Art Appreciation Quiz !

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Markmaking

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the attempts by an artist to put their mark on something

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Visual Literacy

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being educated in the language and terminology of the visual arts

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Criticism

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the art of evaluating or analyzing with knowledge and propriety works of art or literature

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Two-Dimensinal

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Height by width; a flat surface ie: drawing paper or canvas. (2-D).

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Three-Dimensinal

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Height by width by depth.

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Picture Plane

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The flat, two-dimensional surface of a work of art, the "window"

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Pictorial Depth

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The aspect of composition on a two-dimensional plane (flat) in which a three-dimensional space is depicted.

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Composition

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The organization or arrangement of the formal elements in a work of art.

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Medium

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Any materials used to create a work of art-the paint, pastel, graphite, clay, paper, bronze, glass, etc

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The 3 components of any work of art are..

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form, content, process

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Form

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How the materials come together to form a work of art

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Content

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The meaning of an image (artwork) beyond its subject matter.

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Process

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How the work was created, the materials and media used. the techniques and skills used to create work.

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Subject Matter

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literally the subject of an artwork-what the work is about

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Narrative

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in any kind of creative endeavor, it is the story of what is being depicted, sung, described, written about…

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Abstract

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this term means the rendering of images and objects in a stylized or simplified way, yet they remain recognizable

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verisimilitude

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The quality or state of being the "truth." In the visual arts, this means that something looks life-like, or 'real.'

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Form

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the thing itself

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Process

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how it was created

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Content

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The meaning behind why the art was made

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Medium

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the tool used to construct the art

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2-D art

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ways to express light and shadow

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Tint

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when white is added to a color

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Shade

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When black is added to a color

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Tone

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when Grey is added to a color

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3-D Art

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Light and Works (How the light hits the art)

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Free-Standing Sculpture

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Michaelangelo's (David) 1503-1507

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent the invisible, intangible, or abstract

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Iconography

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Image writing, used to help the viewer of the art to understand by using symbols

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Formal Elements of Art

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Line, color, shape and mass, space, value/light, texture, pattern, time and motion.

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Principles of Design

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Balance, focal point, scale and proportion, repetition and rhythm, unity of variety.

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Naturalism

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a quality that makes a work of art appears to be real or resemble the natural world.

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Realism

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An Artwork that is realist

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Representational

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artwork that represents the natural world.

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Optical Realism

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how real something may appear

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Abstraction

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can indicate the natural world but may not be completely recognizable.

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Figurative art is..

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Recognizable art

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Organic lines and shapes appeal to our..

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emotion

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Rectilinear LInes and shapes appeal to our..

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intellect

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Expressionistic

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expressionistic, emphasizes the emotional and psychological content of the work.

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Line is..

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A mark left by a moving point, actual or implied, and varying in direction, thickness, and density.

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Hatching and CrossHatching creates

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a shaded look

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Outlines and Contour lines

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Create form

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Vertical Lines

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visual stripping points

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Horizontal Lines

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sadder/death/sleeping

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Diagonal Lines

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drawing in a triangle

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Implied Lines

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Make your mind think up the line

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The Starry night was drawn by

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Van Gogh

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Alfred Stieglitz

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Photographer (b&W of buildings)
NYC gallery 291- brings in poor American painters

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Georgia 0’Keefe

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Art school student falls in love with Alfred Stieglitz

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Line in Sculpture

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the line happens at the edge of a shape, can be thin, thick, wavy and curvy.

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Light

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is either implied (an illusion) or it is a real component in the artwork.

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Chiaroscuro

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(Nude modeling)

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Tenebrism

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use of extreme shading gives a feeling of Dark Night evil scene.

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Hue

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Color

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Value

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brightness; degree of light

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Saturation

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intensity or depth of color

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Temperature

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warm-colors advance and expand toward viewer, cool- colors sink into the composition and are passive

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Warm colors are

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happy and exciting

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Cool colors are

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soothing and boring

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Primary Colors

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a group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing. (red, blue, yellow)

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Complimentary Colors

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are colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum.

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Analogous Colors

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are colors adjacent of each other on the color wheel.

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Monochromatic Colors

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are all colors in a single hue. (Tints, tones, and shades)

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Open Palett

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has a broad range of colors on the color wheel

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Closet Palett

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has a limite range of colors on the color wheel

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Local Colors

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sharp and easy to see color changes

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Arbitrary Colors

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abstract, not sharp lines