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Cards in this set: Term relief Definition type of sculpture in which form projects from a background Term sculpture Definition three dimensional work of art or the art of making it. Such works may be carved, modled, constructed, or cast Term form Definition total structure a synthesis fo all the visible aspects that structure and of the manner in which they are united to create its distinctive character Term background Definition the part of a picture scene that appears to be farthest away from the viewer, usually nearest the horizon Term high relief Definition in relief sculpture, a form that extends at least halfway out of the background Term bas-relief Definition a french term meaning low raised work Term intaglio Definition prints are made from ink trapped in the grooves in an incised metal plate Term carving Definition the technique of cutting and abrading the surface of a block of material to shape it into a particular form Term loop tool Definition tool used to carve clay Term subtraction Definition subtraction is the act of removing Term transferal Definition something that is transferred from one place to another Term polymer clay Definition modeling material consisting of PVC Term modeling clay Definition a nonhardening substance used for modeling sculptures Term modeling tools Definition tools for working with modeling clay Term firing Definition a process of applying heat to make hard pottery in either an oven or an ovenlike enclosure called a kiln Term malleable Definition capable of being shaped or formed Term binder Definition ingredient in paint wihch adheres to the pigment particles Term foil Definition thin flexible leaf or sheet of metal Term armature Definition a skeleton like framework to give rigid internal support Term modeling Definition a sculpture technique in which a 3-d form is manipulated in a soft material Term polymer Definition a chemical compound made by grouping molecules to form natural or synthetic resins Term wire Definition a plyable metalmetallic strand made in many lenghts and diameters Term sculptor Definition one who produces sculpture Term sculpture Definition 3-d work of art Term mobile Definition construction made of objects that are balanced and arranged on wire arms and suspended so as to move freely Term mobile Definition construction made of objects that are balanced and arranged on wire arms and suspended so as to move freely Term stabile Definition an abstract sculpture that has movable parts similar to a mobile, but that is attached to a solid unmovable base rather than suspended Term stabile Definition an abstract sculpture that has movable parts similar to a mobile, but that is attached to a solid unmovable base rather than suspended Term alexander calder Definition introduced mobiles and stabiles in teh 20s Term form Definition form refers to an element of art that is 3-d and encloses volume Term construct Definition to construct is to form by assemling or combining parts; to build Term three- dimensional Definition having, or appearing ot have height width and depth Term two- dimensional Definition having height and width but no depth flat Term perspective Definition technique artists use to project an illlusion of the three-dimensional world Term one-point perspective Definition a form of linear perspective in which all lines appear to meet at a single point on the horizon Term two-point perspective Definition an application of lnear perspective in which all lines appear to meet at either of two points on teh horizon Term linear perspective Definition a system of drawing or painting in which teh artist atttempts to create the illusion of spatial debth on a 2-d serface Term depth Definition the third dimension Term horizon line Definition level line where water or land seems to end and the sky begins Term vanishing point Definition in linear perspective teh place on the horizon where parallel lines seem to meet Term parallel Definition two or more straight lines or edges on teh same plane that od not intersect Term horizontal Definition straight and flat across parallel to the horizon Term vertical Definition the direction going straight up Term bird's eye view Definition seeing from a point of view from an altitudde or from a distance Term aerial view Definition seeing from the point of view at a great height Term worm's eye view Definition seen as if from teh surface of the earth or the floor Term hue Definition term used to indicate the name of teh color such as red, blue, green , etc hues can be changed bu mixing one hue with another Term pure color Definition pure pigment colors unmixed or undiluted Term value Definition describes the lightness or darkness of a color white is teh hightest value and black is the lowest Term tint Definition produces a high value color it is lighter than the pure color and is made by adding white to a color Term tint Definition produces a high value color it is lighter than the pure color and is made by adding white to a color Term shade Definition produces a low value color it is the pure color that has been darkeneed by adding black lowering its value Term intensity Definition refers to the brightness or ddullness of a color its strength or its weekness Term primary Definition red, yellow and blue cannot be mixed from any other colors Term secondary Definition two primary colors mixed together Term complementary Definition colors that are directly oppoisite each other on the color wheel Term complementary Definition colors that are directly oppoisite each other on the color wheel Term split complementary Definition this color scheme inclueds three colors the key hue lus the colors on either side of the key hue's opposite color Term monochromatic Definition a color scheme that consists of one specific color plus its tintstones and shades in various values and intensities Term analogous Definition adjacent color arrangements of a similar hue they are found next to eachother and are less than seven steps away from eachother Term triad Definition this color scheme incluedds three colors that are evenly and equally spaced from each other forming a triangle on teh color wheel Term tetrad Definition this color relationship is a contrast of four or more colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel this scheme can be eithre basedd on a square or rectangle