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30 Cards in this Set
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visual culture
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concerned with visual events through which information, meaning, or pleasure is derived from the world around you
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principles of art
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contrast, rhythm, balance, movement, unity, pattern, perspective
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elements of art
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color, line, shape, value, form, space, texture
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steps of criticism
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describe (elements), analyze (principles), interpret (meaning), judge (approval)
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properties of art
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sensory, formal, technical, expressive, reflective
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graphite
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A soft black mineral substance, a form of carbon, available in powder, stick, and other forms. It has a metallic luster and a greasy feel. Compressed with fine clay, it is used in lead pencils (though contemporary lead pencils contain no lead), lubricants
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ink wash
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a thin, transluscent layer of ink, usually used as a background, prepared using watery paint applied quickly using large, sweeping brushstrokes. A wet area of wash can be made lighter by blotting.
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neutral
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A color not associated with a hue. Neutral colors include browns, blacks, grays, and whites. A hue can be neutralized by adding some of its complement to it
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triad
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Three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. For example, red, yellow and blue form a triad, as do orange, green and violet, and so on.
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tertiary
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produced by mixing unequal amounts of two primary colors. For example, adding more red to the combination of red and yellow will produce the intermediate color of red-orange. Intermediate colors are located between the primary and secondary colors on a co
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gum
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Hardened sap secreted by acacia trees, used in solution as a medium, vehicle, or binder for water-soluble pigments. Also used in adhesives,
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binder
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The ingredient in the vehicle of a paint which adheres the pigment particles to one another and to the ground. It creates uniform consistency, solidity, and cohesion
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gesso
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Plaster or a fine plaster-like material made of gypsum, which is also called whiting, used for sculptures. An especially versatile medium in reliefs, gesso can be either a material cast in a mold or a material of a mold, a material to be modeled, or carv
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painterly technique
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forms are created with patches of color, exploiting color and tonal relationships
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linear technique
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are represented in terms of contour, with precise edges.
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modeling
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the effect of light on a three-dimensional form. The three-dimensional quality of such a form is emphasized by means of light, shadow, and color. Reproducing the effect of light, shadow, and color in a drawing of such a form makes it seem more realistic
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panel stack
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anthropomorphic
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The representation of inanimate objects, animals, deities, or other phenomena, whether real or fictitious, in human form, with human characteristics and behaviors
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medium
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The material or technique used by an artist to produce a work of art.
Medium can also refer to what carries a paint's pigments, and is also called a vehicle or a base |
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stylus
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A pointed instrument used to engrave into a softer surface.
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chiaroscuro
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the modeling of volume by depicting light and shade by contrasting them boldly
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tenebrism
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high contrast between light and dark, dark fading into the dark of the background.
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sfumato
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high contrast between light and dark, light fading into the back/foreground.
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head to body ratio
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1:7
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hue
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color
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value
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lightness or darkness of a color
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intensity
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The brightness or dullness of a hue or color
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complementary
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opposite on the color wheel
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analogous
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next to each other on the color wheel
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split-complementary
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One color plus the two colors that are on either side of its complement on the color wheel. For example, the complement of orange is blue, and the two colors on either side of blue are blue-green and blue-violet. Therefore the split complements of orange
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