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74 Cards in this Set
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Hue |
Color |
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Tint |
Add white to a color |
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Shade |
Add black to a color |
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Tone |
Add black and white to a color |
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Analogous |
Three colors that are next to each other |
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Complementary |
Two colors that are opposite to each other |
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Primary Colors |
Red, yellow, blue |
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Secondary Colors |
Orange, green, purple |
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Tertiary colos |
Red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-purple, red-purple |
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Impasto |
Thick paint that provides texture |
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Chiaroscuro |
Strong contrasts between light and dark |
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Implied lines |
Lines created by colors, textures, or shapes that guide the eye |
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Anamorphic |
Distorted projection or perspective |
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Line of Sight |
An imaginary line that extends straight forward, perpendicular to the viewer's eyes |
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Contour |
Lines which travel along contours or objects, creating the illusion of dimension |
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Vanishing Point |
Area on the horizon where parallel lines converge |
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Aesthetics |
Philosophical study of beauty and taste |
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Atmospheric Perspective |
The influence of earth’s atmosphere on objects in the distance |
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Scale |
Size of an object in relationship to another object |
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Linear Perspective |
A principle in two-dimensional art used to create the illusion of three dimensions |
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Tactile Texture |
Actual feel of a surface |
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Proportion |
Size of part of an object in relationship to the whole object |
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Visual Texture vs Actual Texture |
Texture created by illusion vs Actual feel of a surface |
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Biomorphic |
Models artistic design elements on naturally occurring patterns or shapes |
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Ergonomics |
Study of how humans work |
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Bauhaus |
German school of design |
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Hierarchical Proportion |
Artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork |
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Pointillism |
Technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. |
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Symmetrical |
Made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis |
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Asymmetrical |
Not symmetrical |
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Secco Fresco |
Painting applied to dry plaster |
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Fresco |
Painting on plaster |
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Encaustic |
Wax painting |
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Tempera |
Egg painting |
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True Fresco |
Painting on fresh plaster |
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Intaglio |
Engraving |
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Silk-Screen |
Ink painting using a mesh |
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Lithography |
Stone printing |
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Relief |
Relief printing is a process where protruding surface faces of the printing plate or block are inked. |
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Camera Obscure |
Dark Room |
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Silver Nitrate |
Chemical that darkens in light |
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Gargoyl |
Water spout statue |
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The New York School |
Abstract expressionist painting |
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Grotesque |
Stature that is not park of a down spout |
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Post and Lintel |
Lintel as the horizontal member over a building void supported at its ends by two vertical columns |
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Crica |
Approximately |
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Salon des Refuses |
An exhibition of works rejected by the jury of the official ParisSalon in 1863 |
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Pediment |
Triangular top of a roman building |
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Frieze |
Small sculptural decoration |
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Column |
Pillar |
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Capital |
Top of a column |
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Corinthian |
Fancy capital |
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Doric |
Basic capital |
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Ionic |
Curly capital |
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Kore |
Female |
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Kouros |
male |
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Contrapposto |
A human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs. |
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Renaissance |
Art which occurred between the years c. 1150 and c. 160 |
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Sfumato |
Allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another |
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Obelisk |
Tall stone spike |
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Megalith |
Huge rock |
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Mastaba |
Shorter early pyrimid |
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Giornata |
One days work on a fresco |
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Maquette |
A small scale model or rough draft of an unfinished sculpture |
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Fin de Siecle |
End of a cycle |
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Trompe L'oeil |
Trick the eye |
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Readymades |
Ordinary objects that the artist selected and modified |
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Armory Show |
1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art |
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Fauves |
Early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color |
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Combines |
Artwork that incorporates various objects into a painted canvas surface |
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Avant Garde |
Advance Guard, ahead of its time |
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Salon |
Official art exhibition |
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Kitsch |
Tacky |
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Federal Arts Project |
Visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration |