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Art History
Undergraduate 1
09/21/2009

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Iconography
Definition
Greek, the "writing of images". Iconoclasts destroyed images.
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Chronology
Definition
The dating of art objects and buildings.
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Portrait
Definition
A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.
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Landscape
Definition
A printing orientation that prints data across the wider side of the form. A depiction of a place.
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Attributes
Definition
Unique characteristics that identifies a figure.
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Patron
Definition
People who paid artists for either individual works or pieces on a continuing basis.
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Form
Definition
An object's shape and structure.
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Composition
Definition
How an artist organizes (composes) forms in an artwork.
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Material
Definition
mediums and stuff used to create the art.
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Line
Definition
Path of a point moving in space, visible or suggested.
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Primary Colors
Definition
Red, yellow, and blue.
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Secondary Colors
Definition
Orange, green, and purple.
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Complimentary Colors
Definition
Red/green, yellow/purple, and blue/orange.
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Texture
Definition
The quality of a surface, actual and non-actual.
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Negative Space
Definition
The space around and between the subject(s) of an image.
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Positive Space
Definition
The shapes of objects
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Perspective
Definition
The illusion of depth or space on a 2D surface.
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Twisted Perspective
Definition
A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally; a composite view.
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Sculpture in the Round
Definition
Freestanding figures, carved or modeled in three dimensions.
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Relief
Definition
In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are part.
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Additive Sculpture
Definition
A kind of sculpture technique in which materials are built up to create form
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Repousse
Definition
Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving an impression on the face.
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Plan
Definition
The horizontal arrangement of the parts of a building or of the buildings and streets of a city or town, or a drawing or diagram showing such an arrangement.
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Pre-history
Definition
"Before writing". Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.
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Paleolithic
Definition
Before agriculture; nomadic hunters and gatherers. Paleo= old. Lithic= stone.
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Anthropomorphic
Definition
Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
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"Venus"
Definition
Roman goddess of cultivated fields and gardens, later associated with Aphrodite.
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Mural
Definition
A wall painting.
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Ground Line
Definition
In paintings and reliefs, a painted, or caved baseline on which figures appear to stand on.
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