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Balance Asymmetrical
A larger mass on one side of the painting may be balanced by smaller contrasting parts on the other.
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Balance Symmetrical
Balance is a roughly even distribution of visual weight or activity on each side of a central axis.
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Bust
A figure of just the head or the head and shoulders.
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Composition
The arrangement of elements in a work of art.
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Cool Colors
Blue, green, violet
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Culture
The human made world. What it looks and sounds like, what people surround themselves with, what they believe and value.
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Figure
The human form as a subject of art.
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Form
The volume or mass that takes up space.
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Fresco
A technique of painting water based pigments directly onto wet plaster.
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Genre
Refers to a category such as painting or indicates subjects that have to do with ordinary people engaged in ordinary activities.
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Idealize
Attempting to create perfection
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Materials
What the artist usesm such as clay, stone, wood, paint, etc...
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Medium
The term used to distinguish one form of art from another. Such as painting, printmaking, sculpture, draweing, etc...
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Mural
A painting created on a wall or ceiling. A fresco is a type of mural.
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Narrative Painting
The artist is telling a story.
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Portrait
Representation of people alone or in groups. They may be formal or informal and they may be of young or old people.
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Primary Colors
Red, yellow, blue
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Relief
A form of sculpture that is not fully 3-D. They somtimes protrude off the side of a building.
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Secondary Colors
Orange, green, violet
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Self-Protrait
An artist makes a picture of themselves.
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Still Life
A painting of inanimate objects--things that cannot move.
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Stylized
The act of eliminating or exaggerating details in order to portray a subject based on a stylistic pattern rather than nature.
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Tempera
A form of watercolor paint made from mixing pigment into a sticky base such as egg yolks.
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Three-dimensional
Refers to mass having height, width, and depth. This may be created as an illusion as well.
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Two-dimensional
Refers to mass only having height and width. The surface of a canvas or piece of paper, for example, is 2-D or flat.
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Warm Colors
Red, yellow, orange
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Expressive
The characteristics of an artwork that cause us to respond to it with feeling and emotion.
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