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Intro to Fine Arts
Jan Russell OU
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 1
03/06/2012

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Art
Definition
Some sight, sound, or movement intended as human connection.
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Aesthetic
Definition
Framework and varying tastes, way of perceiving, framework for perception.
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Gestalt
Definition
My understanding of the meaning.
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Imagery
Definition
Something that we use to help understand something bigger than the immaterial meaning. Differences with symbols, metaphors, and similes.
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Imagination
Definition
The human habit of manipulating images in our own minds.
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Verisimilitude
Definition
The quality of appearing to be real or true.
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Denotation
Definition
Literal, dictionary defined.
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Connotation
Definition
Implied, felt, and has deeper meaning.
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparing two things to one another, not using like or as.
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Simile
Definition
Comparing two things, using like or as.
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Portrait
Definition
A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person. A representation or impression of someone or something in language or film.
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Still Life
Definition
A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects.
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Landscape
Definition
The depiction of natural scenery.
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Purpose of Criticism
Definition
To evaluate critique visual artworks so they can improve.
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Critical Process
Definition
A process of observation, description, and analysis that leads to enhanced understanding.
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Unsupported Assertion
Definition
Any assertion made by the viewer of a piece that remains unsupported by the artist responsible.
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Card-Stacking
Definition
Selective omission, someone proves point only about the good things supporting their argument.
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Glittering Generality
Definition
When somebody tries to get you to believe something by attaching 'glad' or 'happy' words to it.
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Stereotype
Definition
Cliched or predictable characters or situations.
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Field of Propaganda
Definition
Things that weaken a critical argument such as Name Calling, Transfers, Testimonials, Plain Folks, and Bandwagon.
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Style
Definition
The techniques the artist uses to create the artwork. Basic set of values and characteristic appearance of the artwork.
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Representational Art
Definition
Subjects are recognizable, presents a likeness of the world as it appears to the naked eye. Art with a primary purpose to depict the visual appearance of objects and things.
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Non-Representational Art
Definition
Art in which the subject is line, color, or shape rather than recognizable forms. Art that presents line, color, and shape. Forms have been modified to emphasize certain aspects. Art that present a subjective view of the world, the artist's emotions or ideas.
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Realism
Definition
Nobel, useful, and worth celebrating. Wanted to portray everyday things/people. Style of art that represents life as found in nature or society without idealism or abstraction. A style that rejects imaginative idealism in favor of close observation of outward appearances.
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Impressionism
Definition
A style that seeks to present light and color as we truly see them. It's characterized by representing subject matter with broken color and soft edges.
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Expressionism
Definition
Try to project their strong, often violent feelings into their depiction of objects, often through the techniques of distortion and exaggeration of both shape and color. Style that emphasizes the artists feelings or state of mind more than his objective observations
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Surrealism
Definition
An artistic style that gives visual representation to dreams, fantasies, and the unconscious mind.
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Elements of composition
Definition
What it is made of: Line, shape, texture, mass, and color. With line being the building block of design.
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Primary
Definition
A group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing. Red Yellow and Blue.
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Secondary
Definition
A color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors.
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Tertiary
Definition
A color made by mixing one primary color and one secondary color.
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Complementary
Definition
Colors that are opposite to one another on the color wheel
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Analogous
Definition
Corresponding to something else, bearing some resemblance or proportion.
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Hue
Definition
A color or shade that attributes of a color by virtue.
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Chroma
Definition
How pure the hue is in relation to the gray.
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Saturation
Definition
Degree of purity of a hue.
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Intensity
Definition
Colors brightness.
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Shade
Definition
Adding black to a hue.
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Tint
Definition
Adding white to a color.
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Palette
Definition
Artist's overall use of color or the general color tonality in a particular painting.
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Perspective
Definition
What we observe from our particular point of view.
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Linear
Definition
Converging real or implied lines draw the eye to a vanishing point.
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Aerial
Definition
Creates a sense of depth by imitating the way the atmosphere makes distant objects appear less distinct and more blue-ish than it would nearby
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something
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Dynamics
Definition
The branch of mechanics and motion in art.
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Balance
Definition
Ways that elements are arranged to create a balance.
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Sculpture
Definition
An art form that communicates through design in three dimensional spaces.
