Art 101 Quiz 2

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Positive Form

Back 1

the shape of an art element

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negative space

Back 2

the shape of the space or ground around art elements

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ground

Back 3

the visual plane where art elements are organized, the surface of a two-d work of art

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visual weight

Back 4

the relative importance of an element in a picture plane

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figure/ground ambiguity

Back 5

a design whose positive and negative forms are so balanced that it is unclear which part should be called figure and which should be called ground

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symmetrical balance

Back 6

sometimes known as bilateral symmetry, a balance where there isgeneral equivalence of shape and position on opposite sides of a central axis

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radial balance

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all elements revolve around a central point

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asymmetrical balance

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an intuitive balance of visual weights that results in a more dynamic equilibrium than radial or symmetrical

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unity

Back 9

a sence of coherence or wholeness in a work of art

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proportion

Back 10

the relative sizes of the parts of an object to eachother

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scale

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the relative size between an object and a constant, usually the size of the average person

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atmospheric perspective

Back 12

a method of creating a sense of deep space in two-d art based on the effect our atmosphere has on things seen at a distance

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linear perspective

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the principle means of creating the illusion of the third dimension or depth in western 2-d art since the renaissance.

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one point perspective

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a system of linear perspective invented by the renaissance artist filippo brunelleschi, all parallel lines appear to converge at one point in distance

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vanishing point

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in linear perspective, a point where parallel lines appear to converge on the horizon like railroad tracks meeting at a point in the distance

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horizon line

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the same as the viewers eye level, it is where the sky and the earth appear to meet in linear perspective it is where parallel lines converge

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foreshortening

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in 2-d art, the appearent diminishing in size of forms as they seem to recede from the viewer

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cubism

Back 18

objects seen from several angles simultaneously

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cross hatching

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a drawing technique used to make forms appear 3-d. a series of parallel lines cross in a net-like fashion

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medium

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what the artist uses

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binder

Back 21

glue like substance that holds pigment together

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crayon

Back 22

a colored drawing medium which a waxy or oily binder that adheres to paper, no fixative required

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conte crayon

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a versatile drawing crayon developed in the late 1700s, comes in a variety of degrees of hardness and such

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fixative

Back 24

a spray of shellac or plastic polymer used in charcoal and pastel drawings to ensure a permanent bond to paper

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metalpoint

Back 25

drawings with pure, precise lines made by thin metal wire in a holder

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pastels

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colored chalks in sticks that are combination of loose dry pigment and a binder of paste or methylcellulose

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quill

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pens made from bird feathers, most commonly goose

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sequential

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art that uses images deployed in sequence for story telling

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kinetic

Back 29

art with pieces in motion