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16 Cards in this Set
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Process |
The series of activities and decisions that lead to a finished artifact. |
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Purpose, Function |
How an artifact is meant to be used. |
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Subject Matter |
The representation of people, animals, plants, places, and things depicted in representational art; the shapes, colors, brushstrokes, and other elements in nonrepresentational art |
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Meanings |
Expressive content of an artifact and the artifact's inferred implications. |
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Representational Art |
Artifacts that render figures, objects, or scenes as they appear in the real or visible world and as they might appear in the imagined world, with varying degrees of accuracy, distortion, and stylization |
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Nonrepresentational Art, Nonobjective Art |
Artifacts that use colors, textures, shapes, and brushstrokes, for example, to express thoughts and feelings in themselves rather than to make representational artifacts |
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Medium, Media |
The material of which an artifact is made; also, an artform, such as painting, sculpture, or product design |
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Artform |
A kind of artifact, such as a painting, drawing, sculpture, textile, photograph, product, or graphic design |
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Craftsmanship |
The skill with which an artifact is made |
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Form |
How an artwork is composed structurally according to its intended functional and expressive purposes, which affect its meanings and uses |
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Viewing Context |
Where and how an artifact is placed for viewing |
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Internal Context |
The juxtaposition of parts within a whole artifact and the meanings they evoke through proximity to one another |
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Artist's Context |
The life history, experiences, and time influencing an artist's work |
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Social Context |
The time and place in which an artifact is made |
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Art Historical Context |
The artifact in relation to all other artifacts past and present |
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Interpretation |
A process and result of deciphering what an artifact is about, means or expresses |
