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Art History
12th Grade
09/09/2012

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post-and-lintel
Definition
vertical posts and horizontal beams, like stonehenge.
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What are the three types of columns?
Definition
[image]
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What do arches do?
Definition
They span an area, and support.
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Cantilever
Definition
Only supported at one side. Anchored at one end. Like a balcony
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Skeleton Frame
Definition
Framework supports the building
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Buttress
Definition
A support built against a wall to hold it up
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Flying Butress
Definition
A Butress with a space
Like this:
[image]
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Arcade
Definition
Arches side by side
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[image]
Definition
Duccio, Madonna and Child, 1284
Tempera
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[image]
Definition
Vermeer, Girl with a Red Hat, 1665
Oil
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[image]
Definition
Giacometti, Man Pointing, 1947
Bronze
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[image]
Definition
Polluck, Number 1 1948, 1948
Oil
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[image]
Definition
Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889
Oil
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What is the difference between Relief Printing, Intaglio, and Planographic
Definition
Relief Printing - cut away what not to print
Intaglio - cut away what you want to print
Planographic - Flat Surface
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List Drawing Media
Definition
Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel, Graphite
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List Painting Media
Definition
Oil, Tempera, Fresco, Acrylics
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Oils
Definition
Used in old fifteenth century things.
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Tempera
Definition
Used by egyptians, Fine details in Colors, etc.
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Fresco
Definition
Part of Wall, Used in murals, etc.
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Acrylics
Definition
Modern Paints, Dry Fast, doesn't wear as easily as others.
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Characteristics of Line
Definition
Length dominates width, a color edge, an implication of continued direction
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Tint
Definition
Add white to a hue (color)
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Shade
Definition
Add black to a hue (color)
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Value
Definition
Ratio of Lights to Darks.
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Impasto
Definition
Thickly applied paint with a knife.
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What are the three types of sculptures
Definition
Full-round, relief, linear
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Full-round sculpture
Definition
Free Standing, 3-d, 360 degrees,
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Relief Sculpture
Definition
Protrudes from background, High Relief (oh) protrudes a lot. Low Relief (bah) protrudes a little.
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Linear Scultpture
Definition
Has a 2D Appearance
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Substitution
Definition
Uses a Mold to make a sculpture. (Plastic or molten metal, etc.)
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Subtraction
Definition
Take away material to make sculpture
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Construction
Definition
Add Material to Make Sculpture
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Linear Perspective
Definition
Creating the illusion of space (3d) on a flat surface.
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Horizon line.
Definition
runs across the canvas at the eye level of the viewer
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Vanishing point
Definition
Lines come together like train tracks or a road converging in the distance.
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Orthogonal lines
Definition
Lines used to portray the horizon, vanishing point, and other edges etc, to create 3d.
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Intensity
Definition
How close a color is to the base hue.
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
the balance of light and dark (shade) in a picture.
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Composition
Definition
the Arrangement of different parts of a peice of art.
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Form
Definition
the shape of an object within a composition
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Hue
Definition
The spectrum rotation of a color.
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Lithography
Definition
Paintmaking technique based on the principle that oil and water do not mix.
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perspective
Definition
The creation of the illusion of distance.
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Symmetry
Definition
The balancing of like forms and colors on opposite sides of the vertical axis of a composition
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Variation
Definition
the relationship of repeated items in a composition to one another.
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