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Perspective
Week 8
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 2
12/10/2012

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Term
Foreshortening
Definition
Representation of forms on a 2-D surface by shortening the length
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Principles of Design
Definition
Use it to combine the visual elements of art into compositions which have style form and content to them.
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Composition
Definition
unity/variety, balance, emphasis/focalpoint, rhythm, scale, proportion.
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Unity
Definition
embracing the principle of variety within unity (wholeness)
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Conceptual Unity
Definition
embrace unity of ideas
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emphasis on variety
Definition
exaggerating differences rather than similarities
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actual balance
Definition
actual weight
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pictorial balance
Definition
visual weight
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Symmetrical Balance
Definition
similar parts in size, shape and positition
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Pure
Definition
referring to an exact correspondance
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Approximate
Definition
feeling of symmatry like symmetrical balance achieved in art.
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Horizontal Balance
Definition
left and right are equally distributed
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Verticle Balance
Definition
top and bottom balanced
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Diagonal Balance
Definition
Equal vision of weight to either side of pictorial space that is perceived as diagonal.
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Radial
Definition
elements that radiate from a center point
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