Art Appreciation 6 - Terms For Chapters 1-4

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distortion of color or form for emotional impact

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Expression

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human ability to make things; creativity of man as distinguished from the world of nature

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Art: Dictionary definition

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involves a degree of human involvement — through manual skills or thought — as with the word "artificial," meaning made by humans instead of by nature

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Art: Artforms definition

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particular material, along with its accompanying technique

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Medium

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4 examples of media

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photography, video, film, paint

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sacred circles used as religious meditation aid

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Mandala

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pieces of photographs pasted together to make a new image (like collage)

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Photomontage

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An overall feeling or emotion, often equated with expression; neutral colors, anger, trees withered, guardian angel, tidings associated with christmas

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Mood

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The __ arts improve the quality of our surroundings.

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utilitarian

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Art made with a combination of different materials is referred to as __________.

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Mixed Media

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having only basic form with little or no attempt at representation

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Abstract

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usually learned through family, relatives, or community through generations; little or no formal schooling

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Folk art

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A lot of the artwork in certain time periods look the same because of this type of training

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apprentice

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depicts the appearance of things - objects we recognize from the everyday world

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Representational

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3 types of representational art

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realistic, expressionistic, Tromp l'oleil

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freely

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Expressionistic

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fool the eye

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Trompe l'oleil

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Works of art that have no reference at all to natural objects (nonrepresentational); Works that depict natural objects in a simplified, distorted, or exaggerated way; may simplify shapes, add colors

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Abstract (non-representational)

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Art in which the objects are simplified or distorted is referred to as ______

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abstract

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the total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work (what we see); color, dimensions, line, mass, medium, scale, shape, space, texture, value

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Form

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message or meaning of the work; what a work of art is about; its subject matter

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Content

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Content is what we interpret and __________ is what we see.

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form

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the study of subject matter and symbolism in the visual arts; representational

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Iconography

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________ refers to an awareness of beauty or an elevated awareness of the viewer.

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Aesthetics

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The criteria for ________ is often based on culturally accepted standards

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beauty

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A work of art with no recognizable objects is called:

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non-representational

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__________ refers to the message or the meaning in a work of art.

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Content

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is the symbolic meaning of signs and subjects.

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Iconography

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__________ applies to art by artists who are part of established traditions of style, theme, and craftsmanship.

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Folkart

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The term __________ refers to art that depicts the appearance of things

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representational

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__________ art presents visual forms with no specific references to anything outside themselves.

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Non-representational

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any flat or level surface

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Plane

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a moving dot; path of a point moving in space; invisible line of site

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Line

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the points are connected and continuous

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Actual line

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not continuous but because of the context the viewer perceives as continuous

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Implied line

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line created by the edge of things

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Contour line

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creating shading space with parellel lines or is parallel that make gray

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Hatching

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Parallel lines that cross one another

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Crosshatching

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using dots to make different shades

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Stippling

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areas within a composition that have boundaries that separates them from what surrounds them

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Shape

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always unnatural and mathematical in appearance

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Geometric shapes

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things that resemble organisms in nature

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Organic shapes

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shapes in a work of art that you naturally look at; Objects or works that viewers naturally focus on

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Positive shapes

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whatever spaces left over. Can be empty space or unimportant imagery

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Negative shapes

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2 examples of Negative shapes

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shape of space & figure-ground reversals

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bulk in 3 dimensions

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Mass in 3d

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2 types of 3D

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closed form & open form

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sculpture is well contained, referring back into itself, closed (no arms, legs hanging out)

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Closed form

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breaks out into space

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Open form

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mass that is implied; can have in painting or drawing

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Mass in 2d

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the general receptical of all things; the bounded or boundless container of all objects

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Space

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building structure (architecture)

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3d

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implied space; decorative tomb

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2d

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for depth; one of the most important means of conveying an illusion of depth; when one thing lies over, partly covering something else

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Overlapping

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any means of representing 3d on a 2d surface

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Perspective

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a system of organizing space in 2d media wherein lines that in reality are parallel and horizontal are represented as diagonals converging on a point; a system of drawing or painting in which the artist attempts to create the illusion of spatial depth on a two-dimensional surface

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Linear Perspective

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view level

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Horizon

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point where all the angles are drawn out from to produce an illusion of depth in a two-dimensional representation of space

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Vanishing point

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diagnols that are pulled out from the vanishing point

