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What is a vantage point? (pg 75) |
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where the viewer is positioned |
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As distinguished from a shape, a ____ or form- is a solid that occupies a 3-D volume. (pg 69) |
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How many vanishing points are there in a composition when an artist uses two-point linear perspective? (pg 77) |
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What is foreshortening? (pg 75) |
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a means of countering the laws of perspective; the dimensions of the closer extremities are adjusted in order to make up for the distortion created by the point of view |
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One of the chief tools employed by the artists of the Renaissance to render the effects of light is?
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What color schemes are those composed of hues that neighbor each other on the color wheel?
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A board with a thumb hole at one end used by a painter to hold and mix colors is?
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Pierre Bonnard's painting The Terrace at Vernonnet is an example of the expressive use of what color? |
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A work of art's ability to call forth certain tactile sensations and feelings is what? (pg 116) |
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What kind of art or at least seems like it moves? (pg 122) |
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What is optical painting? (pg 124) |
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give us the illusion of movement; physical characteristics of certain formal elements - particularly line & color - and subtly manipulated to stimulate the nervous system into thinking it perceives movement.
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What is balance? (pg 134) |
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the even distribution of weight in a composition |
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What is the difference between actual weight and visual weight? (pg 134) |
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Actual: physical weight of materials in pounds
Visual: the apparent "heaviness" or "lightness" of the shapes & forms arranged in the composition |
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the word we use to describe the dimensions of an art object in relation to the original object that it depicts or in relation to the objects around it |
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What do the 2 Fridas represent? (pg 136) |
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One on the right depicts the one Rivera loved; one on the left depicts the one he rejected |
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What is a pastel? (pg 170) |
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a chalk medium with colored pigment and a nongreasy binder added to it |
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What was a substitute for imported pencils?
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When _______ is diluted with water and applied by brush in broad, flat areas, the result is called a wash. (pg 175) |
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Who is the artist of "Study of a Woman's Head"?
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What does giornata mean in Italian? (pg 187) |
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What was the preferred medium for wall painting for centuries? (pg 185) |
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What does the painting, "Madonna and Child Enthroned" mean? (pg 189) |
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The altarpiece would have been understood as depicting the ideal of love that lies between mother and child |
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What is gouache? (pg 200) |
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Opaque - mix watercolor with Chinese white chalk |
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What is a print? (pg 212) |
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an image or design printed from an engraved plate, wooden block, or similar surface |
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What is a result of relief printing and intaglio printing? (pg 216/224) |
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relief: the image to be printed is raised off the background in reverse
intaglio: area to be printed are below the surface of the plate |
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