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| A small hand held rubber roller used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing |
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| A round, smooth pad, either flat or slightly convex, used to press paper against an inked wood or linoleum block to lift an impression from the block |
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| Ameans of making prints by creating a raised design on a flat surface. The design is inked or covered with color and stamped on paper or another surface. |
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| Ametal or wooden plate with a raised edge on each end (opposite sides) to hold a woodcut or linocut in place on a table while cutting. |
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| In printing, a piece of thick, flat material, with a design on its surface used to print repeated imprssions of that design. Called a PLATE in etching and engraving (metal). |
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| The actual picture the artist makes from a printmaking process. |
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| The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block, woodcut, etching, lithographic, or screenprinting. |
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| One of a small group of prints set aside from the edition for the artist's use. |
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| a print made from an image built up with glue and sometimes other materials |
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| A set of identical prints, that are numbered and signed. this set of prints have been pulled by or under the supervision of the artist and are authorized for distribution. |
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| In relief printing, a tool for cleaning non-image areas from a block of wood or linoleum. |
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| An engraver's tool with a steel shaft and a sharp, oblique point at one end and a handle at the other. A burin cuts into a metal plate by being pushed forward rather than being drawn toward the artist. |
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| The number of a print in an edition. The first three prints in an edition 10 would be 1/10, 2/10 ect. |
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| Coloring Material composed of pigment (color), a binder, and a vehicle. Ink is usually thicker than most paints, and has a slower drying rate. |
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| A type of relief print in which the image is cut into a piece of linolium. |
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| Adjustment of seperate plates, blocks, screens or paper in color printing to ensure correct allignment of the colors. |
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| Printmaking technique in which the image is printed from a raised surface, usually produced by cutting away non-image material. |
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| A printing process by which areas are blocked out to keep ink from non-image areas. |
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| a proof pulled from a block, plate, or stone to check the appearance of the image to make sure it is all right before making the edition. After a critical or important change is made on a plate, it is necessary to see what has been done before going to the next step, checking to see if a change was successful.(Proofing) |
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| (monotype) A print pulled in an edition of one. There is no series of identical prints that are signed and numbered. It is actually an image usually painted on glass or plexi-glass, and transferred (or stamped) on paper. |
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| When lines are cut into a metal plate with a v shaped tool called a burin; ink is then forced into these lines and wiped from the flat surface of the plate, which is then printed with paper that has first been soaked in water and then blotted. The damp paper is forced down into the grooves, where it picks up ink. |
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| A drawing is scratched through a wax-covered or tar covered metal plate which is then placed in acid that eats into the exposed areas that were scratched forming shallow grooves. The plate is cleaned and inked; ink is cleaned from all areas except the grooves. Printing paper that has been soaked in water and then blotted is forced througha press against the plate; the damp paper is forced down into the grooves where it picks up the ink. |
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| An Italian Term. The Ink is deposited below the surface of the plate which has been corroded, scratched, or incised, and the surface wiped clean; a damp paper is forced into the surface in a press. |
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| When one block is printed several times, removing a portion and changing color each time (working from lightest to darkest and registration is critical) |
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| a device used by a fine art printmaker to produce prints one copy at a time. It applies pressure between a sheet of paper and an inked printing plate. Presses for intaglio printing apply considerable pressure as they force the paper and plate between a roller and a flat bed, thus squeezing the paper into the inked grooves of the plate. |
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| A print made by forcing ink through a stencil attatched to a woven mesh. The screen has certain areas blocked out to prevent ink from getting through those areas. Today cheaper fabrics are used and because silk is not usually used, the more generic name screen print may be more appropriate. The term serigraph is meant to designate a fine art of screen prints on paper. The stencil may be painted on by hand or done photographically. |
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| development of 2 points perspective, has 2 vanishing points somewhere on the horizon also has a vanishing point somewhere above or below the horizon which the vertical vanishes to |
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| used in architecture to render planes o a diagonal that doesn't recede in space |
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| visual phenomenon where by an elongated object projecting toward or away from the viewer appears shorter than its actual length |
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| colors made by lights which when mixed become lights in value |
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| combinations or pigments, which result in darker colors |
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| circular two dimensional model showing color relationships |
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| hues from which all colors can theoretically be mixed |
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| hues made by mixing two primary colors |
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| are the result of a primary color and adjacent secondary color |
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| colors directly opposite from one another on the color wheel |
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| having only one color descriptive of work in which one hue, with variations of value and intensity predominates |
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| colors similar in appearance especially those with related hues |
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| artist permits themselves to all colors at their disposal |
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| artist limits themselves to a few pigments and their mixtures, tints and shades |
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| the optical affect of adjacent colors on each other more specifically the tendency of complimentary colors to intensify eachother when placed side by side |
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| image that persists after the visual stimulus that first produced it ceased the mechanics of vision causes an after image to appear in the complementary hue of the original stimulus |
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| feel appearance of consistency of a surface or substance |
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| physical surface variations perceived by a sense of touch |
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| the illusion of the surfaces texture no matter how rough the object in the image appears the actual surface is smooth |
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| repeats of decorative design or motif |
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| patterns that occur in nature |
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| regular elements spaced at regular intervals |
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| continuous are or expanse that is free, available or unoccupied |
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| the literal surface of a painting imagined as a window, so that objects depicted in depth art spoken of a receding from the objects in the foreground |
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| a group of methods from creating the illusion of depth on a flat picture plane |
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| one point perspective/linear perspective |
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| a drawing system in which everything gets smaller towards one vanishing point |
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| a term used in perspective to describe the point on the horizon where parallel lines appear to meet |
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| a drawing system in which everything gets smaller towards 2 vanishing points |
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| art that physically moves |
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| the organization of visual elements in 2-dimensional art |
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| forms of the visual world are purposely simplified, fragmented or distorted |
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| descriptive of representational art in which methods for depicting forms have been standardized and thus can be repeated without further observation of the real world model |
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| nonrepresentational or nonobjective art |
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| descriptive of art that doesn't represent or otherwise refer to the visible world outside of itself |
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| is that which we can identify as constant recurring or coherent |
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| what a work of art is about its subject matter as interpreted by the viewer |
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| in representational or abstract art; interpreted by the viewer |
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| personal and social circumstances surrounding the making, viewing, and interpreting a work of art |
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| color resulting in passing light through a prism |
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| a band of colors produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength |
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| psychological effects of color |
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| pure state of color in a spectrum |
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| lightness or darkness within a hue |
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| when white is added to a hue |
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| when blacks added to a hue |
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| brightness and dullness of hue |
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| low intensity colors, cream, tan, or beige |
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| colors we find in objects around us |
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