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Art in Life Definitions
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
03/04/2013

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Active Seeing
Definition
The psychology of looking and seeing.
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Calligraphy
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The art of fine hand writing.
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Subject Matter
Definition
What an artist has chosen to paint or sculpt, that is normally an original idea.
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Content
Definition
The meaning or significance of an artistic work.
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Naturalistic
Definition
Artwork that closely resembles forms in the natural world.
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Representational
Definition
Resembling something in the natural world.
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Abstract
Definition
Does not depict a person, place, or a thing in the natural world.
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Non- Objective/ Non- representational
Definition
Abstract art that uses specific color and line.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
Believing ones race is superior to the rest.
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Iconography
Definition
The story depicted in a work of art.
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Public Art
Definition
Physically public and used to portray an idea.
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Outline
Definition
An artwork detailing the outside contour lines of a figure.
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Contour Line
Definition
Lines that outline an images exterior edges.
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Implied Line
Definition
Lines that form a "bridge" between each other.
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Line of Sight
Definition
A line from an observer's eye to a distant point.
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Expressive Line
Definition
Conveying a 3D object with no shading using other line types.
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Analytic Line
Definition
Mathematically precise or rationally organized lines.
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Classical Line
Definition
Mathematically precise or rationally organized lines drawn by a vertical and horizontal lines.
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Mass vs. Shape
Definition
Mass shows a 3D image because of shading, a shape can just be a basic 2D shape.
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Negative Space
Definition
Contrasting images to form an image.
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Overlap
Definition
To cover or extend beyond.
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Linear Perspective
Definition
Parallel lines are draw next to each other to give the illusion of depth and distance.
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1- Point Linear Perspective
Definition
Drawing in which images are scaled to 1 distant point.
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2- Point Linear Perspective
Definition
Drawing in which images are scaled to 2 distant point.
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Vanishing Point
Definition
Image leads you to a point of which image was scaled from.
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Vantage Point
Definition
Point at which art work makes the most visual sense.
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Foreshortening
Definition
Images are scaled going from foreground to background. Images in background are small compared to foreground.
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Atmospheric Perspective
Definition
Aerial perspective that separates foreground from background via haze or much sky.
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Modeling
Definition
Drawing a 3D object of a already existing real image.
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
Strong difference between light and dark. Normally one light source.
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Sfumato
Definition
"Without Lines or Borders" Haze may be used to prevent lines.
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Tenebrism
Definition
Heavy contrast between light and dark, darkness takes over the image.
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Hatching/ Cross- hatching
Definition
Using straight or perpendicular lines to portray an image more clearly and to give depth and texture.
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Hue
Definition
Pure color picked out of a color wheel.
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Value
Definition
The lightness or darkness of color.
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Tint
Definition
White added to make it lighter.
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Shade
Definition
Color added to make a darker version of that color.
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Saturation
Definition
The greatest possible intensity of the color.
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Primary Colors
Definition
Red, Green, Blue.
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Secondary Colors
Definition
Yellow, Cyan, Magenta.
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Intermediate Colors
Definition
Colors between main/ unmixed colors on the color wheel.
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Analogous Colors
Definition
Colors adjacent to the main color (to the left and the right of the main color).
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Complimentary Colors
Definition
Colors opposite to any color on the color wheel (the opposite side).
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Simultaneous Contrast
Definition
Multiple colors used to contrast the same color.
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Afterimage
Definition
"After-Image" Negative image that becomes "normal" when viewed against another surface.
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Pointillism
Definition
Artwork made up of points, dots of paint.
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Monochromatic
Definition
1 color in multiple shades was used to portray something.
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Polychromatic
Definition
Using many colors to portray an image.
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Local Color
Definition
Natural colors of an object are the only colors present, no others.
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Arbitrary Color
Definition
Non- natural color used to portray an image.
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Texture
Definition
The visual or physical feel of an image.
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Tactile
Definition
Portraying an illusion of tangibility.
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Impasto
Definition
Art that is done in very very thick paint.
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Frottage
Definition
Rubbing over of a object to imprint it on paper.
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Illuminated Manuscript
Definition
Text which has a picture to accompany it.
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Zoomorphic
Definition
Image made up of smaller animals.
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Interlace
Definition
Objects in image are constantly overlapping.
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Continuous Narrative
Definition
Image in which multiple event are going on at different times.
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Op Art
Definition
Basic pattern, like squares, used create a sense of movement.
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Symmetrical Balance
Definition
Even on both sides. Right and left.
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Asymmetrical Balance
Definition
Art "standing on one leg".
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Radial Balance
Definition
Image radiate from the center.
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Focal Point
Definition
Point of which the attention is drawn towards.
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Afocal
Definition
No focal point. Like dots on a page.
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Proportion
Definition
Accurate to the real world.
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Repetition
Definition
Image place over and over in a picture.
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Rhythm
Definition
A visual beat.
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