final exam Flashcards
(83 cards)
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metamorphosis of narcissus
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Dali
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without hope
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kahlo
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guernica
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picasso
4
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braids
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wyeth
5
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mummy portrait of a man
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unknown Egyptian
6
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holy trinity
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massacio
7
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school of athens
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raphael
8
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monk by the sea
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friedrich
9
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abbey in an oak forest
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friedrich
10
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the fighting temeraire
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turner
11
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the dove
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bearden
12
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bottle of suze
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picasso
13
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stonehenge
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unknown artist
in the uk
14
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ziggurat at ur
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unknown sumerians
nana the moon goddess
the wheel
15
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the great pyramids
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egyptians
16
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the parthenon
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itkinos and kallikrates
17
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pont du gard
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unknown romans
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roman colloseum
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unknown romans
19
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notre dame cathedral
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unknown french
flying buttresses
gothic
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eiffel tower
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eiffel
21
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falling water
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wright
organic structure
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guggenheim museum
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wright
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dying lioness
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unknown assyrians
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unique forms of continuity in space
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boccioni
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actual lines
outline and flatten an object
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contour line
a perceived line that marks the border of an object in space (edge line)
27
implied line
a line created by movement or direction
28
chiaroscuro
light-dark, is the manipulation of light and dark to create the effect of a modeled 3-D surface
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implied mass
the illusion of mass on a 2-d surface
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implied texture
visual texture on a 2-d surface
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texture
how something feels
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expressionism
colour or brushwork is manipulated to create emotional impact
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realism
the portrayal of people or things without distortion or abstraction
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complementary colours
colours directly across from one another
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analogous colours
colours adjacent to one another
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warm colours
oranges, reds, yellows
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cool colours
blues and greens
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hierarchical scaling
the size used to indicate the importance of people (kings were drawn larger than peasants)
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scale
an object’s size in relation to other objects (2 things)
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proportion
the relationship of the size of a part to the whole like arms to a body
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bilateral symmetry
an exact mirrored image
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asymmetrical balance
both sides seem to be completely different but still hold balance
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focal point
the center of visual attention
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abstract art
departs significantly from the actual appearance of things
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iconography
the study of hidden symbols
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tint
adding white
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shade
adding black
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pointillism
applying small unmixed points or dots of paint
49
readymade
found objects that are exhibited as works of art
50
linear perspective
parallel lines seem to merge together in the distance at a converging point or vanishing point
51
atmospheric perspective
how distant objects appear less clear
52
impasto
thick application of paint
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style
the visual appearance of a work of art that relates to other works with similar aesthetic roots
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topography
the distinct landscape characteristics are of the building site
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tensile strength
the ability of a building material to span horizontally without support and without buckling
56
post and lintel
most basic and earliest forms of building
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entasis
a bulge in a column
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doric ionic and corinthian
doric: square
ionic: scroll
corinthian: flower
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voussoirs
wedge shaped stores that make up the sides of the arch
60
key stones
the stone that sits at the top of the arch
61
barrel vault
tunnel
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cast iron structure
the eiffel tower
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tempera
egg yolk
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encaustic
wax
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fresco
buon fresco: painting is applied when the plaster is still wet
fresco secco: paint is applied when plaster is dry
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oil
turpentine
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water colour
mixed with water
68
mixed media
mixing different types of art
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mimesis
copying nature
70
solvent
a thinner used in oil painting
71
support
what you paint on
72
additive process of sculpture
building upon
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subtractive process
carving away
74
low relief sculpture
objects are slightly raised from the ground
75
pediment
triangle section of a roof that is supported by columns
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contrapposto
“counter balance” weight shifting stance
77
installation
sculpture that is placed indoors
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assemblage
similar to a collage but with a sculpture rather than painting
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wash
ink diluted in water
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cartoon
a large drawing intended to become a painting
81
heightening
adding white highlights
82
pastels
made from oil based chalks
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charcoal
originally made from charred twigs
