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108 Cards in this Set
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What is the name and who is it by? |
"A Big Splash" by David Hockney |
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What is acrylic paint? |
A type of paint where pigments are grounded up with a synthetic polymer liquid binder. |
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What is gouache? |
Watercolor with white chalk that creates opaque paint. |
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What are watercolors? |
Pigments suspended in gum Arabic, which is a water-soluble glue binder. |
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What is tempera? |
Pigments mixed with eggs yolk as a binder. |
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What is the name and who is it by? |
"Flag" by Jasper John |
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What are aerosol cans? |
Spray cans that are filled with compressed air and quickly drying paint that is often used by graffiti artist. |
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What is an airbrush? |
A small, pen sized spray gun that is attached to a compressed air source that sprays liquid paint. |
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What are pigments? |
Intense colors in powdered form. |
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What is a binder? |
A substance that pigments are mixed into. |
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What was the Italian Renaissance? |
A period that was earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance of great culture, change, and achievements. |
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What is oil paint? |
Powdered pigments that are ground int a slow-drying oil (usually linseed) and are soluble in temperature or mineral spirits. |
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What is a fresco? |
A painting that is made on walls (a mural). |
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What is a fresco secco? |
Paint that's applied to dry plaster walls. |
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What is a buon fresco? |
A form of fresco painting in which wet pigment is applied to a wet plaster wall to soak in, thus creating a very durable painting. |
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Horizon Line is... |
The viewers eye level in a picture, determining what the viewer perceives as "above" or "below". |
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Linear Perspective is... |
Parallel lines that appear to converge as they recede. |
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Atmosphere Plane (Aerial Perspective) is... |
Light, bleached out, fuzzy handling of distant forms to make them seem far away. |
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Perspective is... |
A group of methods for creating the illusion of depth on a flat picture plane. |
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One-point Perspective is... |
A drawing in which all front-facing planes are shown as parallel to the picture plane, and all other planes recede to a single point. |
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What is Seriography? |
Screen printing. |
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Who is Nam June Park?
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A Korean-American artist who is the father of video art. His artworks involved using the power of broadcasting and media art. |
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What are installations? |
Mixed media that is organized or placed in a specific space. |
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What is the name of this art and who is it by? |
"For the Love of God" by Damien Hirst |
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What is the name of this art and who is it by? |
"Marylin Monroe" by Andy Warhol |
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What is scale? |
The size of something in relation to what we assume to be normal. |
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What is proportion? |
The size of one part in relation to another within an artwork. |
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Who is Jacob Lawrence? |
The first African-American painter who created dynamic cubism art that portrayed African-American life. |
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What is the name of this art and who is it by? |
"Going Home" by Jacob Lawrence |
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What is this the name of this art and who is it by? |
"Nude Descending Staircase (No. 2)" by Marcel Duchamp |
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What is emphasis? |
One or more focal points in an artwork. |
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What is variety? |
Different visual elements in a composition that add interest without disturbing its unity. |
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What is unity? |
When the artist organizes all the compositional elements so that they visually work together as a whole. |
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Eccentric Rhythm is... |
A perceived pattern that has irregular repetition of elements or irregular spacing between elements. |
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Alternating Rhythm is... |
Different elements that are repeatedly placed side by side, which produces a regular and anticipated sequence. |
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Regular Rhythm is... |
Some visual elements that are systematically repeated with a standard interval in between. |
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Rhythm is... |
The repetition of carefully placed elements separated by intervals. |
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What is Radial Balance? |
All elements in the composition that visually radiate outward from a central point. |
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What is Asymmetrical Balance? |
The careful distribution of uneven elements. |
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Is this work of art abstract or nonrepresentational? |
Abstract. |
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What is Symmetrical Balance? |
Visual weight that is evenly distributed throughout the composition. |
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What is balance? |
Results from placing elements so that their visual weights seem evenly distributed. |
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What are the key principles of composition? |
Unity, variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, rhythm, scale and proportion. |
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What is composition? |
Arrangement of the formal elements in a work of art. |
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What is the name of this painting and who is the artist? |
"The Morning Anxiety" by Giorgio de Chirico |
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Complementary colors are... |
Hues that are located directly opposite of each other on the color wheel. |
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What is intensity? |
Brightness and dullness of color. |
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Tertiary colors are... |
Colors that result from the mixing of one primary color that neighbors the secondary color. |
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Analogous colors are... |
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. |
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Secondary colors are... |
Color results when any two colors are mixed. |
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Primary colors are... |
Colors combined that produce the largest number of new colors. |
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What is a hue? |
It is another word for color. Pure state of color in the spectrum. |
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What are colors? |
Components of light that affects us directly by modifying our thoughts, our moods, our actions, and our health. |
