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Dance Wand of Eshu
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Nuestro Pueble
Sabatino Rodia |
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Sky and Water I
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Untitled
Alexander Calder |
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Rocket to the Moon
Romare Bearden |
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A Smoke Backstage
William Harnett |
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The Kiss
Constantin Brancusi |
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I and the Village
Marc Chagall |
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Sennefer
Steward of the Palace |
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Man Pointing
Alberto Giacometti |
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North Terminal
Ronald Reagan |
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Kindred Spirits
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The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul
Sassetta |
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Going Home
Jacob Lawrence
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The Holy Family on the Steps
Nicolas Poussin |
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Shuttlecocks
Claes Oldenburg |
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| What are the two types of Representational Art |
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| What are the elements of design |
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Line shape Form/mass/volume
space Time Light/value Texture
Pattern Color |
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our basic means for recording and symbolizing ideas, observations, and feelings: it is a primary means of visual communication
an extension of a point
a mental concept
does not exist in the 3d world |
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| What are the characteristics of a Line |
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static agressive or passive, sensual, or mechanical
indicate directions define boundaries, imply volume and suggest motion or emotion
depict light and shadow form patterns and texture |
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suggest visual connections
lines that form geometrical shapes can serve as an underlying organizational structure |
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called the positive or figure shape
area around the subject is called negative or ground shape |
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| Form/ mass/ volume in 3d work |
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have mass vs. shape
mass encloses space space is called volume
form is sometimes used in place of mass
closed forms do not interact with the space around them
Open forms interact with the surrounding space |
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largely indefinable as it exists all around us
architects are concerned with this in three dimensions |
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considered a fourth demension
live in an environment of space and time |
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| can be directed, reflected, refracted, diffracted or diffused |
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| refers to the relative lightness and darkness of surfaces |
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a component of light that can modify our thoughts, moods,actions, and health
most cultures use this symbolically according to their established custioms
the effect of light waves of differing wavelengths on our eyes |
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| an artist's tool used to show the 7 colors and their variations |
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red, yellow and blue
These colors cannot be formed by mixing any other colors together |
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| Green, orange, and violet are made by mixing the primary colors together |
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| created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color |
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| Monochromatic Color Schemes |
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| based on variations in the value and intensity of a single hue |
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| based on colors adjacent to one another on the color wheel |
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| Complementary Color Schemes |
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| Emphasize two hues directly opposite each other on the color wheel |
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| Actual Texture vs. Implied Texture |
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| textures that we can feel by touching vs. textures created to look like something other than paint on a flat surface |
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| What are the Principles of Design |
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Unity and variety
Contrast
Emphasis and Subordination
Directional Forces
Balance
Rhythm and repetition
Scale and Proportion |
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| used to describe the feeling that all the elements in a work belong together and make up a coherent and harmonious whole vs. a counterbalance to unity and refers to a repetitive ordering of design elements. |
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| the achievement of equilibrium the condition in which acting influences are held in check by opposing forces |
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| the near or exact matching of right and left sides of a 2d or 3d form |
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| when the two sides of a composition or form are not equal |
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| used to draw our attention to an area or areas |
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| the process of keeping areas of composition neutral to keep the focus on the areas of empahsis |
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| the paths for the eye to follow provided by actual or implied lines... often reveal the composition's underlying energy and basic visual structure |
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the juxtapositionn of strongly dissimilar elements
ex. dark/light, large/small,bright/dull, thick/thin, hard/sharp |
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| gives a composition unity, continuity, flow and emphasis |
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refers to any kind of movement or structure of dominant and subordinate elements in sequence
created through the regular recurrence of elements with related variations |
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| the size relation of one thing to another |
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| the size relationship of parts to a whole |
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| the use of unnatural proportions to show the relative importance of figures |
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| A method of art criticism that values stylistic innovation over personal expression or cultural communication |
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| a method of art criticism that attempts to discern personal elements in works of art, as opposed to formal strategies or cultural influences |
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