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74 Cards in this Set
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Actual texture
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When an artwork has real texture that can be touched and felt; also known as “real texture”
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Additive color wheel
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An organization of hues that, when combined, create white
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Aerial perspective
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The perspective technique that involves the use of elements in the atmosphere such as smoke and dust to add realism and create the illusion of distance; also known as “atmospheric perspective”
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Aerial viewpoint
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Utilized to portray a scene from a bird’s-eye view
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Analogous color scheme
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A color scheme that features colors that are adjacent to one another on the color wheel
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Arbitrary color
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A color that is chosen by the artist to produce an emotional
response that may or may not be the real color of the object |
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Atmospheric perspective
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The perspective technique that involves the use of elements in the atmosphere such as smoke and dust to add realism and create the illusion of distance; also known as “atmospheric perspective”
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Biomorphic
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Irregular, nonlinear shapes and forms found in real life; also known as “freeform” and “biomorphic”
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Chiaroscuro
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The contrast of light and dark in a painting used to create the
illusion of volume and texture |
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Chroma
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The brightness or purity of a color; also known as “saturation” and “intensity”
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Closed space
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Organization of space in which the objects are enclosed in barriers; conveys solidity
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Color
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The complex perception of visual light at different wavelengths
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Color scheme
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A planned combination of harmonious colors
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Color temperature
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The “warm” or “cool” feeling that is associated with a particular color or set of colors
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Color wheel
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A tool used to organize all possible colors
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Color-field painting
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Form of painting that features broad areas of solid colors
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Complementary colors
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Two colors that are across from one another on the color wheel, e.g., red and green
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Complementary color
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A color scheme that features complementary colors
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Contours
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Visible borders of the objects in an artwork
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Cool color
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A color that is associated with cool water and snow, e.g., blue,
green, purple, etc. |
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Draftsmanship
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An artist’s use of sketching and drawing as a foundation for more complicated aspects of an artwork
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Elements of art
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Most basic components of any art work; include line, shape, form, space, perspective, color, and texture; also known as the “sensory properties of art"
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Figure
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The space that the objects in an artwork fill; also known as “positive space"
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Form
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A three-dimensional object with length, width, and depth
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Freeform
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Irregular, nonlinear shapes and forms found in real life; also known as “freeform” and “biomorphic”
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Geometric
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Object, either two or three-dimensional, that is a regular figure taken from mathematics
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Gray scale
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A color spectrum created by combining varying amounts of white and black
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Grisaille
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A color scheme that features only shades of gray
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Ground (space)
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The area around the objects of an artwork; also known as “negative space”
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Horizontal line
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A line that mimics the horizon and divides a space into upper and lower portions; incites a calm, static response
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Hue
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The name of a color
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Imagined texture
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The illusion of texture an artist creates on the surface of an artwork; also known as “imagined texture”
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Impasto
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A thick application of pigment that creates both actual and visual texture
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Implied line
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A progression of shapes, objects, lines, or dots that appears to be linear; there is no defined line
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Intuitive perspective
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A form of perspective in which objects farther from the viewer are drawn smaller than objects closer to the viewer
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Intensity
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The brightness or purity of a color; also known as “saturation” and “intensity”
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Isometric perspective
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A form of perspective when all objects are drawn with same
relative sizes, regardless of depth or distances |
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Line
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Most basic element of art; created by following the path of a moving point through space
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Linear perspective
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A mathematical approach to perspective based on the visual effect of receding lines
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Local color
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A color that does not portray the effects of distance, light, or atmosphere; also known as “true color”
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Monochromatic color scheme
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A color scheme that features multiple tints and shades of just one hue
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Motif
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A repeated pattern or element of art in an artwork
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Negative space
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The area around the objects of an artwork; also known as “negative space”
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Neutrals
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White and black; used to create tints and shades, respectively
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One-point linear perspective
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A mathematical form of perspective that utilizes orthogonal lines that recede to one vanishing point
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Open space
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Organization of space in which the objects are unobstructed; conveys a light, unrestrained feeling
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Optical color
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A color that portrays the effects of lighting, atmosphere, etc.
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Organic
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Irregular, nonlinear shapes and forms found in real life; also known as “freeform” and “biomorphic”
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Orthogonal lines
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Converging lines that are essential to linear perspective
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Patterns
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The repetition of a specific element of art
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Picture plane
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The imaginary plane represented by the physical surface of a
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Positive space
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The space that the objects in an artwork fill; also known as “positive space"
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Primary color
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One of the three colors (red, yellow, and blue) that can be mixed to make all other colors
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Real texture
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When an artwork has real texture that can be touched and felt; also known as “real texture”
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Saturation
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The brightness or purity of a color; also known as “saturation” and “intensity”
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Secondary color
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Color formed by the combination of two primary colors
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Sensory properties of art
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Most basic components of any art work; include line, shape, form, space, perspective, color, and texture; also known as the “sensory properties of art"
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Shade
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The result of adding black to a color
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Shape
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A two-dimensional object with length and width
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Space
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Formal organization of objects in a work of art
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Step
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A hue on the color wheel; divided into three primary, three secondary, and six tertiary steps
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Subtractive color wheel
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An organization of hues that, when combined, create black
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Tenebrism
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An extreme form of chiaroscuro that features a jarring contrast of light and shadow
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Tertiary color
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Color formed by combining a primary color and an adjacent secondary color
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Texture
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The tactile quality of an artwork
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Tint
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The result of adding white to a color
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Triadic color scheme
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A color scheme that features a combination of three primary, secondary, or tertiary colors
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True color
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A color that does not portray the effects of distance, light, or atmosphere; also known as “true color”
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Two-point linear perspective
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A mathematical form of perspective that utilizes lines that recede to two vanishing points
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Value
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A color’s lightness or darkness
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Vanishing point
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A distant point on the horizon where orthogonal lines appear to
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Vertical line
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A line that divides the space into left and right portions; causes the eye to move upward
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Visual texture
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The illusion of texture an artist creates on the surface of an
artwork; also known as “imagined texture” |
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Warm color
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A color that is associated with heat, fire, and the sun, e.g., red,
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