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Art History
Beginner
08/29/2016

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Term
balance
Definition

the quality of an artwork in which the elements are visually equal

Term

mosaic [mo-ZAY-ik]

Definition
[image]
Term

motif [moh-TEEF]

Definition

a design made of a combination of lines or shapes repeated to make a pattern

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overlapping

Definition

being in front of and partly covering something else

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symbol

Definition

the quality of an artwork in which both sides of a central line are the same or nearly the same

Term

tesseraeĀ [TE-suh-ree]

Definition

the pieces of colored stone or glass that make the design in a mosaic

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