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68 Cards in this Set
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Markmaking
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the attempts by an artist to put their mark on something
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Visual Literacy
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being educated in the language and terminology of the visual arts
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Criticism
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the art of evaluating or analyzing with knowledge and propriety works of art or literature
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Two-Dimensinal
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Height by width; a flat surface ie: drawing paper or canvas. (2-D).
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Three-Dimensinal
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Height by width by depth.
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Picture Plane
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The flat, two-dimensional surface of a work of art, the "window"
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Pictorial Depth
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The aspect of composition on a two-dimensional plane (flat) in which a three-dimensional space is depicted.
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Composition
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The organization or arrangement of the formal elements in a work of art.
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Medium
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Any materials used to create a work of art-the paint, pastel, graphite, clay, paper, bronze, glass, etc
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The 3 components of any work of art are..
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form, content, process
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Form
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How the materials come together to form a work of art
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Content
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The meaning of an image (artwork) beyond its subject matter.
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Process
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How the work was created, the materials and media used. the techniques and skills used to create work.
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Subject Matter
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literally the subject of an artwork-what the work is about
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Narrative
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in any kind of creative endeavor, it is the story of what is being depicted, sung, described, written about…
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Abstract
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this term means the rendering of images and objects in a stylized or simplified way, yet they remain recognizable
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verisimilitude
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The quality or state of being the "truth." In the visual arts, this means that something looks life-like, or 'real.'
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Form
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the thing itself
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Process
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how it was created
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Content
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The meaning behind why the art was made
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Medium
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the tool used to construct the art
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2-D art
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ways to express light and shadow
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Tint
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when white is added to a color
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Shade
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When black is added to a color
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Tone
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when Grey is added to a color
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3-D Art
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Light and Works (How the light hits the art)
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Free-Standing Sculpture
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Michaelangelo's (David) 1503-1507
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Symbolism
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The use of symbols to represent the invisible, intangible, or abstract
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Iconography
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Image writing, used to help the viewer of the art to understand by using symbols
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Formal Elements of Art
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Line, color, shape and mass, space, value/light, texture, pattern, time and motion.
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Principles of Design
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Balance, focal point, scale and proportion, repetition and rhythm, unity of variety.
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Naturalism
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a quality that makes a work of art appears to be real or resemble the natural world.
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Realism
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An Artwork that is realist
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Representational
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artwork that represents the natural world.
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Optical Realism
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how real something may appear
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Abstraction
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can indicate the natural world but may not be completely recognizable.
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Figurative art is..
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Recognizable art
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Organic lines and shapes appeal to our..
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emotion
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Rectilinear LInes and shapes appeal to our..
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intellect
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Expressionistic
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expressionistic, emphasizes the emotional and psychological content of the work.
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Line is..
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A mark left by a moving point, actual or implied, and varying in direction, thickness, and density.
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Hatching and CrossHatching creates
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a shaded look
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Outlines and Contour lines
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Create form
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Vertical Lines
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visual stripping points
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Horizontal Lines
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sadder/death/sleeping
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Diagonal Lines
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drawing in a triangle
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Implied Lines
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Make your mind think up the line
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The Starry night was drawn by
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Van Gogh
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Alfred Stieglitz
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Photographer (b&W of buildings)
NYC gallery 291- brings in poor American painters |
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Georgia 0’Keefe
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Art school student falls in love with Alfred Stieglitz
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Line in Sculpture
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the line happens at the edge of a shape, can be thin, thick, wavy and curvy.
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Light
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is either implied (an illusion) or it is a real component in the artwork.
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Chiaroscuro
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(Nude modeling)
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Tenebrism
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use of extreme shading gives a feeling of Dark Night evil scene.
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Hue
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Color
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Value
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brightness; degree of light
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Saturation
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intensity or depth of color
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Temperature
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warm-colors advance and expand toward viewer, cool- colors sink into the composition and are passive
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Warm colors are
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happy and exciting
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Cool colors are
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soothing and boring
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Primary Colors
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a group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing. (red, blue, yellow)
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Complimentary Colors
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are colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum.
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Analogous Colors
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are colors adjacent of each other on the color wheel.
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Monochromatic Colors
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are all colors in a single hue. (Tints, tones, and shades)
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Open Palett
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has a broad range of colors on the color wheel
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Closet Palett
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has a limite range of colors on the color wheel
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Local Colors
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sharp and easy to see color changes
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Arbitrary Colors
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abstract, not sharp lines
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