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Art as Experience
Exam 1 -- Vocab -- Rousselow
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
04/22/2014

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Encounter
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The meeting between the subjective artist and the objective world that leads to the creation of an idea for an artwork
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First Dialectical Principal in Creativity
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A rational understanding of the principles and rules for constructing a work of art
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Second Dialectical Principal in Creativity
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Inspiration that leads the artist to begin a work of art
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Form
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The artist selects and arranges the various elements of art so that they work together to achieve her expressive purpose
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Subject
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What the work of art is about
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Expressive Content
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The artist selects and arranges the various elements of art so that they work together to achieve her expressive purpose
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Medium
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The materials used by the artist in creating a work such as oil, water colors, fresco for a painter.
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Technique
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The artist's special skill with a particular medium
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Style
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The unique handling of the elements of art that helps us identify a particular artist, aesthetic movement, or period in art history
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Symbols
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An object or image used in a work of art to stand for something else, usually an abstract idea or concept
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Intaglio
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A printmaking process in which ink is transferrd from the grooves of a metal plate to paper by extreme pressure
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Iconography
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Symbolic representation of conventional meanings such as cultural core values attached to an image
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Regionalism
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A mid-twentieth century art movement exploring the landscape and agriculture of the Midwest
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