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26 Cards in this Set
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INTENSITY
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The purity of a hue or color
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FIGURE-GROUND REVERSAL
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The phenomenon when positive and negative space change places - as seen in Escher’s Sky and Water I.
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COMPLEMENTARY COLORS
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Opposites on the color wheel
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PRIMARY COLORS
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Red, Yellow, Blue
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LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
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The method of creating the illusion of depth on a 2D surface through the appearance of converging parallel lines and one or more vanishing points
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ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
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A nonlinear means for giving an illusion of depth
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KINETIC ART
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Art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends on motion for its effect
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VALUE
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Refers to the relative lightness and darkness of surfaces
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CHIAROSCURO
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The gradual shifting from light to dark to create the illusion of a curved surface
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OPEN FORM
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Interacts with the space around it
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SCALE
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The size relation from one thing to another, one of the first decisions an artists makes when planning
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DESIGN
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Process of organizing visual elements and the product of that process
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PROPORTION
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The size relationship of parts to the whole
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SYMMETRICAL BALANCE
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When both sides of an artwork on either side of the horizontal or vertical axis of the picture plane are exactly (or nearly exactly) the same
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CONTRAST
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Placement of strongly dissimilar elements
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RHYTHM AND REPETITION
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gives a composition unity, continuity, flow and emphasis created through the regular recurrence of elements with related variations
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ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE
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When both sides of an artwork on either side of the horizontal or vertical axis of the picture plane are unbalanced
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UNITY
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Appearance of condition of oneness
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Cranes by Ogata Korin
Painting Ink, Color, Gold, Silver Paper Late 17th - Early 18th Century |
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Jockeys before the race by Edgar Degas
Painting Oil and Pastel Paper 1879 |
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Monkey Puzzle by Keith Haring
Painting Acrylic Canvas 1988 |
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Shuttlecocks by C. Oldenburg & van Bruggen
Sculpture Aluminum and Fiber-Reinforced plastic 1994 |
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Sky and Water I by M.C. Escher
Woodcut 1938 |
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Untitled by Alexander Calder
Sculpture Steel 1937 |
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School of Athens by Raphael
Fresco 1509 |
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Man Pointing by Alberto Giacometti
Sculpture Bronze 1947 |