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4 Ways of Making Sculpture
Definition
Manipulation, subtraction, addition, and substitution
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Full-Round
Definition
Free-standing, meant to be seen from all sides.
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Relief
Definition
Attached to a background. Meant to only be seen from the front.
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Armature
Definition
An underlying, unseen, supporting component usually of wood or metal for something else.
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Architecture
Definition
An art form that concerns man-made structures of solid materials arranged to enclose definite space for some useful purpose and in an artistically designed manner.
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Elements of Sound
Definition
Pitch, melody, volume, dynamics, quality, duration, and musical texture.
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Music
Definition
An art form based on the organization of sound in time.
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Tempo
Definition
Allegro (Fast), Largo (Slow).
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Volume
Definition
Crescendo (Loud), De Crescendo (Soft), Fortissimo (Loud), Pianissimo (Soft).
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Musical Texture
Definition
Monophonic: One line, one melody.
Heterophonic: Multiple/similar lines, one melody.
Contrapuntal: Multiple independent lines, multiple melodies.
Homophonic: Multiple independent lines, one melody.
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Rhythm
Definition
How music moves through time
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Beat
Definition
Regular, recurrent pulsation of sound that divides music in equal units of time.
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Meter
Definition
Organization of accented and unaccented beats into regular, repeating groups.
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Measure
Definition
One complete expression of the meter.
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Rhythms in Poetry
Definition
Iamb: Consisting of two syllables, second is accented.
Trochee: Two syllables, only the first is accented.
Dactyl: One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed.
Anapest: Three syllables, with only the third one stressed.
Trimeter: A line of verse consisting of three metrical feet.
Tetrameter: A verse of four measures.
Pentameter: A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
Hexameter: A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet.
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Formal Verse
Definition
Has regular meter and rhyme
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Blank Verse
Definition
Uses regular metrical pattern, but doesn't rhyme.
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Free Verse
Definition
No pattern or metrical rhyme.
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Foot
Definition
Unit of metrical pattern in poetry.
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Mimetic
Definition
Imitative
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Catalog and Climbing Figure
Definition
Climbs in word progression.
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Repetitions
Definition
Repeats a syllable, accent, sound.
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Balances
Definition
Balancing the number of syllables through lines.
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Prosody
Definition
Analysis of the technical elements of poetry
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Poetic License
Definition
The liberty taken by an artist or writer in deviating from conventional form or fact to achieve a desired effect.
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Theater
Definition
Occurs when at least one person presents himself to at least one other person.
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Catharsis
Definition
Describes the emotional cleansing.
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Mimetic
Definition
Desires to borrow works from other people.
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Synthetic
Definition
Fuses drama, movement, dance, and other art forms to create other forms.
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Ephemeral
Definition
Fleeting in the moment.
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Immediate
Definition
Must get feelings out.
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Aside
Definition
Gimmick in play-writing.
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Soliloquy
Definition
Speaking alone
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Spatial Convention
Definition
Relation to space.
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Temporal Convention
Definition
Conversion from mind to stage.
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Aristotle's 6 Elements of Drama
Definition
Plot, character, theme, diction, music, spectacle.
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Parts of a Plot
Definition
Exposition, Incident, Rising Action, Discover, Reversal of Fortune, Foreshadowing.
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Climatic Plot
Definition
Usually begins late in stories. Events are linked by obvious cause and effect.
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Episodic Plot
Definition
Begins early in the story, covers a long time. Constructed with a series of short scenes. Many characters and locations.
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Conflict
Definition
Main plot and problem within a story, when two forces meet.
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Action
Definition
Something that the character does that can be perceived by the audience.
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Acting
Definition
The process of communication, to an audience. A characters active struggle to overcome obstacles and achieving goals.
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4 Questions
Definition
Who am I? What do I want? What is standing in my way? What am I willing to do to achieve my goal?
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AABA Song Form
Definition
Has part A, part A again, another part, and then part A again.
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Sonata Form
Definition
Stability, conflict, heightened tension, stability and resolution of conflict. Exposition or statement, development or fantasia, recapitulation coda, or restatement.
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12-bar blues form
Definition
The blues progression has a distinctive form in lyrics, phase, chord, structure, and duration.
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Bridge
Definition
Optional transitional period nearing the end of a song
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Coda
Definition
Used as a navigation marker on where to exit.
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