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ART 1100 TEST 1
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
01/29/2014

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Term
naked statue
Definition
Polykleitos

Spear Bearer

450 BC
Term
man with hat holding woman's hand with a dog
Definition
Jan Van Eyck

Arnolfini Wedding Portrait

1430
Term
man drawn on parchment paper with four arms and legs
Definition
Leonardo Da Vinci

Proportions of the Human Figure

1500
Term
Jesus and the disciples
Definition
Leonardo Da Vinci

Last Supper

1500
Term
group of men in a room with the light streaming in
Definition
Caravaggio

The Calling of St. Matthew

1600
Term
lady with something in her hand
Definition
Vermeer

Woman Holding a Balance

1660
Term
peaceful sky
Definition
Vincent Van Gogh

Starry Night

1880
Term
day of the week on a piece of land surrounded by water
Definition
Georges Seurat

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte

1880
Term
urinal joke
Definition
Marcel Duchamp

The Fountain

1910
Term
man and woman in the great depression
Definition
Grant Wood

American Gothic

1930
Term
actual line
Definition
pure line, the basis of all artwork.
Term
contour line
Definition
defines the outline of an object
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implied line
Definition
is a visual line that is not really there; shows overlapping
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chiaroscuro
Definition
highlighting and shading in a piece of artwork.
Term
texture
Definition
how a 3D work feels to the touch
Term
implied texture
Definition
how a 2D piece of art looks like it feels
Term
implied mass
Definition
when an object looks heavy in a painting
Term
complementary colors
Definition
those that are across from each other on the color wheel
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analogous colors
Definition
are next to each other on the color wheel
Term
warm colors
Definition
red, yellow, orange
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cool colors
Definition
blue, purple, green
Term
scale
Definition
the size compared to the whole

ex: when important people are made bigger than people lower on the social scale
Term
proportion
Definition
size related to the other body parts
Term
iconography
Definition
the use of symbols in art
Term
tint
Definition
adding white to colors
Term
shade
Definition
adding black to colors
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pointilism
Definition
little dots of color

ex: sunday afternoon on the island of grande jatte
Term
readymade
Definition
art work out of already made items.

ex: duchamp's fountain
Term
linear perspective
Definition
imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon
Term
atmospheric perspective
Definition
objects close in the picture are more detailed than ones in the back
Term
impasto
Definition
thickly layered pain
Term
style
Definition
constant characteristics that relate to the artists works
Term
bilateral symmetry
Definition
same on both sides; can be folded straight down the middle
Term
asymmetrical balance
Definition
when both sides are not identical but seem to have the same visual weight
Term
focal point
Definition
where the artist wants your eye to be drawn to first
Term
hierarchical scaling
Definition
where the scale of the figure represents his/her importance.
Term
expressionism
Definition
expressing their feelings through their work
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realism
Definition
unbiased representation in their works
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abstract art
Definition
nonrepresentational lines, colors, shapes, and forms replace accurate visual depiction of objects, landscape, and figures.
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