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Chapter 1 & 2
The Making and Meaning of Art
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
09/07/2009
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Wild Turkey
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John James Audubon
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Bird in Space
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Brancusi
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African Style
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Royal Osun (Spirit Head)
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Pieta
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Last Judgement
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Luncheon on the Grass
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Edouard Manet
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Self Portrait (female traits/male body)
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Robert Mapplethorpe
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[image]
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Pablo Picasso
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Self-Portrait (man with hat and feather)
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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L.H.O.O.Q.
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Marcel Duchamp
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abstract
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having a generalized form with only a symbolic resemblance to real objects
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A.D.
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anno domini (the year of our lord)
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aesthetic
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having an artistic quality
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acant-garde
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literally "the advance guard"
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balance
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aesthetically pleasing equilibrium in the arrangement or combination of elements
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design
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arrangments of visual elements in a work of art
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lunette
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a semicircular painting relief, sculpture, or window
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medium
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material work of art
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stylization
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distortion of a representational image as a simplified surface detail to conform to certain artisitc conventions or to emphasize certain qualities
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symmetry
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aesthetci balance that is acheived when parts of an object are  arranged about a real or imaginary central line so that parts on side correspond with parts on the other side
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totem
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ancestor
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God as architect
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Gothic Style
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Step Pyramid of King Zoser
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Imhotep
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Page from a notebook
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Altamira Bison
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Prehisotric Style
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Dome of the Safavi Royal Mosque
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Islamic Style
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Shore of Surf, Nassau
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Homer
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Japanese Maple Leaves
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Goldsworthy
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The City
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Leger
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The Dream
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Rousseau
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Dream of Queen Maya
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Indian Style
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curvelinear
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composed of curved lines
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figurative
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representinga human or animal figure ina recognizable way
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genre
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scenes of everyday life
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landscape
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image of natural scenery
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manuscript
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book written by hand; mainly referring to medieval and Renaissance books.
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mosuqe
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characteristic place of worship for Muslims
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Muse
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one of nine daughters of Zeus in Green mythology who inspire creativity; more generally, a source of inspiration
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seascape
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image of a scene of, or at, the sea
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silhouette
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outline of an object, usually filled in with black or some other uniform color
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still life
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representation of inanimate objets such as fruit, flowers, or pottery
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Stone Age
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prehistoric period dating from approximately 1,500,000 B.C. when people used stone tools
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visual metaphor
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association betweenone image and another
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