
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Way to convey feelings and emotions
Movement
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Means used by dancers to make use of their bodies to express an inner condition
Movement
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Actors express their lines through facial expressions, gestures, and body language
Movement
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Basic principle of nature
Movement
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Is the principle that gives importance or dominance to a unity or an area (focal point)
Emphasis
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Gives less importance to a unit or area
Subordination
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Three key elements in understanding art
Form, content, context
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Elements of art
Space, Line, Shape, Form, Color, Value, Texture
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Principles of design
Harmony, Variety, Rhythm, Proportion, Balance, Movement, Emphasis or Subordination
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The surface feature of an artwork
Form
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Materials, techniques, and elements seen in an artwork
Form
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Pure colour
Hue
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Hue + white
Tint
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Hue + grey
Tone
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Hue + black
Shade
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What the artwork is about
Content
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Contains the subject matter that carries the message of the work
Content
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Evident in visual, literary, and theater arts
Content
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In music, it refers to the principal and recognizable melody of the composition - stated, developed and repeated in the duration of the piece
Content
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What the art looks like
Form
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What the art means
Content
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Clarifying a word or a subject by describing the relevant circumstances surrounding it
Context
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The varied circumstances in which a work of art is produced or interpreted
Context
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Is the personal type, the sentiments if an artist (beliefs, values, interest, attitudes, and emotions)
Primary context
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The place or period in which the artist has made his work: social, political and economic environment
Secondary context
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Who painted "Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles"?
Faith Ringgold
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Is usually anything that is represented in the artwork. It may be a person, object, scene or event
Subject of art
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Artworks that depict something easily recognised by most people
Representational or objective arts
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Represents the largest collection of artwork
Representational or objective arts
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A work of art that represents an object or subject
Representational art
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Distorts the view or greatly simplifies and reduces the structure of a known thing, person, or place, often into its most elemental geometric components
Abstraction
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Does not begin with a "thing" or a subject in the real world
Nonrepresentational art
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Art movement from 1850- 1875
Realism
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Details seem so natural
Realism
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Describe as accurately and honestly as possible what is observed
Realism
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Photographic or photorealism
Superrealism
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Paint from photographs, replicating canvas
Superrealism
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These artists always used photographs as a reference to achieve a life-like recreation of the image
Hyperrealism
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Means "to move away or separate"
Abstract
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One phase of a scene
Abstract
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Does not show subject
Abstract
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Types of abstract
Elongation, mangling, distortion
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The use of a cone, cylinder or sphere
Cubism
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Shows many views of a subject at one time
Cubism
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Arrangement of color in a two-dimensional surface
Cubism
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Changed the nature of painting with their large canvases, energetic and gestural lines, and new artistic processes
Abstract expressionism
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These artist sought new forms of self-expression and personal freedom in their work
Abstract expressionists
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The type of abstract art that is usually, but not always, geometric and aims to convey a sense of simplicity and purity
Nonrepresentational art
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Is a protest movement against the outworn tradition in the arts; formed by group of artists and poets in Zurich, Switzerland
Dadaism
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This art movement used extremely bright colours
Fauvism
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This art movement was founded in Paris in 1924 by the French poet Andre Breton
Surrealism
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Characterized by symbolic visions and dreamlike scene and strange assemblies if everyday things
Surrealism
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Believed in the necessity of a spiritual rebirth for man in an age that was fast becoming influenced by materialism
Expressionism
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Based on the practice of painting out of doors and spontaneously "on the spot" rather than in studio from sketches
Impressionism
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Captures the speed and force of modern industrial society
Futurism
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Their painting glorified mechanical energy of modern life, subjects that express the explosive vitality of a modern city
Futurists
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Sculpture medium
Terracotta, Carbon Fiber, metal, clay, glass, textile, wire, ivory, wax, paper
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Art movements
Realism, Abstraction, Dadaism, Fauvism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Impressionism, Futurism
