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Art Appreciation Test 1
Key Terms, Artists, and Movements
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
09/13/2011

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Abstract
Definition
Non Representational, Non Objective
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Additive
Definition
Primary Colors: Red, Blue, and Green
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Aesthetics
Definition
Study of Beauty
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All-Over Pattern
Definition
Covering the entire surface
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Analogous Colors
Definition
Next to each other on the color wheel; similar
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Arbitary Color
Definition
the artist selects any color for any object; Banana- red
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Assemblage
Definition
Artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together found objects.
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Asymmetrical
Definition
Absence of, or a violation of, a symmetry.
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Binder
Definition
The substance in a paint which holds together the pigment and makes the paint stick to whatever it's painted on.
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Burin
Definition
The style or technique of an engraver's work
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
"light to dark" Shading. Volume by Value
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Collage
Definition
"to glue"
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Complementary Colors
Definition
opposite of each other on the color wheel
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Content
Definition
The meaning; the sum total of the artist
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Cross Hatching
Definition
Build up value using lines
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Encaustic
Definition
A paint consisting of pigment mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat after its application
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Etching
Definition
The art of preparing plates, especially metal plates, from which designs and pictures are printed.
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Form
Definition
The physical piece, the medium, and the design or composition
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Fresco
Definition
The art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water.
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Glaze
Definition
A thin smooth shiny coating
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Gouache
Definition
A method of painting with opaque watercolors mixed with a preparation of gum.
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Iconography
Definition
Symbolism in Art work
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Impasto
Definition
Thicker Painting
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Implied Line
Definition
"Finger pointing to window"
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Intaglio
Definition
A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone.
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Lithograph
Definition
A printing process in which the image to be printed is rendered on a flat surface, as on sheet zinc or aluminum, and treated to retain ink while the nonimage areas are treated to repel ink.
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Local Color
Definition
Natural Color; banana-yellow, apple-red
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Medium
Definition
A means of mass communication, such as newpapers, magazines, radio, or television
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Mural, Muralism
Definition
A very large image, such as a painting or enlarged photograph, applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
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Naturalistic
Definition
Natural Style. How everything should be.
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Negative Space
Definition
Empty space in a composition.
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Non-Objective
Definition
Not concerned with the depiction of the visual world
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Perspective
Definition
A mental view or outlook
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Pigment
Definition
A substance used as coloring
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Post and Lintel
Definition
Pertaining to construction employing vertical supports and horizontal beams instead of arches or vaults.
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Radial Balance
Definition
Lines or shapes that radiate outward from a central point of circular fashion
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Relief Print
Definition
Image created by a printmaking process where protruding surface faces of the matrix (printing plate or block)
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Symmetrical
Definition
No difference in opposing modes
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Tempera
Definition
A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk
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Texture
Definition
Actual Feeling; How it feels
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Tromp L'oeil
Definition
Trick the eye. Illusion
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Value
Definition
The tonal value.
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Vanishing Point
Definition
The point at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.
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