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Goes over art vocabulary and their definitions
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
03/10/2009

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Term
Silhouette
Definition
Areas between or bounded by contours edges of an object: the total shape
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Pattern
Definition
Any artistic design

Repeating element and/or design hat can produce a new set of characteristics or organization
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Contrast
Definition
Opposition or dissimilarity
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Plane
Definition
Area is two dimensional

supports the illusion of advancing or receding elements

Flat, sculptural surface
Term
Contour Line
Definition
Outermost limits of an object or a drawn or painted shape
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Open-value composition
Definition
aren't limited by edges of shapes and flows across shape boundaries
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Non-representational Art
Definition
Imaginative treatment is personalized

Image isn't coming from anything visually seen by the artist
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Variety
Definition
Difference achieved by opposing, contrasting, changing, or diversifying elements in a composition

Adds individualism and interest
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Shallow space
Definition
illusion of limited depth

Imagery moves a slight distance back from the picture plane
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Low key value
Definition
has a level of middle gray or darker
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Space
Definition
Measurable distance between two points or images

Can be actual or illusionsaay
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Subject
Definition
Refers to person or things represented

Also refers to images that have nothing to do with anything experienced in the natural environment
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Geometric shape
Definition
Appears related to geometry
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Volume
Definition
Measurable amount of defined three dimensional space
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Optical perception
Definition
No exaggeration or creative interpretation of what is seen
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Gestalt
Definition
Refers to reform or form
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Curvilinear shape
Definition
Boundaries have mainly curved lines
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Overlapping
Definition
One object is in front of another and therefor appears closer
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rectilinear shape
Definition
boundaries have mainly straight lines
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Naturalism
Definition
description of things visually experienced
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Implied shape
Definition
Doesn't exist, but is suggested through psychological connection of dots, lines, areas, or edges
Term
Aesthetic
Definition
The theory of beauty

Sensitive to art or beauty
Term
Two Dimensional
Definition
Dimension of height and width
Term
Content
Definition
synonym expression or meaning
Term
High key value
Definition
Has a level of middle gray or lighter
Term
Value
Definition
Light or dark
Term
Cross-hatching
Definition
Similar lines pass over hatched lines in different directions
Term
Assymetry
Definition
without symmetry

has unequal or non-corresponding parts
Term
Who started cubism?
Definition
Picasso and Barque
Term
Calligraphy
Definition
Elegant and decorative writing
Term
Calligraphic Line
Definition
Lines that are flowing rhythmically
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Picture plane
Definition
Canvas with drawings

where the artist executes a pictorial image
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Line
Definition
Path of a moving point made by a tool or medium as it moves across an area

Can possess color, value, and shape
Term
Negative space
Definition
Empty space left after the positive images have been created by the artist
Term
Implied Line
Definition
Line that fades, dims, or stops than reappears

Visually completed by observer and is implied to continue
Term
Five Elements of Art
Definition
Shape

Line

Value

Color

Texture
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Visual Unity
Definition
Sense of visual oneness

organization of elements into a visual whole
Term
Rhythm
Definition
Continuance, flow, or movement achieved by repetition of regulated visual untis
Term
Symmetry
Definition
exact duplication of appearances in mirror like repetition of either side of a straight-lines central access
Term
Media
Definition
tool used by artist to create the visual element perceived by the viewer.
Term
Process Art
Definition
Artist focuses on execution or process of the work

More concerned with technique rather than final product
Term
7 principles of organization
Definition
Harmony

Variety

Balance

Proportion

Dominance

Movement

Economy
Term
Local Value
Definition
Lightness or darkness of a surface seen in the objective world
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Decorative shape
Definition
stresses two dimensional nature of an artwork

Emphasizes flatness of a surface
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Plastic value
Definition
creates the illusion of value or space
Term
Gestural Line
Definition
drawn freely and quickly to capture intrinsic spirit and animation seen in the subject
Term
Positive area
Definition
produced by the art element or their combination
Term
Planar shape
Definition
has height and width but no thickness
Term
Conceptual perception
Definition
Creative vision from the imagination
Term
organic unity
Definition
includes nothing unnecessary or distracting with relationships that seem inevitable
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Plastic shape
Definition
illusion of a 3rd dimension or 2 dimensional surface
Term
Abstraction
Definition
implies the process of pairing things down to the essentials

simplification and rearrangement of observable form
Term
Picture Frame
Definition
outerlimits or boundaries of the picture plane
Term
Balance
Definition
Equilibrium between areas

Implied wieght, attention, attraction, or moments of force
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Actual shape
Definition
Positive area with clearly defined boundaries
Term
Proportion
Definition
relationship of size between unit or part of a whole
Term
Highlight
Definition
receives greatest amount of direct light

portion of an object from observers portion
Term
Golden Mean
Definition
perfect harmonious proportion that avoids extremes
Term
Three dimensional
Definition
Creates the illusion of possessing depth, height, and width
Term
Biomorphic shape
Definition
irregular

resembles freely developed curves found in organisms
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chromatic value
Definition
demonstrated by a given color
Term
amorphous shape
Definition
unclear of dimension

no clear definition and it is formless
Term
Chiaroscuro
Definition
distribution of lights and darks in a picture

develops illusion of mass, volume, or space (3 dimensional objects) in space or atmosphere

blends light and shadow
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