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Art Vocabulary Exam 1
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
01/09/2012

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Idealistic
Definition
Produces a world, not as is but as the artist thinks it should be
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Realistic
Definition
Tending to or expressing an awareness of things as they really are
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Abstract
Definition

1) works of art that have no reference at all to the natural objects

2) Works that depict natural objects in simplified, distorted, or exaggerated ways

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Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
Definition
precise and balanced/having no balance or symmetry
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Non-Objective
Definition

Presents visual forms with no specific references to anything outside themselves

 

(it can offer ways of seeing)

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Expressionism
Definition
when artists use unrealistic colors and portraits sometimes has minimal reference to reality
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Linear Perspective
Definition
a form of perspective in drawing and painting in which parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance.
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Aerial Perspective
Definition
a means of indicating relative distance in terms of a gradation of clarity, tone and color, especially blue.
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Complementary Colors
Definition
emphasize two hues directly opposite each other on the wheel such as red and green
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Vanishing Point
Definition
the place where land and sky appear to meet. (or sea or sky)
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impasto
Definition
when paint has been applied to thickly (painting)
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Continuous Narration
Definition
when the story moves from one point in time to another sequentially.
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negative shape
Definition
background areas
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form/shape
Definition
the structure of an object/refers to the total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work, including such component as materials, color, shape, line & design.
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binder
Definition
a tie, beam, or girder, used to support floor joists
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Vertical Location
Definition
a spacial device in which elevation on the page or format indicates recession into depth 
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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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pointillism
Definition
a technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots, which become blended in the viewer's eye.
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Mass/Volume
Definition
a three-dimensional area, the physical bulk of a solid body of material/when a mass encloses space.
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scale/proportion
Definition

the ratio that defines the size relationships.

 

used to create the illusion of correct size relationships between objects and figures

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value

 

(tone)

Definition

refers to the relative lightness and darkness of surfaces

 

ranges from white through various grays to black

 

can be considered as a property of colors or an element independent of color.

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monochromatic
Definition
based on variations in the value and intensity of a single hue
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intensity/saturation
Definition
refers to the purity of hue or color
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Color Wheel
Definition
a circullar diagram in which primary and usually intermediate colors are arranged sequentially so that related colors are next to each other and complementary colors are opposite.
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Primary Color

 

Secondary Color

Definition

-cannot be created by mixing other colors.

 

-made by mixing 2 or more primary colors.

Term
gesso
Definition
the initial coating put on a support before you paint on it. It protects the support from the paint, some of which contain components that could damage it, provides the key(suface) for the paint to stick to, and affects the absorbency of the support.
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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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chiaroscuro
Definition
shading from light to dark
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pigment
Definition
dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products
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hue
Definition
refers to a particular wavelength of spectral color to which we give a name
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