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| an object's shape and structure |
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| how an artist organizes forms in artwork, either by placing shapes on a flat surface or arranging forms in space |
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| substances shaped to create art forms (pigment, clay,marble, gold etc.) |
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| The processes artists employ and the distinctive personal ways they handle materials |
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| the path of a point moving in space, an invisible line of sight, or a visual axis |
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| the property giving a color its name |
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| the degree of lightness or darkness |
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| the purity of a color, its brightness or dullness |
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| the bounded or boundless container of objects |
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| the bulk, density, and weight of matter in space |
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| the space that mass organizes, divides, or encloses |
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| a pictorial device for organizing forms in space |
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| representing subjects at angles to the picture plane |
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| concerns the relationships in terms of size of the parts of persons, buildings, or objects |
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| tree trunks and blocks of mountain rock |
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| two types of material that could be used in creating subtractive sculpture |
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| two types of material used in additive sculpture |
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| the images project boldly |
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| a map of a floor, which shows the placement of a structure's masses |
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| depicts the placement of the masses as if the building were cut through along a plane |
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| a head on view of an external or internal wall |
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| how old is it, what is its style, what is its subject, who made it, who paid for it |
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| five major questions art historians ask when assessing art works |
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