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Art Appreciation
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/18/2009

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Term
Themes of arts
Definition
Sacred Realm
Art + Art
Art + Nature
Invention and Fantasy
Term
A theme is...
Definition
common idea or thread throughout a work of art or history of art
Term
Iconoclasm means...
Definition
"image breaking" in Greek, Religious movement against idolatry
Term
Robert Rauschenburg was..
Definition
Artist who worked with painting, costumes, graphic designs, used his work for international peace.
Term
Visual elements of art
Definition
Color
Shape
Space
Line
Light
Mass
Texture and patterns
Time and motion
Term
The primary functions of line and art are to...
Definition
Convey motion
Record borders of form
Term
Figure is...
Definition
the shape which we detach and focus on (positive shape)
Term
Ground is...
Definition
Background (negative shape)
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Chiaroscuro means...
Definition
"light and dark" in Itlian. Developed during Renaissance.
Term
Value in art is...
Definition
monetary value
rarity
personal value
social impact
Term
Primary colors...
Definition
Cannot be made from colors which were mixed.
Red, yellow, blue.
Term
Secondary Colors...
Definition
Made by combining to primary colors
VOG, Violet, orange, green
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Complementary colors...
Definition
Colors opposite from eachother on the color wheel, which act more vividly to themselves
Term
Color properties...
Definition
Hue
Intensity or chroma
Value
Temperature
Term
Hue means...
Definition
Name of color
Term
Intensity or chroma means...
Definition
The purity of color
Term
Temperature means...
Definition
coolness or warmness of color
Term
Warm colors...
Definition
sun, fire, earth
orange, red, yellow
Term
Cool colors...
Definition
Water, sky, foliage
Blue, purple, green
Term
Simultaneous contrast...
Definition
Complementary colors appear more intense when placed side by side.
Term
Pointilism...
Definition
Dots of color that tend to mix in our eyes to produce an illusion of mixture
Term
Implied space/shape...
Definition
tool used to unify an artwork by an artist, such as the triangle in "Madonna of the Meadows"
Term
Linear perspective...
Definition
Technique of developing an optically convincing space based on
forms that diminish
lines that diminish on horizon into vanishing points
Term
Atmospheric perspective...
Definition
Optical effect caused by the atmosphere between us and the object we percieve
Term
Kinetic Art...
Definition
From Greek meaning "moving"
film, and mobiles
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