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Title: Art Survey Final

Description: Art Survey vocabulary words/notes.

Total Flash Cards: 24

Created: 10/05/2009 16:31:35

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Term
Define value, and tell where it is used.
 Definition

-the range of light and dark

 

Value is used in shading.
Term
Define shading.
 Definition
When artists use value to make objects look solid.
Term
Define chiaroscuro.
 Definition
an Italian word meaning light and dark (another word for shading)
Term
Define primary colors.
 Definition
Colors used to make secondary colors.
Term
Two sides of color wheel:
 Definition

1. warm

2. cool
Term
Define tint.
 Definition
color and white
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Define shade.
 Definition
color and black
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Define complementary.
 Definition
Hues that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel.
Term
Define spectrum.
 Definition
the seven colors that a beam of light makes when it passes through a prism.
Term
Define negative space.
 Definition
The space not covered by an object but circulating in and around it. Contributing to the total effect of the composition.
Term
Define range of value.
 Definition
range of lights and darks
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Define contrast.
 Definition
a principle of design that refers to the difference between elements.
Term
Define sculpture in the round.
 Definition
free-standing sculpture
Term
Primary colors are used to make __________ colors.
 Definition
secondary
Term
Define tone.
 Definition
Color and its complement (or gra)
Term
Define color harmonies.
 Definition
combinations of colors that are satisfying
Term
Define triad.
 Definition
three equidistant hues
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Define split complementary.
 Definition
a hue with two colors on either side of its complement
Term
Define analogous.
 Definition
three hues all next to each other on the wheel
Term
Define monochromatic.
 Definition
all of the tints, tones, and shades of one color.
Term
Define range of values.
 Definition
range of lights and darks
Term
Define one-point perspective.
 Definition
a way to show 3D objects on a 2D surface using one vanishing point.
Term
vanishing point
 Definition
a point on the horizon line toward which all parallel lines are made to recede and eventually meet.
Term
Define orthogonals.
 Definition
lines that lead to or converge at the vanishing point.