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35 Cards in this Set
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Line
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Path of a moving point. May be explicit or implied, thick, think, dotted, ect.
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Shape
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An identifiable area distinguished from surrounding or adjacent areas. May have straight lines (geometric) or free-formed (organic), combinations of contours (borders), colors, ect.
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Texture
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The surface quality of an area, object. Rough smooth pebbled, ect.
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Value
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Degree of lightness or darkness (light blue, dark blue) also applies to black and white. Most white photographs will have a wide range of values.
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Composition
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The way a picture is arranged, structured or composed.
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Monochromatic
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One color. A monochromatic painting may have many values. It may be many values of red for example. Black and white is part of a monochromatic color scheme. A picture with many values of one color may have black and may have white and still be monochromatic. A black and white photo is monochromatic by definition.
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Painterly
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Drippy. Paint applied loosely and seemingly spontaneously.
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Gestural
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Painting with the arm and body as opposed to fingers and wrist .
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Accent
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A color of shape which is different or non-conforming. A triangle in a painting is consisting of only squares. An orange flower in a field of green grass.
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Content
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The underlying idea or conceptual basis of a work of art.
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Expressionistic
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Art based primarily on feelings and emotions.
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Figurative
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Usually involving a human (or animal) form as the major characteristic of the work.
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Hue
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The name of a color (red, blue, green, ect.)
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Intensity
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The brightness or dullness of a color (as opposed to lightness and darkness)
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Non-Objective
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Art based on abstract principles as opposed to “objects” around us.
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Representational
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Having the quality of resemblance which we recognize.
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Non-Representational
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Similar to non-objective. Art which chooses not to “represent” things around us.
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Avant-Garde
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Artists in the forefront of new activity.
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Aesthetic
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Pertaining to what is considered “beautiful”.
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Balance
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A sensed quality of structural stability in a work of art based on the overall composition.
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Rhythm
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Repetition of forms, colors, ect. Waves create a strong sense of visual rhythm as they flow to the shore.
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Proportion
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The relationship in scale between one element or another, or between a whole or one of its parts.
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Negative Shape, Negative Space
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The non-drawn or non-painted parts of a work of art. A void inside a sculpture. In terms of perception, negative shapes and positive shapes are of equal importance.
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Complimentary
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Colors opposite one another on the color wheel. May reinforce or neutralize.
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Simultaneous Contrast
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Identical colors may appear to be different depending on adjacent or surrounding hues.
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Tint
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Color mixed with white.
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Tone
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Color mixed with black.
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Shade
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Color mixed with black and white.
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Primary Color
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Yellow, red, and blue. The colors from which all colors are mixed.
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Format
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The size of a design.
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Achromatic
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Without color.
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Content
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The idea inherit in a design or work of art.
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Amorphous
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Without form
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Pigment
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The material which contains the color of the paint, ink cartridge, ect.
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Medium
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The materials employed in a work (i.e. oils, watercolor, laser print, ect.)
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