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dominance
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principle of visual organization where certain elements are more important than others.
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chiaroscuro
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distribution of light and dark in a picture
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volume
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occupied space
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Abstraction
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nonrepresentational work arranged simply to satisfy artists' need from organization
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futurism
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submovement, based upon unterest in time, motion, and rhythm.
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casting
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sculptural technique pouring liquid into a mold.
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proportion
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comparative relationships between parts as a whole as to size
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Addition
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sculptural term meaning building up.
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equivocal space
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the viewer may see more than one relationship between art elemtents.
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biomorphic shape
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Irregular shape ressembling live organisms
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monochromatic
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only one hue
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Additive color
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adding red, blue, green = white
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environmental art
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form of art, that surrounds the view like an environment
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composition
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arrangement of all art elements, achieving a whole
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radial
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emanating froma central location
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Abstract Art
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One major form of nonrepresentational art of the 20th century.
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line (actual)
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path of a moving point made by a tool
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assemblage (art style)
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technique bringing a 3-D nature object to original position.
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tactile
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quality refering to sense of touch
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amorphous shape
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shape without clarity
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hatching
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repeated strokes of an art tool to create clustered lines.
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closed-value composition
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composition in which values are limited by the edges
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subtraction
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sculptural term for cutting away of materials
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Abstract texture
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texture derived from the apperearance of an actual surface but rearranged.
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descriptive art
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art based upon actual appearances.
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balance
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sense of equilibrium through work achieving unity.
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mobile
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3-dimensional moving sculpture
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Abstract expressionism
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nonrepresentatinal style that stresses emotional meaning.
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intuitive space
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illusion of space created by manipulating certain speace producing devices
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asymmetry
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without symmetry
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shape
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area that stands out b/c space around
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aesthetics
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theory of the artisitic, "beautiful"
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happenings
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form of participatory art where artis and viewers were engaged.
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color-field painting
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hard edge painting, involving the viewer psychologically.
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repetition
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used of smae visual effects a number of times in a composition
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accent
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to give emphasis to an element of composition bringing more attention.
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gestalt
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an organized whole in experience.
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constructivism
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total abstraction as the new realism in art in the 1920
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shadow,shade,shading
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darker value giving the illusion is turned away by light source
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Actual Shape
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positive areas
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design
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unplying a plan an artist has for a piece of work.
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cast shadow
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dark areas found on a surface
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representational art
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type of art where the subject is presented through visual art elements
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academic
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art stressing standards.
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glyptic
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quality of art material that can be carved or incraved.
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atmospheric (aerial) perspective
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illusion of deep space in graphic works
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post-painterly abstraction
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hard edge and color field painters related to geometric abstraction
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analogous colors
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colors related in hue.
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expression
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manifestation through artistic form of a quality of meaning.
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chroma
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the intensity of hue
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plastic (art, line, shapem color, space, value, etc.)
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3-dimensional art forms architecture, scultpture, and ceramics.
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Actual texture
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surface experienced through touch.
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installations
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interior or exterior settings of media created by an artist
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color tetrad
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any organization on a clor wheel forming a triangle
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simultaneity
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in art, the separate views representing points in time and space.
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Allover pattern
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repetition of design units over an entire surface.
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fantastic art
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artistic freedom from the emotional side of creativity.
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bauhaus
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german school of architecture
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symmetry
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duplication on both sides of the central axis
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Action/Gestural Painting
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Abstract-expressionist style, carrying a message without reference.
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golden section
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ratio of visual harmony 8:13
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collage
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artist crates the image by adhering real materials to the picture
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naturalism
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a description of things visuallly produced
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Achromatic
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differences of light and dark.
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graphic art
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2-dimensional art forms; drawing, painting, and making prints
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calligraphy
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elegant, decorative writing.
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op art
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form of abstract art directed on psychology of sight
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approximate symmetry
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similar imagery on either side of the central axis.
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kinetic art
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art involving an element of mechanical movement
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dada
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antiart, antieverything movement resulting from the effect of world war I.
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mass
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physical bulk of a solid body of material
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art
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formal expression of a conceived image.
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de Stijl
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dutch form of art feature the primary colors in a balanced structure or lines and rectangles.
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closure
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development of groupings
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orthographic drawing
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graphic representation of 2-dimensional views of an object
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contour
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line that defines the outermost limits of an object
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economy
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distallation of the image to the basic essentials for clarity of presentation.
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concept
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generalization
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scale
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association of size relative to a constant standard
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cross-contour
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line that defines the surface of an object
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four-dimensional space
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imaginative treatment to form giving a sense of motion
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conceptual art
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art conveying a message
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space
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measurable distance between points or images
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curvilinear
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stressing the use of curved lines
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local (objective) color
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color seen in the objective world
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content
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essential meaning of a work of art
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modeling
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sculptural technique of shaping pliable material
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color triad
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12 color wheel is made of the primary triad, secondary triad, and mix of remaining primaries.
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implied line
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missing portion of a line implied to continue.
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atectonic
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considerable amounts of space
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neutralized color
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color that has been grayed
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conceptual preception
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creative vision derived from the imagination.
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isometric projection
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drawing system where 3-dimensional oibject is presented 2-dimensionally.
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cubism
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creating the effect of a third dimension, on a two dimensional surface.
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symbolism
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1880, stating that he senses are inseoarable from human emotion and people are objects
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classical
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art forms characterized by a clear intellectual approach.
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illustration
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practice that stresses story situations
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craftsmanship
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quality of owrkmanship in tools or materials
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performance art
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type of art dervived from happenings in which the action is performed by a signle artist
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decorative (ast, line, shape, color, space, etc.)
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emphasizing the two-dimensional nature of an artwork.