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What are shapes? |
They are 2d visual forms. |
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What are organic shapes/biomorphic shapes? |
A shape that seems to be drawn from nature or that is like nature; not geometric. |
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What are geometric patterns? |
Patterns that have regular elements spaced at regular intervals. |
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What are negative shapes? |
Voids within an artwork. |
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What are positive shapes? |
Shapes placed within an artwork. |
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Who is M.C. Esher? |
A Dutch graphic artist who is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. |
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What are actual lines? |
Lines that physically exist. Can be broad, thin, straight, jagged, and so on. |
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What are implied lines? |
Lines that do not physically exist, yet they seem quite real to viewers. Can be dotted, broke, or have pointing action. |
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What is direction? |
The course of movement, as in horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. |
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What is line quality? |
Lines that can express a range of emotions: |
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What are gesture lines? |
Lines that are rapid, sketchy marks that mimic movement of the human eyes when examining a subject. |
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What is an outline? |
Line that follows the outer edges of the silhouette of a 3d form with steady line thickness. |
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What are contour lines? |
Lines that mainly mark the outer edges of a 3d object, but with varying line thickness with some inner detail. |
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What are cross-contour lines? |
Repeated lines that go around an object to express its 3d form. |
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What is hatching? |
Parallel lines that produce tones or values on a 3d object. |
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What is cross-hatching? |
Parallel lines in superimposed layers that produce tones or values on a 3d object. |
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Who is Syd Mead? |
A "visual futurist" and a neofuturistic concept artist. He is best known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. |
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What is the name of this art and who is it by? |
"Electronic Superhighway: Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii" by Nam June Paiks |
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What are accents? |
Lesser focal points in an artwork. |
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What is Volume? |
An area of occupied space. |
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What are Irregular Shapes? |
Geometric 2d visual forms that are unique and have no simple defining name. |
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What are Regular Shapes/Geometric Shapes? |
Geometric 2d visual forms with names like circle, square, triangle, etc. |
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What is Surrealism? |
An art movement during the early 20th century in Europe, that was influenced by the work of Sigmund Frued. |
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What are patterns? |
An arrangement with repeated visual forms. |
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What are textures? |
A surface characteristic that is tactile (touchable) or visual. |
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What are tints? |
Adding white to a color. |
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What are shades? |
Adding black to a color. |
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What is chiaroscuro? |
Light-dark gradations that can depict objects in space. Italian for "light-dark". |
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What is value (tone)? |
Lightness/darkness within a hue. |
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What is Light? |
Electromagnetic energy that, in certain wave-lengths, stimulates the eyes and brain. |
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What is mass? |
A solid occupying space. |
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What is visual thinking? |
Is the use and exploration of images as tools for communication, understanding, creativity, problem solving, and explanations. |
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What does idealized mean? |
A style of art in which natural imagery is modified in a way that strives for perfection according to the values and aesthetics of a particular culture. |
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What is the additive color system? |
Color that is created by mixing light rays. |
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What is the subtractive color system? |
Any system of color mixing which the addition of more colors gives a duller result. |
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What is a self portrait? |
A painting or drawing of yourself that is done by yourself. |
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What is a profile? |
The side view. |
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What is a portrait? |
A likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph. |
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What is Avant-Garde? |
The innovators or non-traditionalist in art. |
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Modernism is... |
A radical break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. |
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Technique is... |
A way in which an artist creates a work of art. |
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What is an image? |
A reproduction of a person or object. |
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What are aesthetics? |
A critical reflection on art, beauty, and on taste within a culture. |
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Who is Takashi Murakami? |
He is a Japanese pop artist who created Super Flat. One his famous works are "Tan Tan Bo". |
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What is the name of this art and who is it by? |
"Tan Tan Bo" by Takashi Murakami |
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What is art? |
The visual expression of an idea or experience that is created through skills or techniques. |
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Who is Pablo Picasso? |
A Spanish painter and sculptor. Highly influential through out 20th century art. Was one of the founders of Cubism. |
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What is Cubism? |
An art style in which multiple viewpoints or facets are represented within one point of view. |
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What is the name of this art and who is it by? |
"Guernica" by Pablo Picasso |
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What is content? |
An artwork's theme or messages, conveyed through subject matter, symbols, or iconography. |
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What is media/medium? |
Specific materials an artist uses in an artwork such as charcoal, paint, clay, video, computers, etc. |
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What is mixed media? |
The mixing of art materials and forms in creating an artwork. |
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Abstract is non-representation. True or false? |
False. Abstract is the distortion and simplification of representational entities. |
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What is representational? |
Art that depicts natural objects or recognizable forms. |
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What is non-representational? |
A style of art in which natural objects are not represented realistically; nonobjective |
