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52 Cards in this Set
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Types of Lines
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(5 kinds) vertical, horizontal, curved, diaganol, zig-zag
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Design Elements
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The "tools" with which to build a design
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Shape
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2-dimensional area encloses space, has height and width
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Value
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darkness or lightness of a shape or space
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balance
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means of maintaining visual equilibrium (radial, symmetrical, asymmetrical)
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contrast
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differences in values, colors, textures, and other elements in a artwork to achieve emphasis and interest
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emphasis
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the area in an artwork that attracts attention
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harmony
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blending elements in a pleasing way
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variety
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combining one or more elements to create interest
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unity
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arrangement of elements and principles w/ media to create feeling of completeness or wholeness
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rhythm
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repeating an elemte to make a work seem active or suggest vibration
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proportion
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relationship of one part to another and to the whole
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pattern
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decorative visual repetiton
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movement
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path viewer's eye follows throughout work, leads viewer to sense action
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analagous scheme
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three or more neighbor colors on the color wheel
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monochromatic scheme
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use of only one color
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complementary scheme
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opposite each other on wheel, neutralize when mixed
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texture
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how things feel or how they look they might feel
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positive space
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shapes or forms of a design
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negative space
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empty area around the shapes or forms
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form
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objects w/ 3-dimensions, final artpiece itself
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primary colors
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red yellow blue
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secondary color
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green orange violet
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simulated texture
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comes from object w/ actual texture
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symmetrical balance
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identical, mirror images on each side of central axis
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asymmetrical balance
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visual elemtes are not identical on each side of the central axis
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continuous line drawing
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one line contour drawing that retraces itself
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blind contour
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looking only at subject and not at paper
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invented texture
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appears to have textue, but really doesn;t, made up texture
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distortion
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to exaggerate or strech an object out of its normal shape
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Design principles
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"rules" to use the tools
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contour
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line that defines or represents both outside edge of object and edges of planes
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composition
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organization or arrangement of art elements in pictoral space
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radial balance
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elements of desiggn come from a central point
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Mixed Media
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2-dimensional technique, uses more than one medium
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overlapping
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placing one object in front of another, partially concealing the object behind
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3-D
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real or implied mass having, height width and depth
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2-D
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real or implied shape having height and width only
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Abstract
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style of art that simplifies or distorts the subject matter
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art
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creative, non-verbal expression of one's self
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block-in
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use of gesture or construction lines to indicate large shapes and compositional arrangements
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Ingredients of art
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elements of design
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line gesture
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describes the interior forms of life
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mass gesture
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uses a drawing medium to make broad marks to create mass rather than line
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medium
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material used to create a work of art, media is the plural
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perspective
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technique used to create the allusion of a 3-d space on a 2nd plane
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one point perspective
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where all parallel lines converge at a single point in the horizon line
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two point perspective
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where all parallel lines converge at two vanishing points
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horizon line
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eye level
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vanishing point
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point on horizon line at which all receding parallel lines converge
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linear perspective
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technique used to create the allusion of depth on 2-d plane
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atmospheric perspective
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a means to achieve the allusion of space based on the observation that the value of objects decrease as the objects recede in the distance
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