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| Basic visual components of any artwork: line, shape, form, space, color, and texture; basic building blocks of artworks |
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| Most basic of art elements |
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| Perceived directly through the senses-primarily the senses of sight and touch |
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| are not solid but consist of a series of interrupted dots or lines that the eye connects to make an implied line |
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| Defines the two-dimensional area of an object; closely related to form |
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| objects that are three dimensional(they have length, width, and depth); closely related to shape |
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| irregular shapes and forms; sometimes called organic because living things tend to be freeform and irregular in shape or form |
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| element related to the organization of objects and the areas around them in both two- and three-dimensional artworks |
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| The space that is occupied by objects, shapes, or forms in the artwork |
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| What the objects, shapes, and forms in positive space are called |
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| The area around the objects, shapes, and forms in the positive space; also known as 'ground' |
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| Projecting boldly from from the surface |
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| Projecting only slightly from the surface to which the sculpture is attached |
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| Aerial Perspective/Atmospheric Perspective |
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| A technique takes into account the ways that fog, smoke, and airborne particles change the appearance of things when they are viewed from a distance |
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| A technique developed during the Renaissance that can be used to create the illusion of space |
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| The three colors from which all other colors are produced; red, blue, and yellow |
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| formed by the mixture of two of the primary colors; red and yellow make orange, yellow and blue make green, and red and blue make violet |
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| made by a primary and an adjacent secondary color; red and violet make red-violet, blue and green make blue-green, etc. |
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| the organization that puts hues into a visual scheme; dates from the 18th century |
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| A term used when discussing the lightness or darkness of a color or of gray |
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| The term used for white and black |
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| The brightness or purity of a color |
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| The use of hues that are opposite each other on the color wheel |
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| The use of hues that are next to each other in the color wheel |
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| The use of a combination of the three primary colors, the three secondary colors, or the six tertiary colors |
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| The term used for red,orange, and yellow because they are associated with the warmth of the sun, the heat of fire, or dry grass |
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| The term used for blue, green, and violet because they are associated with forests, mountain lakes, and snow |
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| The term refers to the "true" color of an object or area as seen in normal daylight irrespective of the effects of distance or reflections from other objects |
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| The term refers to the effect that special lighting has on the color of objects |
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| Color chosen for its emotional or aesthetic impact |
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| the term refers to how things feel or how we think they would feel if touched |
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| The illusion of a textured surface |
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| Principles of Composition |
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| The means that artists use to organize the elements of art to create an effective composition ( also known as Formal Properties) |
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| The principle that we associate with movement or pattern |
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| This occurs when two or more motifs are used alternately |
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| A single element of a pattern; an aspect of repetition |
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| Involves the repetition of certain elements; an aspect of repetition |
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| Distribution of visual weight in a work of art |
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| A balance achieved when elements of the composition are repeated exactly on both sides of the central axis (easiest to comprehend) |
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| Shapes or objects are slightly varied on either side of the central axis |
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| A visual balance that is achieved through the organization of unlike objects |
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| Where the eye tends to rest |
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| The dimensional relation of the parts of a work to the work in its entirety and can also refer to the overall size of an artwork |
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| the ratio between two dimensions of a plane figure or two dimensions of a line such that the smaller is to the lager as the larger is to the sum of the two: roughly 3:5 |
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| Involves the placement of separate objects close together or in groups |
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| Causes the eye to move over the artwork from similar color to simalr color, or similar texture to similar texture, and so on |
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