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11 Cards in this Set
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subject matter |
in representational or abstract art, subject matter refers to the objects or events depicted. |
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form |
the overall physcial appearance of work of art. an artworks form is affected by its materials, its style, its composition, and the sum total of the artists choices about visual elements and design princples |
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content |
the message or meaning of a work of art
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composition |
the combination of visual elects and desgin principles unique to each artwork |
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style |
a distinctive and characterict way of creating form which allows us to associate a work of art with particular period, a place, an artists, or a period within an artist's life
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line |
a path made by a moving point. the outlines silhouettes, or edges of objects are also called "lines" because they imply lines. |
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shape |
a two dimensional area with identifiable boundaries made by lines edges colors texture or by some combination of these |
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geometric shapes |
shapes based on the mechanically drawn line, including the square, the rectangle, the circle and the triangle, |
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organic shapes |
shapes based on the forms of nature, which are usually rounded irregular or moving |
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mass |
a three dimensional solid that occupies space |
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volume |
often synonymous with mass, but can also refer to a void an empty but enclosed spaced. |
