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37 Cards in this Set
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composition or form containing flowing patters; fancifully intertwined (spine)
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Arabesque
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the imagined line on which an object sets
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Base Line
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form of a figure determined by its pose or arrangement
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Configuration
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line that is unbroken from beginning to end
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Continuous Line Drawing
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plastic in that it emphasizes or describes the three dimensionality of an object
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Contour, Blind Contour
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the contrast or opposition of masses, movements, rhythms
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Contrapasto
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represents the human figure or other recognizable visual symbols; in contrast with abstract art
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Figurative
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a quick, all encompassing overview of forms in their wholeness
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Gesture
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pictorial representation of 3-Dimensional space on a 2-Dimensional surface
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Illusionistic Space
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Mark made by a tool as it moves across a surface or ground, distinguishable by a tonal shift in value
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Line
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describes interior forms, following the movement of your eyes as you examine the subject
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Line Gesture
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a single uninterrupted movemnt of a line from beginning to end; may imply weight and/or shadow
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Line Phrase
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broad marks, creates mass, volume, weight and density rather than line
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Mass Gesture
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space surround a positive shape or solid
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Negative Space
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provides framework for a drawing. These lines take measure and do not confine the object being drawn, analytical approach
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Organizational Line Drawing
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a flat description of an object
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Outline
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using pencil or drawing instrument as a comparative measuring device
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Pencil/Sight Measuring
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visible corrections made during the early stages of a drawing
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Pentimento-Pentimenti
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drawing approach in which shape functions as a place, a component of volume
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Planar Analysis
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comparative relationship between parts of the body and the whole and between on part and another
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Proportion
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like line gesture but uses a tighter network of lines
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Scribble LIne Gesture
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begin with the spirit of feeling of scribble or line gesture concerning quick notation of the entire subject, then proceed with an analysis and examinations of the subject. Corrections establish scale and proportion
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Sustained Line Gesture
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Nathan Olivera's quote
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All art is a series of recoveries from the first mark. The hardest thing to do is make that first mark, but you must!
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The creation and organization of shapes, forms, and colors which have no counterpart in nature. Analysis and examination of the subject. Corrections establish scale and proportion
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Abstraction
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Front View
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Anterior View
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Tonal value created when an object blocks light. Dramatic contrasting arrangement and play of light and dark
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Chiaroscuro
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Blended gradations o value having no obvious vector or notable directional difference
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Continuous Tone
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Feeling and or emotions of the artist's inner visions
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Expressive
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muscles that straighten and extend various parts of the body
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Extensors
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muscles that bend various parts of the body
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Flexors
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form that is viewed in such a way that normal proportions visually appear shortened or compressed
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Foreshortened
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use of value to create the illusion of 3D space
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Modeling
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factual representation as perceived without distortion by feelings or interpretation
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Objective
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observation of the figure form a view other than the front, back, or profile
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Oblique Angle/Oblique View
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Back View
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Posterior View
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opinions and artistic expression derived from within the individual rather than from objective examination
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Subjective
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obvious elemental division of mass and area, light, and dark
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Vector
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