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Fine Arts
Exam 1-Definition
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
09/23/2009

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warm colors
Definition
red orange yellow...can mean come foward or symbolize emotion
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cool colors
Definition
blue & green...receed/calm
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primary colors
Definition
red. yellow. blue.
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seconday color
Definition
mixing any two primary colors
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analogous color
Definition
adjacent on the color wheel...harmonious
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complimentary color
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opposite the color wheel...jarring & intense
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saturated color
Definition
(opposite DESATURATED) full intensity
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value
Definition
relative lightness & darkness
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neutral
Definition
black. white. gray
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naturalistic color
Definition
(opposite arbitrary) realistic
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arbitrary
Definition
(opposite naturalistic) from artists imagination i.e.pink horse
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gestural line
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loose, free
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contour line
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outline
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organic shape
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irregular. curvy
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geometric shape
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rigid geometry
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shading/modeling
Definition
gradations from light to dark. gives 3D appearance
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implied texture
Definition
illusion of texture on flat surface
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impasto
Definition
thick paint that creates actual texture
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Figure & ground (2D art)/ positive & negative space (3D art)
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the shape & space around it
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atmospheric perspective
Definition
objects appear bluish. hazy
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linear perspective
Definition
line depicts depth
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focal point
Definition
point to which attentnion is directed
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balance
Definition
arrange of visual weights
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stable calm composition
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horizontal & vertical lines dominate
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scale
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size relative to norm
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proportion
Definition
size relationships between parts of a unit
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