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Carson Newman Art 101
Art 101
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2013

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Medium
Definition
a particular material, along with its accompanying technique
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Media
Definition
plural form of Medium
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Purpose for stained glass during Middle Ages
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taught illiterate people bible stories
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1 purpose and function of art
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Art for visual delight
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1 trait that creative people share
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open to new experiences
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Outsider or folk artists
Definition
people with little or no formal art education who make art
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Picture plane
Definition
the flat surface
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Volume
Definition
when mass encloses space, that space is volume
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Perspective
Definition
point of view
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Linear perspective
Definition
developed during the Italian Renaissance
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Vanishing point
Definition
the place where land & sky appear to meet
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Atmospheric Perspective
Definition
non-linear means for giving an illusion of depth
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
shading from light to dark
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Value
Definition
refers to relative darkness or lightness from while through greys to black
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Hue
Definition
a particular wave length of spectral color to which we gave a name
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Intensity
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refers to the purity of a hue or color
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Representational art
Definition
depicts the appearance of things
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Trompe L'oeil
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French for fool they eye.real looking painting
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Abstract Art
Definition
works of art that have no reference at all to natural objects
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Iconography
Definition
the symbolic meaning of signs, subjects, and objects
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Difference between form and content
Definition
form is what we see. content is the meaning we get
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Georgia O'Keefe's Primary subject
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flowers
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Pattern
Definition
refers to a repetitive ordering of design elements
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Emphasis
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used to draw our attention to an area
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Contrast
Definition
the juxtaposition of dissimilar elements
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Rhythm
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any kind of movement or structure of dominant & subordinate elements in sequence
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Proportion
Definition
size relationship of parts to a whole
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Pieta
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Marble, Michaelangelo
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Balance
Definition
achievement of equilibrium
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symmetrical
Definition
hear or exact matching of left and right sides
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Asymmetrical
Definition
left & right sides not same various elements are balanced around center of gravity
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KNOW IT!!
Definition
the desire to draw is as natural as the desire to talk
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Hatching
Definition
rows of parallel lines to show shading of volume
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Gouache
Definition
a type of Opaque watercolor
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Michaelangelo's studies for Libyan Sibyl
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used Male model
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know 1 dry media
Definition
Charcoal
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3 ingredients of paint
Definition
pigment, binder, and vehicle
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Chinese painting came from the art of _______?
Definition
Caligraphy
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Advantage of Oil Paint
Definition
Dries slow
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Airbrush
Definition
small scale paint sprayer
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Fresco
Definition
painting on wet plaster
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6/50
Definition
6th out of 50
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Relief
Definition
cuts away all parts not meant for ink like a fingerprint
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Lithography
Definition
drawn on stone or plate
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Henri de Toulouse -- Lautrec
Definition
makes posters
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Experimental printmaking
Definition
digital
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Camera obscura
Definition
`darkroom
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photography
Definition
light writing
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Joseph Nicephore Niepce
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1st vague photo
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Dauguerreotype
Definition
1st satisfactory photography
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Boulevard du Temple
Definition
1st person to appear in a photo
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Straight Photography
Definition
no technical manipulation
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Public acceptance of photography
Definition
not accepted art form
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Jacob Riis
Definition
led to stricter housing codes, improved work safety
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Margaret Bourke-White
Definition
Introduces photo essay
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Ansel Adams
Definition
increased public awareness of environment
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The Horse in Motion
Definition
It was a bet
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Film editing
Definition
assembling a scene from several shots
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Fantasia
Definition
Disney. score was classical
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Motion Capture
Definition
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