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29 Cards in this Set
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The _______ of a line is its length and width. |
Measure |
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________ lines mark the edge of a figure as it curves back into space. |
Perceived |
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_________ on a 2-dimensional level creates the illusion of roundness or 3 dimensions through the use of light and shadow. |
Modeling |
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Line direction: _______ lines suggest stability, whereas _______ lines suggest assertiveness. |
Horizontal, vertical |
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In works of art, _______________ are defined as the areas within a composition that have boundaries that separate them from what surrounds them. They are formed when intersecting or connected lines enclose space. |
Shapes |
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The phenomenon that occurs when positive and negative shapes change place is called |
Figure-ground reversal |
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Determined by the amount of light reflected by a surface, the __________________ of a color of a surface is its lightness or darkness. The degrees of difference between shades of gray is referred to as ____________________. |
Value, value contrast |
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__________________ refers to the gradual shifting from light to dark through a successive gradation of tones across a curved surface. |
Chiaroscuro |
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The term for purity, brilliance, or intensity (brightness or dullness) of a color is ____________________. |
Saturation |
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By adding black to a color, artists produce ___________________. |
Hue |
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By adding white to a color, artists produce ___________________. |
Tint |
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The 3 light primaries are ___________, ___________, and ___________. |
Red, blue, green |
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The 3 pigment primaries are:___________, ___________, and _____________. |
Cyan, magenta, yellow |
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___________– the texture of an object or picture, as determined by the sense of touch. |
Actual texture |
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___________ – simulated texture in a work of art; the use of visual elements to create the illusion of textures in flat drawings, paintings, and other 2-dimensional works. |
Visual texture |
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___________ - texture that is chosen or created by artists to foil or undermine our ideas about the objects that they depict.
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Subversive texture |
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The illusion of depth is created by techniques such as texture gradients, brightness gradients, color saturation, and manipulation of warm and cool colors is ________ perspective. |
Atmospheric |
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In _____________ motion and time, an impression of time and motion is created by the use of visual elements, composition, or content. |
Implied |
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Works employing __________________ use techniques to suggest that motion is in the process of occurring rather than having occurred. |
Illusion of motion |
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Artists use _______________________ to draw our attention to an area. |
Direction |
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_________________ is created through the regular repetition of elements with related variations. |
Rhythm |
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_______________ is the relative size of an object compared with others of its kind, its setting, or human dimensions. |
Scale |
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_______________scaling is the use of relative size to indicate the relative importance of the objects or people being depicted. |
Hierarchial |
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The size relationship of parts to a whole is ___________________. |
Proportion |
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______________ refers to a distinctive handling of the visual elements and media associated with the work of an individual artist, a school or movement, or specific culture or time period. |
Style |
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_____________________ refers to the portrayal of people and objects as they are seen by the eye without distortion. |
Realism |
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_________________ art portrays, however altered or distorted, things perceived in the visible world. |
Representational |
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In __________________ art, form and color are freely distorted by the artist in order to achieve a heightened emotional impact. |
Expressionist |
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____________________ is the symbolic meanings of signs, subjects, and images which lend works their underlying meanings. |
Iconography |