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Orthogonals

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change the color and distinctness (sharpness) of objects viewed at a distance

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Atmoshperic Perspective

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may be the subject matter

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Time

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time may be an element

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Continuous narrative

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literal time (time as it is displayed)

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Manipulated time

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it changes form and may have time element

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Actual motion

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sculpture that literally moves

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Kinetic sculpture

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is electromagnetc energy

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Physical light

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lightness or darkness of something; The greater the light reflected the greater the light; make things pop

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Light Value

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Using light dark contrast to simulate 3d on 2d; example: painting egg

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Chiaroscuro

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red, yellow, blue

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Primary colors

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mixture of colors

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Secondary colors

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opposite on the color wheel

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Complimentary colors

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chooses one color make painting; different hues

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Monochromatic color

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colors adjacent to one another

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Analogous color

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color mixed with white

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Tint

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color mixed with a darker color

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Shade

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pureness of the color

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Saturation

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2 types of texture

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actual & visual simulated

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the actual paint

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Actual texture

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implied texture; illusion

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Visual simulated texture

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The elements of art are:

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line, color, texture, mass, shape, light, space, time, and motion.

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The phenomenon when positive and negative space change places - as seen in Escher's Sky and Water I painting is called:

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figure-ground reversal

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The method of creating the illusion of depth on a 2-D surface through the appearance of converging parallel lines and one or more vanishing points is called ____________

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linear perspective

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The relative lightness or darkness of a color is:

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value

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The gradual shifting from light to dark to create the illusion of a curved surface is __________

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chiaroscuro

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Opposites on the color wheel are called:

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compliments

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The saturation of a color is its:

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purity

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Works of art that use variations of one hue are referred to as:

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monochromatic

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Painter Georges Seurat developed the painting technique using small dots of color called ___________

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pointillism

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The surface/tactile quality of a work is ___________.

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texture

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__________ lines suggest a visual connection.

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Implied

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__________ shapes are irregular, sometimes curving and rounded.

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Organic

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Linear perspective uses a system of lines which appear to converge at a __________.

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vanishing point

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__________ colors are made by mixing equal portions of two primary colors.

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Secondary

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In __________ perspective parallel lines remain parallel, they do not converge as they recede

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isometric

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__________ refers to the physical bulk of a solid body of material of a three-dimensional area

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Mass

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When you add black to a hue it creates a __________.

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shade

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organization in visual element in 2D

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Composition

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both product of visual elements and process

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Design

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feeling of oneness or a wholeness; through patterns, concepts, colors, etc.

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Unity

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added difference to unity to make interesting

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Variety

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achievement of equilibrium, distribution of weight using visual elements

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Balance

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equal balance or mirror or exact matching of the left and right side in 2D & 3D

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Symmetrical balance

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Left and right sides are not the same

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Assymetrical balance

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specific parts of a work of art that seize and hold the viewers attention; it's what catches your eye

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Focal point

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paths for your eye to follow

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Directional forces

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to show difference

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Conrast

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putting 2 strong disimilar objects next to each other;

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Juxtaposition

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the same thing over and over again; Soft, curving shapes,

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Repetition

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regular recurrence of elements with related variations

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Repetition and Rhythm

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size relation to one another

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Scale

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size relationship of parts to a whole

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Proportion

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intentional distortion of scale to enlarge elements considered to be most important; higher in status

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Hierarchial scale

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The principles of design include

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Balance, unity, variety

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Which of the following occurs when nonequal forms, masses, or other elements balance one another?

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asymmetrical balance.

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___________ is the size relationship of the parts to a whole.

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Proportion

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The achievement of visual equilibrium in a work of art is _________.

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balance

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Repetition of similar elements in a work of art creates the illusion of:

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rhythm

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________ is the appearance or condition of oneness is work of art.

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Unity

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Which of the following occurs when equal forms, masses, or elements balance one another?

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symmetrical balance.

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The organization of visual elements in a in a work of art is referred to as ________.

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the composition

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The use of unnatural proportions to show the importance of the figures is called _______________.

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hierarchical scale

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The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as ____________.

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contrast

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A work of art possesses __________ when its visual weights or masses are distributed in such a way that they achieve harmony.

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balance

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Artists frequently stir the viewer's interest by creating __________ within unity.

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variety

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__________ is the size relation of one thing to another.

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Scale

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The direction of a line produces visual sensations. __________ lines create a sense of being at rest.

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