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Symmetrical balance

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When two halves of a composition correspond to one another in terms of size, shape, and placement of forms

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Asymmetrical balance

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Balance achieved in a composition when neither side reflects or mirrors the other

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Emphasis

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The place of visual attention

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Focal point

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The center of visual attention, where viewer’s gaze is drawn

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Afocal

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No single point of the composition of demands our attention more or less than any other, the eye can find no place to rest

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Scale

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The comparative size of an object in relation to other objects outside itself

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Proportion

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In any composition, the relationship between the parts to each other and to the whole

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Unity and variety

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Complementary principles; typically both present, one more so than the other

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Rhythm

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shapes, colors, or pattern repeated over and over

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Repetition

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A thing repeated

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Cartoon

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Drawing done to scale for a painting or a fresco

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Dry media

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Metal point, chalk, charcoal, graphite, pastel

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Liquid media

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Pen and ink, wash and brush

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Silverpoint

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silver applied to prepared paper

create permanent delicate lines

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Graphite

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Carbon in pencil

sharp lines or graduations of tone

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Charcoal

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Sticks of burnt wood

fine lines, tonal graduations or bold gestural marks

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Ink

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Pigment suspended in water
With pen: precise lines
With brush: wide range of line quality

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Support

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Surface on which an artist paints

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Ground

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Coating applied to a support to prepare it for painting

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Pigment

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Powdered color

organic or synthetic

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Binder

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Substance that holds pigment together

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Encaustic

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Pigment mixed with hot wax
requires strong support such as wood
Permanent, demanding, naturalism

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Fresco

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Pigment mixed directly into plaster of wall
becomes part of the architecture
artist must work quickly

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Giornata

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From Italian “a day’s work”, the area a fresco painter is able to complete in a single sitting

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Tempera
Pigment mixed with egg yolk glossy, thin, transparent fine details
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Watercolor
Pigment mixed with water, prepared paper. No white watercolor Light weight, fluid, gestural effects
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Vanitas
A tradition of still life painting popular in Europe in the 17th century, reminding the viewer of the frivolous quality, or vanity, of human existence
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Oil paint
Linseed oil binder slow to dry most accurate 3-D effects possible
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Photography- uniqueness
Requires little skill, nothing is created, ubiquitous recording tool and artistic device
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Photography – history
First photo 1826 Means drawing with light film to digital camera similar to the human eye
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Camera Obscura
means dark room | box with a pinhole, light creates an upside down image
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Heliograph
Sun writing | Niepce's early photographic process
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Daguerreotype
invented by DAGUERRE, treated metal plates detailed positive image
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Cyanotype
Cameraless image | chemical process produces blue color where light penetrates and remains white where light is blocked
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Portrait
Image of a person, focuses on the face
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Landscape
visible features of land | aesthetic appeal considered
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Zone system
A picture broken up into zones ranging from black to white
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Photo journalism
The use of photography to tell a news story
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Impression
Image transferred onto paper through print making processes
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Matrix
Surface upon which the design for the print has been created. Examples include metal plate, linoleum, or nylon
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Relief (printmaking)
Raised area is printed | linocut and woodcut
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Intaglio
Recessed area is printed | engraving and etching
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Registration
align multiple blocks on the same paper | multiple colors
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Wood cut | Linocut
Artist carves block of wood or linoleum, raised areas are printed on paper Reliefs
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Engraving
Artist carves directly into metal plate print from gouged out areas Intaglio
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Etching
Metal plate is covered with acid resistant material, artists scrapes away this coating, acid deepens areas without coating. recessed area is printed (Intaglio)
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Lithograph
Limestone holds ink through chemical processes oil and water do not mix Retains drawing characteristics (brushstrokes)
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Silkscreen
similar to stenciling connection to mass production broad, smooth plains of color
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Print making (2 reasons)
1) artist can make multiple copies | 2) artist can make more money... more affordable for general public
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Sculpture
A 3-D tangible work of art usually not functional mass and environment are relevant
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Subtractive process
Artist starts with a block of material and cuts away or subtracts unwanted material, carving
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Additive process
Artist starts with nothing and adds material to create a form casting
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Carving
artist cuts away unwanted portions to create a form Subtractive process
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Casting
Artist creates model, uses mold to replicate the model in a permanent material Clay/bronze, kiln firing and ceramics Additive process
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Kiln
An oven used for firing ceramics
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Firing
baking clay pieces in kiln | clay pieces become durable and hard
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Ceramics
Clay pieces that have been fired in a kiln
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Lost wax casting process
Assembly of wood is packed with a layer of clay, then wax, then Clay. The mold is hardened and the wax drains when heated. Then molten bronze is poured and allowed to harden. The Clay shell is broken and the bronze sculpture is revealed
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Relief sculpture
A sculpture that is made up of both a background in a protruding design Best viewed from one vantage point
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Low relief sculpture
Sculpture in which figures and objects remain attached to the background and protrude of it by less than 1/2 their normal depth
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High relief sculpture
Figures remain attached to background | protrude by MORE than 1/2 their normal depth.
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Freestanding/ in-the-round sculpture
Not attached to anything and stands on its own | viewed from multiple perspectives
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Earthwork
artist uses nature to create the piece. | Site specific, and often change over time
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Environment
Large scale sculptures | Immersive experience- viewer can enter into the space of the sculpture
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Ka
In ancient Egypt, the spirit of the deceased

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