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harmony
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quality of visual elements
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sculpture
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shaping 3-dimensional materials
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implied shape
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shape suggesting the visual appearance of a shape not existing
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tectonie
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quality of simple massiveness
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golden mean
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perfect proportions that avoid extremes.
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negative area
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empty space left over from positive elements
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highlight
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portion of an object that recieves the greatest amount of light
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pictorialism
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belief in the possibility of personal expression and beauty in art and science in photographic imagery
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inventive texture
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created texture whos only source is the imagination of the artist
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subsitution
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sculpture, replacing a medium with another
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expressionism
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form of art, where the desire to express what is felt rather than percieved
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photogravure
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process of painting a photographic image from an etched plate
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intermediate color
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color made by mixing a primary and secondary color
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picture frame
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boundary of picture plane
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illusionism
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imitationof visual reality on a surface
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neoclassicism
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1700, became offical art of the french government.
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fractional representation
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device used creating several spatial aspects of the the same subject and image.
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style
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artist expressive use of media for indivduality
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low-key color
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color w/ value level middle gray + darker
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technique
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skill which artist uses tools and materials for an expressive effect.
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impressionism
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form of realistic painting based on human vision.
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subtractive color
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sensation of color produced when wavelengths of light are reflected back and others have been subtracted
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local value
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relative of light and dark of a surface
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realism
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style of art retaining the basic impressiona of visual actuality without extreme details.
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high-key value
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value w/ a level of middle gray
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planar (shape)
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having to do with planes
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genre
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subject matter that concern everyday life.
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modern art
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1880 to 1960, nonrepresentational organized kinds of modern art
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high-key color
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color w/ value level of middle gray
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subjective (art, shape, color, etc)
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derived from mind reflecting emotion
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hue
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determined by specfic wavelength of the color in a ray of light.
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rhythm
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sense of movement achieved by repetition
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elements of art
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line, shape, value, texture, and color- the basic ingredents.
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post-impressionism
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artist restoring formal organization, lost in contemporary art
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fauves (fauvism)
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1905, Paris France began, expressionistic art but more decorative
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papier colle
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technique where scraps of paper are placed to enrich areas
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interpenetration
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movement of planes, object or shapes through each other.
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relief sculpture
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utilizing relatively shallow depth to establish images.
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form
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organization of visual elements developing unity
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minimalism
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abstract forms reduced to the barest essentials that reveal little variartion in use of elements
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geometric shape
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shape that appears to be related to geometry.
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nonobjective, nonrepresentational (Art)
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type of art entirly imaginative
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intensity
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saturation of a hue
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pattern
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any artistic design
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infinite space
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concept where the picture frame acts as a window
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romanticism
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visual art where a romantic spirit is the point of view
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kinetic assemblage
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assemblage that moves
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positive areas
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where art elements produce the subject
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linear perspective (geometric)
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system used to develop 3-dimensional images on a 2-dimensional surface.
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untiy
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ratio between harmony and variety
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mass
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physical bulk of a solid body of material
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realist photography
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opposed to pictorials, believing the honest use of materials and technology.
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low-key value
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value w/ level of middle gray + darker
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movement
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eye travel of a work of art
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manipulation
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scultptural technique of shaping pliable materials by hands or tools
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perspective
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graphic system used to create an illusion of 3-dimensional images
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primitive art
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art of people w/ a tribal social order
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principles of organization
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7 principles, creating unity; harmony, varitey, balance, proportion, dominance, movement, and economy.
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patina
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coor pigments applied to sculptural surface
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pop art
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1960, form of art using mundane products of mass popular culture.
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rectilinear shape
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shape with boundries consisting of straight lines
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voids
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areas lacking positive substances, consists of negative space
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picture place
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actual flat surface executes a pictorial image
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oblique projection (perspective)
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technical drawing where 3-dimensional object is presented 2-dimensionally.
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post-modernism
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1970, art reaction to a worsened world.
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pigments
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color substance that give color property
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neutrals
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inclusion of color wavelengths that produce white, absence black.
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trompe l'oeil
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copies nature so exact that may be depicted as natural forms
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neo-abstraction
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hard core artist who remain abstract
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moments of force
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direction and degree of energy implied by art elements
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tertiart color
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color resulting from mixture of 3 primaries.
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value pattern
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organization of values that contol compositional movement
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organic unity
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componets of art are so vital that they maybe liken to a living organism.
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paint quality
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use of oaint to enrich a surface through texture
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2-dimensional
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pocessing height and weight
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objective (art, shape)
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type of art or shape based on physical actualities.
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split-complements
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color and the 2 colors on either side of the complement.
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primary color
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basic hues in any solor system used to mix all other colors
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trompe l'oeil
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copies nature so exact that may be depicted as natural forms
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motif
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designed units in repetition for a total composition to make dominant
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optical perception
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seeing where mind has no other fuction but the natural one
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transparency
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disant image seen through a nearer one
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neo-expressionism
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1980, psychic emotionalism of early 20th century expressionsim
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op art
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1950, form of abstract art directed on psychology of sight
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medium, media
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material and tools used to create visual elements
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plane
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area having height and width
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silhouette
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area bounded by contours of an object
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open-value composition
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composition where values cross shape boundries.
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shallow space
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illusion of limited depth
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simultaneous contrast
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2 different colors come into direct contact, intenifies the difference
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secondary color
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mixture of 2 primaries
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3-dimensional
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illusion of depth, as well as height width.
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surrealism
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emphazing fantasy, revealed through the subconscious mind
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tension
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forces of art elements puching or pulling effecting balance.
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texture
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surface character of a material through touch
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tenebrism
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technique in painting emphasizing chiaroscuro.
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value
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relative degree of light and dark
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variety
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differences changing the elements on composition adding interest.
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sepectrum
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band individual colors that result when white l;ight breaks through
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