Art As A World Phenomenon

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Formal analysis

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Looks closely into detail

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Stylistic analysis

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Combo of characteristics that make a work of art distinctive

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Iconographic analysis

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Visual images and symbols used in a work of art to interpret the works meaning

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Contextual analysis

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Looking at the making and viewing of the works in its context

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Feminist analysis

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Life experience of women artists in relation to their work

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Gender studies analysis

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The use of gender

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Psychological analysis

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Artists state of mind when creating an artwork

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Actual or defined lines

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Have continuous marks

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Implied lines

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Have no continuous marks

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Regular lines

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Carefully measured and express control

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Irregular lines

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Chaotic or accident, express free or unrestrained

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Contrast

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When a drawing expresses irregular and regular lines

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Line

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Simplest form of communication

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Pattern

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Repetition of an art element

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Rhythm

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Repetition of a pattern

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Emphasis

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Drawing attention to particular content

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Broad emphasis

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Attention to entire picture

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Focal point

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A specific place of visual emphasis

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Outline

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Outermost line of an object by which it is defined or bound

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Contour line

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Describe 3D; spatially descriptive. Suggests volume in space

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Organic shape

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Unpredictable, irregular lines

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Geometric shape

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Mathematically regular and precise

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Positive shape

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Can be defined by its surrounding empty space or negative space

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Value

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Lightness and darkness, mood, solidity, depth etc

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Space

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1. Size, overlapping and positioning

2. Alternating value and texture

3. Changing brightness and color

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Atmospheric perspective

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Air is not transparent

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Isometric perspective

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Parallel lines arranged diagonally to give sense of depth

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Linear perspective

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Mathematical system that uses lines to create the illusion of depth in two dimensional work

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One point perspective

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One vanishing point

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Two point perspective

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Two separate vanishing points. Relies on horizon line

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Foreshortening

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Results when the rules of perspective are applied to represent unusual points of views

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Non local color

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Artist chooses a different color than most people use

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Color theory

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Black is when all colors are absorbed and white are when colors reflected

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Hue

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General classification of a color

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Value

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Relative lightness and darkness of the hue

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Chroma

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Strength or weakness of a color

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Tone

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Weaker chromatic state of any hue

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Tint

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A color lighter in value than its purest state

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Shade

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A color darker in value

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Monochromatic

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Same hue but different values, Chroma’s, and tones

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Fresco

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Pigment mixed with water is applied to a line plaster surface

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Genotra line

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Where artists stop one day and pick up the next

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Tempera

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Pigment mixed with egg yolk

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Oil

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Pigment mixed with oil

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Impasto

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Paint applied in thick layers

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Subtractive method

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Chiseling and carving

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Addictive method

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Molding and assembling

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Bas relief

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The sculptors marks are shallow

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High relief

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The sculptors marks are carved more deeply

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Volume

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The amount of space a form occupies

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High relief

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The sculptors marks are carved more deeply

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Volume

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The amount of space a form occupies

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Mass

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The volume is solid and occupies space

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Texture

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The tactile sensation when we physically encounter a three dimensional form

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Modeling

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Additive process; artist builds up work by adding materials

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Subversive texture

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Invite viewers to consider preconceptions

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Earthworks

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Want their artwork to be affected by the natural world

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Assemblages

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Relies on objects that were made by someone else

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Installations

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Utilizes the entire space of a gallery or Museum

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Hierarchical scale

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Person that is most powerful or significant are more bigger

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Proportion

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Relationship between size of different parts of the whole

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Golden section

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Proportional ratio of 1:1.618

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Basic load bearing construction

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Stacking different elements on top of one another

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Post and lintel construction

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Post is the vertical line. Lintel is the horizontal line

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Ancient construction

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Ancient culture derived their building materials from the earth

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Corbeled arch

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Stones progressively close until span is closed

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Rounded arch

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Weight distributed evenly on arch

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Printmaking and vcd

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Allows same design to be reproduced and distributed to many people

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Relief printmaking

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Made by carving away from a block of material. Ink applied to to raised surface. Image is transferred to chosen material

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Typography

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The visual form of printed letters, words, and text

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Illustration

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Images created to inform as well as to embellish the printed page

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Engraving

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Based on careful scoring of metal plate so clean gouges are created in surface. Allows for fine detail

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Drypoint

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Cutting tool is pulled leaving rough edges called burrs. When plate is swiped ink is caught in burr

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Etching

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Metal plate is covered in acid, then is immersed in acid and then the acid bites into metal, making grooves that hold ink

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Lithography

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Stone writing

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Planographic process

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Print is made from an entirely flat surface

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Serigraphy (silkscreen printing)

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Uses stencil process. Capable of producing strong colors. Mass production

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Editions

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Prints are produced in limited numbers

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Limited edition

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A set number of prints

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Logo

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A carefully designed piece of type, called a logotype that is unique and easily identified

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Icons

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Simple symbolic graphic shapes

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Unity

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Imposition of order on harmony of design

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Variety

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Visual diversity of different ideas, media and elements

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Balance

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Distribution of elements within a work

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Compositional unity

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Looks a formal elements

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Conceptual unity

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Rely on order of ideas

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Gestalt unity

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Like conceptual unity but more powerful

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Symmetrical balance

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Doesn’t have to be exactly identical

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Asymmetrical balance

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Two completely different things

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Radical balance

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Objects on outer edges are equal distances from those from those in the center

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6 attributes of time

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Duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting and chronology

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Motion

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Occurs when objects change location/ position

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Implied motion

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When a work of art looks though they are moving because of elements

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Ceramics

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Clay, a natural material dug from the earth