Art 1 Semester Exam Vocabulary

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Types of Lines

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(5 kinds) vertical, horizontal, curved, diaganol, zig-zag

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Design Elements

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The "tools" with which to build a design

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Shape

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2-dimensional area encloses space, has height and width

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Value

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darkness or lightness of a shape or space

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balance

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means of maintaining visual equilibrium (radial, symmetrical, asymmetrical)

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contrast

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differences in values, colors, textures, and other elements in a artwork to achieve emphasis and interest

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emphasis

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the area in an artwork that attracts attention

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harmony

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blending elements in a pleasing way

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variety

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combining one or more elements to create interest

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unity

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arrangement of elements and principles w/ media to create feeling of completeness or wholeness

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rhythm

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repeating an elemte to make a work seem active or suggest vibration

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proportion

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relationship of one part to another and to the whole

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pattern

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decorative visual repetiton

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movement

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path viewer's eye follows throughout work, leads viewer to sense action

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analagous scheme

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three or more neighbor colors on the color wheel

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monochromatic scheme

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use of only one color

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complementary scheme

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opposite each other on wheel, neutralize when mixed

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texture

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how things feel or how they look they might feel

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positive space

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shapes or forms of a design

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negative space

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empty area around the shapes or forms

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form

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objects w/ 3-dimensions, final artpiece itself

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primary colors

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red yellow blue

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secondary color

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green orange violet

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simulated texture

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comes from object w/ actual texture

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symmetrical balance

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identical, mirror images on each side of central axis

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asymmetrical balance

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visual elemtes are not identical on each side of the central axis

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continuous line drawing

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one line contour drawing that retraces itself

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blind contour

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looking only at subject and not at paper

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invented texture

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appears to have textue, but really doesn;t, made up texture

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distortion

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to exaggerate or strech an object out of its normal shape

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Design principles

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"rules" to use the tools

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contour

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line that defines or represents both outside edge of object and edges of planes

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composition

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organization or arrangement of art elements in pictoral space

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radial balance

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elements of desiggn come from a central point

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Mixed Media

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2-dimensional technique, uses more than one medium

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overlapping

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placing one object in front of another, partially concealing the object behind

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3-D

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real or implied mass having, height width and depth

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2-D

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real or implied shape having height and width only

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Abstract

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style of art that simplifies or distorts the subject matter

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art

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creative, non-verbal expression of one's self

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block-in

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use of gesture or construction lines to indicate large shapes and compositional arrangements

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Ingredients of art

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elements of design

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line gesture

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describes the interior forms of life

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mass gesture

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uses a drawing medium to make broad marks to create mass rather than line

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medium

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material used to create a work of art, media is the plural

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perspective

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technique used to create the allusion of a 3-d space on a 2nd plane

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one point perspective

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where all parallel lines converge at a single point in the horizon line

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two point perspective

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where all parallel lines converge at two vanishing points

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horizon line

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eye level

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vanishing point

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point on horizon line at which all receding parallel lines converge

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linear perspective

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technique used to create the allusion of depth on 2-d plane

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atmospheric perspective

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a means to achieve the allusion of space based on the observation that the value of objects decrease as the objects recede in the distance