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dominance
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principle of visual organization where certain elements are more important than others.
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chiaroscuro
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distribution of light and dark in a picture
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volume
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occupied space
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Abstraction
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nonrepresentational work arranged simply to satisfy artists' need from organization
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futurism
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submovement, based upon unterest in time, motion, and rhythm.
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casting
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sculptural technique pouring liquid into a mold.
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proportion
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comparative relationships between parts as a whole as to size
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Addition
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sculptural term meaning building up.
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equivocal space
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the viewer may see more than one relationship between art elemtents.
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biomorphic shape
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Irregular shape ressembling live organisms
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monochromatic
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only one hue
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Additive color
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adding red, blue, green = white
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environmental art
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form of art, that surrounds the view like an environment
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composition
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arrangement of all art elements, achieving a whole
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radial
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emanating froma central location
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Abstract Art
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One major form of nonrepresentational art of the 20th century.
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line (actual)
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path of a moving point made by a tool
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assemblage (art style)
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technique bringing a 3-D nature object to original position.
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tactile
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quality refering to sense of touch
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amorphous shape
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shape without clarity
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hatching
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repeated strokes of an art tool to create clustered lines.
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closed-value composition
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composition in which values are limited by the edges
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subtraction
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sculptural term for cutting away of materials
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Abstract texture
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texture derived from the apperearance of an actual surface but rearranged.
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descriptive art
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art based upon actual appearances.
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balance
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sense of equilibrium through work achieving unity.
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mobile
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3-dimensional moving sculpture
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Abstract expressionism
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nonrepresentatinal style that stresses emotional meaning.
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intuitive space
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illusion of space created by manipulating certain speace producing devices
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asymmetry
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without symmetry
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shape
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area that stands out b/c space around
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aesthetics
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theory of the artisitic, "beautiful"
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happenings
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form of participatory art where artis and viewers were engaged.
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color-field painting
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hard edge painting, involving the viewer psychologically.
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repetition
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used of smae visual effects a number of times in a composition
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accent
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to give emphasis to an element of composition bringing more attention.
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gestalt
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an organized whole in experience.
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constructivism
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total abstraction as the new realism in art in the 1920
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shadow,shade,shading
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darker value giving the illusion is turned away by light source
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Actual Shape
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positive areas
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design
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unplying a plan an artist has for a piece of work.
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cast shadow
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dark areas found on a surface
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representational art
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type of art where the subject is presented through visual art elements
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academic
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art stressing standards.
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glyptic
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quality of art material that can be carved or incraved.
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atmospheric (aerial) perspective
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illusion of deep space in graphic works
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post-painterly abstraction
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hard edge and color field painters related to geometric abstraction
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analogous colors
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colors related in hue.
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expression
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manifestation through artistic form of a quality of meaning.
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chroma
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the intensity of hue
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