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Humanities Exam 2
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Undergraduate 1
10/27/2013

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Subject
Definition
-portrait, genre,religious, mythological,literary,historical,landscape,and still life
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symbol
Definition
pictorial element that refers to an abstract idea or meaning
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medium
Definition
surface or support to which paint is applied
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canvas
Definition
widely used painting surface
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mural
Definition
any painting applied to a wall
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mosaic
Definition
picture made by cementing small pieces of stone, glass or tile
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scale
Definition
size of picture
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texture
Definition
the feel of a painted surface to the touch
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form
Definition
elemnts of the painting visual-shape, line, color, composition,and space
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line
Definition
any point extended, straight lines may be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal
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shape
Definition
-curvilinear vs rectilinear
-geometric vs organic
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composition
Definition
arrangement of different pictorial elements
-symmetry ect
-movement
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foreground/middle/background
Definition
-divisions of a pictures into places-slices of the pictorial space from front to back as it appears to the viewer
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unity
Definition
the feeling of coherence and oneness in a work of art
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hue
Definition
difference of colors
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value
Definition
whether the color is light or dark
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style
Definition
distinctive manner of painting used by an individual or group
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modeling
Definition
molding a shape from soft, malleable meterial or constructing a shape from harder material
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carving
Definition
cutting or chipping away material
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casting
Definition
a complex sculptural process in which a modeled version of the desired hsape is converted into a mold
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freestanding
Definition
unattached to floor or ground-can walk around it
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relief
Definition
attached to a backing,wall or panel
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metal
Definition
steel and oher metals like that bronnnzee
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stone
Definition
most venerable-use chisel, saw and drill
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wood
Definition
carved by knife, perishable
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form
Definition
elements of the sculpture bisual or aesthetic aspect-like shape line, color or composition
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space
Definition
zone surrounding a sculpture
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proportion
Definition
size and overall relationship of a figures parts
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Architecture
Definition
more than in any other art, design and function come before beauty and meaning in architecture
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masonry
Definition
meterial cosisting of stone, brick, concrete
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concrete
Definition
mixture of water, cement, and stone that harden on drying
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steel
Definition
modern metal-super strong-malleability widely used in modern construction
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arch
Definition
architectural form in which a curving assemlage of wedge-shaped stones spans the distance between two columns of walls
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vault
Definition
combination of arches that covers or ecnloses a space
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doric
Definition
-short and blocky
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ionic
Definition
-curly
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-corinthian
Definition
elegant and fancy
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