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38 Cards in this Set
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Aesthetics
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A branch of philosophy having to do with beauty on what is considered beautiful.
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Media/medium
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The material used to create art
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Content
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What is the meaning of the piece?
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Trompe l'oiel
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Truck of the eye
Put something in a new perspective |
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Actual line
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There is a clear line
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Implied line
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Our minds create the line on their own
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Line of sight
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A type of implied line when a person is looking at something.
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Contour
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Outside edge of something
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Hatching
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Parallel lines put together to create an image
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Cross hatchjbg
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Opposite lines out together to create an image
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Biomorphic
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Form that makes us think of an animal or human it is based on
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Tactile (or actual) tecture
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Refers of surface quality of an object (in a two dimensional image)
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Impasto
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Layering a lot of paint on a canvas to create texture
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Linear perspective
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Complex way of conveying the illusion of depth in a 2D image
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Vanishing point
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Where everything comes together in the distance of a painting
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Atmosphere/aerial perspective
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The color of the air affecting the image as it gets farther back
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Chiaroscuro
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Light/dark; dramatic lighting
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Secondary colors
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Green
Orange Violet |
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Tertiary colors
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Mixing a primary/secondary color or mixing two secondary colors
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Complimentary
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Red/green
Yellow/violet Blue/orange |
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Analogpus
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Adjacent on the color wheel
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Monochromatic
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Containing or using only one color
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Anamorphic
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A stretched image
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Tint
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A shade or variety of color
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Shade
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A color with regard to how light/dark it is
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Tone
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A particular quality of lightness
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Tone
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A particular quality of lightness
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Acale
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The size of an object
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Proportion
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Refers to the relative size
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Symetrical
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The same on both sides; balanced
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Asymmetrical
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Unbalanced
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Asymmetrical
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Unbalanced
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Encaustic
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Hot wax panting
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Asymmetrical
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Unbalanced
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Encaustic
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Hot wax panting
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Secco freaco
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Pigments ground in water are tempered using egg yolk
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Tempera
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A method of painting with pigments
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Acrylic
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Paints may be thinned with water and used as washes
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