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Intro to Visual Culture
First Test
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Art History
09/21/2009
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Representational
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As close to a photograph as possible
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Abstract
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Artist takes liberties and doesn't try to make it look realistic
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Nonrepresentational
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Creating something from totally inside an artist's head
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Style
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Group of characteristics that signify work
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Form
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Way a work of art looks (ex.. if a sculpture of a human looks awkward)
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Content
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What a work of art is about (What a work of art signifies to a certain person at any given point of time)
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Negative Space
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