Art 2310G

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Shape

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A 2D area having identifiable boundaries, created by lines, colors, or value changes, or some combo of these

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Mass

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A 3D form, often implying bulk, density, and weight

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Form

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The physical appearance of a work of art - its materials, style and composition.

- Any identifiable shape or mass

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Naturalism

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The skillful representation of the visual image, forms, and proportions as seen in nature with an illusion of volume and 3D space

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Distortion

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A departure from an accepted perception of a form or object. Distortion often manipulates established proportional standards.

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Stylized

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Descriptive of representational art in which methods for depicting forms have become standardized, and can thus be repeated without further observation of the real-world model.

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Idealism

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An artisticc theory in which the world is not reproduced as it is but as it should be. All flaws, accidents, and incongruities of the visual world are corrected.

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Abstraction

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A visual representation that may have little resemblance to the real world. It can occur through a process of simplification or distortion in an attempt to communicate an essential aspect of a formm or concept.

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Non-objective

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A type of artwork with absolutely no reference to, or representation of, the natural world. The artwork is the reality.

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Dots

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A small, roundish mark

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Rectilinear

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Composed of straight lines

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Geometric

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Consisting of using shapes such as circles and squares in design and decoration

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Curvilinear

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Round and curving forms that tend to imply flowing shapes and compositions

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Organic

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Pertaining to shapes/forms in a work of art that are irregular contour and seem to resemble or suggest forms found in nature

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Positive

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Any shape distinguished from the background

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Negative

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The background

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Line

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Visual element of length. It can be created by setting a point in motion.