ART Appreciation Midterm – Flashcards
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La Primavera
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Botticelli
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Birth of Venus
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Botticelli
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School of Athens, guys in middle
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Raphael, Plato Aristotle
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Venus of Villendorf
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fertility goddess
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the elements of art form the basic --- of art
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vocabulary
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the principles of design are a kind of ---- that artists apply to the elements of art
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grammar
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a line that is a continuous mark
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actual line
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the line that defines the edge of a shape
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boundary
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one definition of this element is "a mark that connects two points"
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line
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a line that givers viewers the impression that there are seeing a line where there is not a continuos mark
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implied line
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by orienting lines so that they attract attention to a specific area of a work the artist is using
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directional lines
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a contour line defines the the outer edge or profile of an object and can be used to suggest a volume in space T or F
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true
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a shape made of perfectly straight lines would be classified as
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geometric shape
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the type of shape that is composed of unpredictable, irregular lines is called
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organic
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a shape on a flat picture surface that is defined by surrounding empty space is known as a
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positive
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in a 2D work, when the figure becomes the background and the background becomes the figure, we perceive
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a figure ground reversal
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Because it is 3D a form has 3 spatial measurements
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depth, height, width
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a 2D object is called a shape, a 3D object is called a
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form
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These 4 visual elements of art- form, volume, mass, texture, are present in --- works of art
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3D
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Forms such as a pyramid which tend to be precise are known as --- forms
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geometric
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A 3D surface that is designed to be viewed from one direction is known as a
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relief
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an upright stone that has an incised relief on its surface is known as a
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stela
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the element of art that defines the amount of space occupied by an object is
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volume
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--- volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid
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open
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by using ---- texture to contradict tactile experience, artists can invite viewers to reconsider the world around them
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subversive
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the lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called
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value
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artists can create a sense of ---- by using light and dark values
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depth
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a series of different values that are grouped together is called
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value range
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the chiaroscuro method uses 5 defined values: cast, shadow, reflected light, core shadows and light and ----
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higlight
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the process of using a series of parallel lines set close to another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called
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hatching
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hatching and cross hatching use 2D lines to communicate ---- depth
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3D
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when using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by
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relative size, overlapping, alternating value, and relative position
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an artist can use color to indicate depth. when a color is very pure, intense then it seems to be
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closer
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one point perspective does convey depth, but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single
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vanishing point
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this type of perspective is used when an object is being viewed from an angle rather than from directly in front
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2 pt perspective
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if an artist were to depict 5 people each running toward a different tree, from different starting pts, of view. we call
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four shortening
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this subject can be used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum
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prism
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physioists have explained that when we see a color it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to
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absorb
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if you were to look at a t-shirt that absorbed: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, what color would be appear?
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red
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hue
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general classification of a color; the distinctive characteristics of a color as seen in the visible light spectrum
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subtractive color theory
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when subtracted colors are mixed they make a darker and duller color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed
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a color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as a tint. a color that is darker than its basic hue is called a
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shade
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an artwork that has many hues but only one value is called monochromatic T or F
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false
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we generally associate a color with its purest, most intense state or its highest level of
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saturation
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a color that is almost gray has a --- saturation
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low
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this art movement of the 1960s relies on perceptual anomalies of the human eye to create dynamic objects
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pop art
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this spinning toy gives as sense of motion to a viewer when he or she looks at through the small slits in its cylindrical drum at a strip of changing pictures
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zoetrope
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this type of art can only exist in one place and time in history
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performance art
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this type of sculpture can move and change its visual form
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kinetic
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the elements of time and motion are not applicable to the art of photography T or F
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False
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what element describes the imposition of order and harmony on a design
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unity
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3 kinds of unity
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gestalt, conceptual, compositional
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compositional unity strikes as interesting because monotony of too much similarity and chaos of too much ---- in a work of art
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variety
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variety can ---- a design
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invigorate
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----- balance is achieved when 2 halves if a composition are nor mirror images of each other
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asymetrical
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nonobjective art is
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unrecognizable
