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| an “environment” indoors, usually sculpture with multiples |
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| sculptural space large enough for the viewer to move around in |
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| “image breakers” wanting to destroy images in religious settings because of the commandment of not making graven images |
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| work that does not represent real things in the real world |
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| work that does not refer to the natural world |
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| work that resembles what the eye sees |
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| overall structures of a work |
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| meaning of an image beyond its subject matter, What the work expresses or means |
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| study or description of images and symbols |
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| painting movement characterized by the use of discontinuous strokes of color to reproduce the effects of light |
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| fundamental element, they posses direction, can connect or divide |
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| art movement that depicts movement and speed of modern industrial life |
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| pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that cross each other to make uniform squares |
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| flat 2-D area, can be measured in height and width |
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| any solid that occupies a three dimensional volume |
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| One-point linear perspective |
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| where there is only one vanishing point in the composition |
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| Two-point linear perspective |
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| two or more vanishing points in the composition |
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| the closer extremities are adjusted to make up for the distortion created by the point of view, makes objects more natural and less disorienting |
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| in linear perspective the point on the horizon line where lines appear to converge |
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| in linear perspective the point where the viewer is positioned |
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| the use of perpendicular lines to create shadow |
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| closely spaced parallel lines |
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| relative lightness or darkness of an object or area |
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| color modified by the addition of another resulting in a hue of lighter value |
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| a color, as found on the color wheel |
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| color modified by the addition of another color resulting in a hue of a darker value |
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| colored bands of visible light created when sunlight passes through a prism (rainbow) |
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| red, blue, yellow which are combined to make secondary and tertiary colors |
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| hues created by combing two primary colors, orange (red and yellow), violet (red & blue) and green (yellow & blue) |
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| the resulting color of mixing a primary and secondary color |
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| purity of a colors’ hue & its relative brightness or dullness also known as saturation |
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| pairs of colors that are next to each other on the color wheel |
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| pairs of colors opposite each other on the color wheel |
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| any material used to make a work of art. In painting a liquid added to paint that makes it easier to manipulate |
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| the use of dots in a composition |
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| - art style in which color and line are manipulated to stimulate the eye into believing it perceives movement |
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| - to rub, placing a piece of paper over a textured surface then rubbing with a mark-making tool |
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| - even distribution of weight in a composition |
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| - the apparent lightness or heaviness of the shapes and forms arranged in a composition |
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| - an existing object given a new identity as an art work or part of an artwork |
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| - the center of visual attention often different form the physical center of the work |
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Arnolfini Wedding Portrait
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Study of the Virgin, St. Ann, the Christ Child, & St. John the Baptist
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