Quarter 1 Vocabulary and Artist Flashcard 2024

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An artwork showing an arrangement of objects that cannot move on their own, such as fruit, food, bottles, books, or cut flowers.

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still life

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A plan for combining colors in a work of art.

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color scheme

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A term that refers to any artistic object or production.

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artwork

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Colors that contrast with one another. They are opposite one another on the color wheel.

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complementary

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Art showing scenes from everyday life of ordinary people doing everyday things.

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genre art

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The basic parts of an artwork. They are line, color, value, shape, texture, form, and space.

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Elements of Art

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A development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940's and 1950's. It tried to capture emotional expression with an emphasis on the creative spontaneous act.

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Abstract Expressionism

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Guidelines that artists use to organize the elements of art in an artwork.

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Principles of Design

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A two-dimensional area created by visually connecting actual or implied lines.

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shape

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A type of balance in which the two sides of an artwork look equally important even though they are not alike.

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asymmetrical