Art Appreciation Chapters 1-6 And 13

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What is art?

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the visual expression of an idea or experience.

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Folk artist

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Untrained artist

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lines

Back 3

long narrow mark made when drawing with a tool or brush

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shapes

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2-dimensional area defined by line or changes in color

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geometric shapes

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any shape enclosed by square or straight or perfectly circular lines

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organic shape

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an irregular non-geometric shape. resembles any living matter

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biomorphic

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a shape in a work of art that resembles a living organism or an organic shape

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aesthetics

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pleasing to the eye

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objective art

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can recognize the object

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implied line

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a line in a composition that is not actually drawn

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abstract

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remove all detail

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form and content

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shape or form content-subject

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design summary

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process of what the painter goes threw to make the art

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iconography

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study of symbols

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intaglio

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to cut into-etching or graving

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primary colors

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red-blue-yellow

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secondary colors

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green-purple-orange

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opposite color

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is the colors complimentary

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fellipo brunelleschi

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friends with donatello-made cathedral in rome

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linnear perspective

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distance and horizon line

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atmospheric perspective

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feel of close or far with brightness and crispness

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balance

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symmetrical-asymmetrical

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symmetrical

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same on both sides

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asymmetrical

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different on each side

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Roygbp

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red-orange-yellow-green-blue-purple

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hue

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to shade add black
to tint add white

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chiaroscuro

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light and dark

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print making

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began in china

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relief

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wood cuts-stamp like-lino cut

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intaglio

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to cut into-engraving-money printing

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lithography

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lithograph-made on Bavarian limestone
draw w wax and take a squeegee to transfer-newspaper

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screen printing

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looks like a window screen-Andy Warhol

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mixed media

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artist is using different kinds of mediums

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giglee

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print on computer then enhance

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Formal analysis

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critique of a piece of art

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drawing

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thinking

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wet media

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painting with water color, oil
pen and ink

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dry media

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pastels-chalk-pencils-conte crayons

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en-caustic

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used by ancient artists
bee's wax melted with color

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tempera

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add egg yolk to color

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jesso

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add to wood to stop warping

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acrylic

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made out of plastic

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picture plane

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2-dimensional picture surface

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figures

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separate shapes that seem to lie above a background or ground

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mass-volume

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3-d form having physical bulk. usually a characteristic of a sculpture or building.

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closed form

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form that doesn't openly interact with the space around it

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open form

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interacts wit the surrounding space around it

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vantage point

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the position from which the viewer looks at an object or visual field

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one-point perspective

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a perspective system in which all parallel lines converge at a single vanishing point.

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aerial perspective

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illusion of depth

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Analogous

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color schemes based on colors adjacent to one another on the color wheel

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representational

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is the artist's intention to present again or represent a particular subject, especially pertaining to realistic portrayal of subject matter

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nonrepresentational

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art without reference to anything outside itself

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trope l'oeil

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"fools eye" look so real they are an illusion

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form

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what we see

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content

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meaning

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iconography

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symbolic meaning of signs,subjects and images

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subordinated

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creates neutral areas of lesser interest that keep us from being distracted from the areas of emphasis

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directional force

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pathways that the artist embeds in a work for the viewer's eye to follow

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composition

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the combining of parts or elements to form a whole

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format

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refers to the size and shape of the picture or plane.

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batching

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rows of parallel lines to suggest shadows or volume

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fresco

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ancient wall painting technique in which very finely ground pigments suspended in water are applied to a damp lime-plaster surface.

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matrix

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when artists create metal, wood, or stone

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registered

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lined up color

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linoleum cut

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relief painting, cut our surface and stamp with the linoleum

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art criticism

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making discriminating judgments both favorable and unfavorable.

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contextual theories

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a method of art criticism that focuses on the cultural systems behind works of art

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expressive theories

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a method of art criticism that attempts to discern personal elements in works of art.