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Subjects and vocabulary of art history
AP art history vocab
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Art History
10th Grade
08/24/2009

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form
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an object's shape and structure
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composition
Definition
how an artist organizes forms in artwork, either by placing shapes on a flat surface or arranging forms in space
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material
Definition
substances shaped to create art forms (pigment, clay,marble, gold etc.)
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technique
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The processes artists employ and the distinctive personal ways they handle materials
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line
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the path of a point moving in space, an invisible line of sight, or a visual axis
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hue
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the property giving a color its name
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value or tonality
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the degree of lightness or darkness
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intensity or saturation
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the purity of a color, its brightness or dullness
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space
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the bounded or boundless container of objects
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mass
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the bulk, density, and weight of matter in space
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volume
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the space that mass organizes, divides, or encloses
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perspective
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a pictorial device for organizing forms in space
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foreshortening
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representing subjects at angles to the picture plane
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proportion
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concerns the relationships in terms of size of the parts of persons, buildings, or objects
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tree trunks and blocks of mountain rock
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two types of material that could be used in creating subtractive sculpture
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clay and bronze
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two types of material used in additive sculpture
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high relief
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the images project boldly
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low or bas relief
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the projection is slight
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plan
Definition
a map of a floor, which shows the placement of a structure's masses
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section
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depicts the placement of the masses as if the building were cut through along a plane
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elevation
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a head on view of an external or internal wall
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how old is it, what is its style, what is its subject, who made it, who paid for it
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five major questions art historians ask when assessing art works
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