A Sunday afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
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Woman holding a Balance by Jan Vermeer
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Doryphoros by Polykleitos
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Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci
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Colossal Head of Constantine
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Third of May, 1808 by Francisco de Goya
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Las Meninas by Diego Velasquez
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Number one by Jackson Velasquez
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Phil by Chuck Close
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The Great Wave by Hokusai
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St Jerome in his Study by Albrecht Durer
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Gold Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol
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Migrant mother by Dorothea Lange
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Laocoon and His Sons
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Piety by Michelangelo
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The Thinker by Augusta Rodin
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Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
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The Pantheon, Rome
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Tan Mahal, Agra,India
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Dome of Florence Cathedral by Filipino Brunelleschi
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Crystal Palace, London, England
by Joseph Paxton
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Sagrada Família
by Antoni Gaudi
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Fallingwater, Bear Run, PA
by Frank Lloyd Wright
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abstract art
art that distances itself from external representations
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Propaganda
art used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
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acrylic paint
asynthetic, quick
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action painting
nonrepresentational painting in which the physical act of applying paint to a support in bold, spontaneous gestures supplies the expressive content.
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aesthetics
a branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences such as seeing and hearing.
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allegorical figure
a character that represents abstract meanings or ideas
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assembling
sculpting technique involving materials joined together
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asymmetrical balance
where equilibrium is achieved by the balance differences in the art elements within a composition
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atmospheric perspective
based on the observation that distant objects appear less distinct, paler, and bluer than nearby objects because of the way moisture in the intervening atmosphere scatters light
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balance
the distribution of visual weight within a composition
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calligraphy
From the Greek for “beautiful writing,” handwriting considered as an art, especially as practiced in China, Japan, and Islamic cultures
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canon
specific aspects of. culture that are established as crucial, of the utmost importance or exemplary. Polykleitos' Doryphoros was considered the "canon" because to the Greeks, it perfectly. expressed the proportions of the human body
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caption edge
edge formation created by a body of text
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carving
sculpting technique involving the chipping away of stone
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casting
sculpting technique where the material poured into a mold
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chalk pastel
a coloured drawing medium made from pure coloured pigment mixed with a binder to form a stick; easily blended on the paper by smudging; have a chalk
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chroma
a quality of color combining hue and saturation
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color schemes
an arrangement or combination of colors that are used in design because they are harmonious
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complementary colors
the opposite hues on the color wheel (orange/blue, green/red, purple/yellow)
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contrapposto
a sculptural scheme, originated by the ancient Greeks, in which the standing human figure is poised such that the weight rests on one leg, freeing the other leg, which is bent at the knee.
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cross hatching
to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
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Daguerreotype
The first practical photographic process. Invented by Jacques Louis Mandé Daguerre and made public in 1839, it produced a single permanent image directly on a prepared copper plate
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focal point
is the element in a work that pulls in the viewer's eye, that is the center of attention or the main subject.
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foreshortening
the technique of depicting an object or human body in a picture so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space.
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fresco painting
A painting medium in which colors are applied to a plaster ground, usually a wall
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glazes (ceramics)
liquid that, upon fi ring, fuses into a vitreous (glasslike) coating, sealing the porous clay surface. Colored glazes are used to decorate ceramics
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Golden Ratio/ golden mean/golden section
1:1.618... In mathematics, two quantities are in the Golden Ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities. The Golden Ratio can be seen all over living organisms, and tends to be an aesthetically
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graphic design
the art or skill of combining text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, or books.
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graphite
a form of carbon and leaves a shiny metallic gray color on a surface when moved across it. It can be removed with an eraser (aka: lead pencil)
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hatching
an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing closely spaced parallel lines.
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hierarchical scale
a technique used in art, mostly in sculpture and painting, in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork
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hue
the true color or name of the true color
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humanism
a system of thought that focuses on humans and their values, capacities, and worth.
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iconography
“writing with images” / symbols related to something
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kiln
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing potterye
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linear perspective
a drawing method that shows how things appear to get smaller as they get further away, converging towards a single 'vanishing point' on the horizon line.
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lintel
a horizontal block that rests on two vertical supports
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manifest destiny
the 19th
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modeling
sculpting technique using clay molded to create a form
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negative space
the area around and between a subject
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nonrepresentational art
refers to compositions which do not rely on representation of anything from nature
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oculus
a round or eye
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oil paint
a thick, slow
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oil pastel
a painting and drawing medium with characteristics similar to pastels and wax crayons
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optical color mixture
a phenomenon that happens when a viewer perceives color in an image as a result of two or more colors that are positioned next to, or near each other.
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orphans (also called widows)
a very short line – usually one word at the end of a paragraph or column
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propaganda
art used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
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proportion
size relationships between parts of a whole, or between two or more items perceived as a unit; also, the size relationship between an object and its surroundings.
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ready made/found object
everyday manufactured object that may by the creative act of selection and designation by an artist attain status as a work of art:
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relief printmaking
a process consisting of cutting a printing surface in such a way that all that remains of the original surface is the design to be printed
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rhythm/movement
a visual beat, the rate in which our eye moves across a work of art
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rule of thirds
applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section.
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scale
size in relation to some “normal” or constant size.
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scoring
to scratch hatch marks into it as part of joining clay pieces together.
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secondary colors
a color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors.
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site
specific
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stippling
process of drawing using numerous small dots or specks
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sublime
refers to a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement or imitation
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symmetrical balance
occurs when equal weights are on equal sides of a composition, balanced around a fulcrum or axis in the center
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vanishing point
the spot on the horizon line to which the receeding parallel lines diminish.
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vanitas
a still life artwork which includes various symbolic objects designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the worthlessness of worldly goods and pleasures.
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visual unity
the result of bringing the elements of art into appropriate ratio between harmony and variety to give a sense of oneness.
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visual weight
a measure of the force that an element exerts to attract the eye.
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wash
a term for a visual arts technique resulting in a semi
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watercolor
a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water
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