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Complimantary colors?
two hues directly opposite of eachother on the color scheme like red and green.
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Analogous colors?
color schemes are based on color adjacent to one another on the color wheel such as a color scheme of yellow-green, green, and blue-green.
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Primary colors?
red, yellow, blue, no colors can be mixed to make these.
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Secondary colors?
orange, green, violet, two primary colors mixed to make a secondary color.
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Representational?
depicts the appearance of things (represent).
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Abstract?
works that depict natural objects in exaggerated ways.
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Trompe Loil?
french for "fool the eye" paintings sp real to be just paintings.
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Monochromatic?
a scheme with black and white, or white or black.
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Linear Prespective?
representing three-dimensional object in a two dimensional surface.
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Atmospheric Prespective?
giving an illusion of depth (more than you see).
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Composition?
two dimensional art such as painting and photography.
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Symmetrical Balance?
the left and right sides are the same.
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Asymmetrical Balance?
the left and right sides are not the same.
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Hierarchy of Scale?
use of unnatural proportions to show the relative importance of figures.
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Focal Point?
that area is a specific spot or figure.
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Expressive Theory?
the creator must play a role in the creative process.
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Sociocultural Theory?
the economic system, the cultural values, and even the politics of the time.
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Formal Theory?
the formal organization of the work is the most important factor in evaluating.
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Paints consist of three componenets?
Pigment, binder, and vehicle.
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Binder?
mixes with the pigment to hold the pigment particles toghether and to attach the pigment to the surface.
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Vechicle?
spreads together the pigment.
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Watercolor?
painting made by applying pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum arabic (a resin from acacia tree) to white paper.
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Oil Paint?
pigment mixed with various vegitable oils, such as linseed, walnut, and poppyseed.
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Tempera?
used for the water based paints such as poster paints or paints with binders of glue or casein.
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Acyrlic?
a clear plastic used as a binder in paint and as a casting material in sculpture.
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Glazes?
thin transparent layers of color.
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Impasto?
thickly applied paint.
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Catacombs?
under ground tunnels.
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Byzantine Empire?
empire that was split in two for an emperor in Rome and Constantinople.
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Constantine?
an emperor Byzantine which later became known as Constantinople.
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Mosaic?
ceramic tile, glass, marble.
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Altarpiece?
an altar that remembers somone or honors somone.
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sfumato?
the soft blurring of the edges.
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Chiaroscuro?
the gradations of light and dark values in two dimensional imagery.
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