Art History Exam 1

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Monochromatic

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used with same color, just different shades of that color.

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Complimentary

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the opposite colors of the color wheel in a painting.

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Analogous

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when an artist uses colors of one side of the color wheel
(ex: all cool colors or all warm colors)

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Restricted Palette

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Limited colors choices in a painting.

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Open Palette

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artist has not limited their color use in any way.

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Actual Texture

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How an artwork feels if you touch it with your hand (paintings can have texture too)

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Visual Texture

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the artist creates the illusion of texture. (can be found in 2-D works : paintings,printing,film)

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Picture Plane

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The surface of a work of art (as if the painting is a window)

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Overlapping

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when things appear to overlap in a work of art.

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Positioning

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when artist place subjects higher up (the higher up or a subject is the farther figures are in space) or the lower up (doesn't look like it exist)

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Linear Perspective (one point perspective)

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Makes a 2 demensional work visually convencing

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What are the two principles of linear perspective?

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1. forms that are further away from us in space are smaller
2. parallel lines appear to recide to 1 point on the horizon (that one point is the vanishing point)

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Foreshortening

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when principles of the one point perspective are applied to humans or animals in a painting
(from Italian Renaissance)

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Atmoshereric Perspective

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observable and how our eye actually perceive distance.
rule: as things receed in a distance they become less distant and blueish is the tone (not seeing things clearly far away).

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Isometric Perspective

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where distant forms are made smaller but parallel lines do not converse (or meet) anywhere in painting. (the birds eye view in a painting; very organized and has no vanishing point.

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Design

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applies to most 2-D and 3-D art

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unity

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since of oneness

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variety

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kaoss; adds interest to an artwork

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Visual Weight

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appearance of heaviness or lightness within a work.

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Symmetrical Balance

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when you can visually divide it a painting and get the same shapes of either side of artwork.

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Asymmetrical Balance

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don't match eachother; but they appear balanced because the visual weight is the same.

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Radial Balance

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composition is organized around a center point. Common in architecture, cratfts, paintings,and mozaal (works well in circular positions).

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Emphasis

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Area of emphasis; where viewers eye is drawn within a work as opposed to same other place; you can have more than 1 emphasis.

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Focal Point

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particular spot within the area of emphasis; can be more than one (not likely more than one).

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Subordination

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area an artist purposely makes less visually appealing.

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Scale

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refers to the constant or normal size;size in constant to its constant or normal size.
(ex: doll house compared to regular house)

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Proportion

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size relationshipe between parts of a whole; two or more items perceived as unit

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Idealized

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perfecting nature beyond what the average body looks like.

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Heirarchial scale

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relative size of individuals within a work based on their importance. (the most important subject will be the biggest)

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Visual Rhythm

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depends on the repetition of accented elements within a work.
(color, repetition, etc)