Visual Communication (Ch.2)

Question 1

Subject Matter

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What the artist is trying to convey

Question 2

Media

Answer 2

The tool and materials the artist used to create the work

Question 3

The ability to make useful objects attractive

Answer 3

Craftsmanship

Question 4

The grammar or structure of a visual language

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Design

Question 5

Art that tells a story

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Narrative Subjects

Question 6

Any religious figure from any religion can become a subject of work of art like biblical paintings to Hindu scriptures

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Religious Subjects

Question 7

Use of a literary source in the creation of art such as the Bible or famous myths and legends for inspiration

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Literary Subjects

Question 8

Paintings of the natural environment — one of the most popular subjects for artists through centuries.

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Landscapes

Question 9

Paintings of views of city streets, plazas courtyards buildings and activities taking place in the urban environments

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Cityscapes

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Using the human form, usually nude, in artwork like paintings and sculptures.

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Figure

Question 11

Paintings of people other than the artist

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The Portrait

Question 12

Paintings of the artist by the artist

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Self Portrait

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Painting of important events in history

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Historical Subjects

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Normal everyday activities of ordinary people, usually painting

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Genre Subjects

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Visual statements about the artist society or the world

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Social comment

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A painting of inanimate objects.

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Still Life

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An artwork based on or of an animal

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Animals

Question 18

Or artwork based on how an artist is feeling

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Expression- paintings

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The simplification of subject matter into basic shapes

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Abstract

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Art that does not represent anything specific but more of ones feelings

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Non objectives

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Clean lines, most versatile drawing media. The modern day pencil that we know was created by Conte, a French inventor, using lead and clay

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Pencil

Question 22

Soft grainy quality. This particular media can be compressed into sticks, wrapped in wood like a pencil, and/or left natural. The first charcoal used charred wood from twigs or from vines

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Charcoal

Question 23

Used primarily by Asian cultures, when undiluted is solid black. The more water added the lighter gray it became, this is called a wash.

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Ink

Question 24

A dry material similar to colored chalk, but can blend together to create a painterly surface

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Pastel

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One of the oldest painting methods. This is when an artist paint over a fresh, but rough, layer of plaster

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Fresco

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Paint created using egg yolks as a binding agen to secure pigment to a widen panel. Dries quickly and usually painted with small brushes un multiple layers to create a luminous surface

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Tempera

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Pigments bound with gum Arabic, the transparent color can be layered onto paper. Gouache is an opaque version of water color

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Oil

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Relief print— an image that sticks up from, the surface is then inked and pressed onto paper to create mirrored image.

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Woodcut

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Prints created from crevices in the plate rather Han from raised surfaces on the plate.

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Intaglio

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Similar to woodcut but uses linoleum block instead of wood

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Linocut

Question 31

An image drawn or a limestone slab using greasy crayon or ink. Water is then spread over the slab and only sticks to where there is no greasy crayon. Every layer needs its own stone

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Lithogen

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Or silkscreen printing, a silk screen is stretched over a wood frame and then a stencil onto the printing surface.

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Serigraph

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Casting of Molten metal and hardening liquid into a mold bearing impression designed by the artist mastered by ancient Chinese, Egyptian and Greek cultures

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Bronze

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An additive process of welding sheet of steel together

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Steel

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Can be carved, nailed, drilled, sanded and/or given

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Wood

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Can be polished to glasslike finish or left rough and textured

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Marble

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Casting with resins acrylics, fiber glass, or using plastic fiber strips to shape around an object or person as a mold

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Plastic

Question 38

Weaving of fabric that can range from household items to sculptural artworks

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Fibers

Question 39

Originally used by Egyptians in jewelry, can now reach into household items

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Glass

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Vessels created by being thrown on a wheel, coil built, or slab built.

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Clay

Question 41

Expertly crafted to be simple and sleek or to be detailed and complex

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Furniture

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Can be glass, colored marble, ceramic tile, bits of wood or paper that cover an area with an image or design

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Mosaics

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Working with gold, silver copper, bronze, iron, steel, aluminum etc. To create a variety of art forms from jewelry to sculptures to housewares

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Metalwork

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Elements

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Line Value Texture Form Color Shape Space

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Principles

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Balance Contrast Pattern Rhythm Unity Emphasis Movement

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Colors that cannot be be recreated R,Y,B

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Primary

Question 47

When 2 primaries and secondary mix O, G, V

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Secondary

Question 48

When a primary and secondary mix YO, RO, RV, BV, BG, YG,

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Tertiary

Question 49

A color + White

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Tint

Question 50

A color + gray

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Tone

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A color + black

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Shade

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Opposites

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Complementary

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Three equals on a wheel

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Triad

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3 or 4 that touch, warm or cool.

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Analogous

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One color, shade and tint

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Monochromatic

Question 56

Two colors that touch the opposite

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Split Complement

Question 57

Black, White, Grey

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Achromatic