Vocabulary May 16, 2014

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Pop Art

A major artistic and cultural movement that began in Italy in the 1400s and ran through the 1700s.

An art movement from the 1950s where commercial products such as advertisements, labels, celebrities, and comic books were used in art

An art form in which the artist breaks up the subject into pieces and then rebuilds it from different angles

A tool for organizing color that shows the visible light spectrum organized in a circular format

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Abstract Art

A style of art from the 1700s considered lighthearted and uplifting

An art movement from the 1950s where commercial products such as advertisements, labels, celebrities, and comic books were used in art

Art in which there is no subject. The art is made up of only shapes and colors

A painting made on wet plaster of a wall or ceiling. As the plaster and paint dry the wall absorbs the paint.

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color wheel

A water soluble paint that thins as it is mixed with water

A word describing shapes and forms such as squares, circles, cubes, and spheres

The family of colors that includes reds, yellows, and oranges

a tool for organizing color that shows the visible light spectrum organized in a circular format

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palette

The part of the paint that gives it color

The area within a composition where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest (the center of interest)

A water soluble paint that thins as it is mixed with water

A board where colors of paint are mixed so they are the right color for the painting. Can also refer to a range of colors an artist has used in an artwork

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geometric

A period of art starting around 1600 where pictures became more dramatic and showed the subject in motion

A board where colors of paint are mixed so they are the right color for the painting. Can also refer to a range of colors an artist has used in an artwork

A tool for organizing color that shows the visible light spectrum organized in a circular format

A word describing shapes and forms such as squares, circles, cubes, and spheres

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Baroque

A period of art starting around 1600 where pictures became more dramatic and showed the subject in motion

Art in which there is no subject. The art is made up of only shapes and colors

A water soluble paint that thins as it is mixed with water

A style of art from the 1700s considered lighthearted and uplifting

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Cubism

An art form developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in which the artist breaks up the subject into pieces and then rebuilds it from different angles

Art that uses optical illusion to trick the eye

A group of English artists during the mid-1800s who emulated the art of the Renaissance before the artist Raphael

A method for making prints using a flat stone or a metal plate

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Op Art

Art that uses optical illusion to trick the eye

Art form developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in which the artist breaks up the subject into pieces and then rebuilds it from different angles

A method for making prints using a flat stone or a metal plate

A period of art starting around 1600 where pictures became more dramatic and showed the subject in motion

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cool colors

A board where colors of paint are mixed so they are the right color for the painting

The family of colors that includes greens, blues, and violets

Colors that appear on the opposite sides of the color wheel

The family of colors that includes reds, yellows, and oranges

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Pre-Raphaelites

A group of English artists during the mid-1800s who emulated the art of the Renaissance before the artist Raphael

A method for making prints using a flat stone or a metal plate

A style of art from the 1700s mostly associated with architecture and the later part of the Baroque period

A period of art starting around 1600 where pictures became more dramatic and showed the subject in motion

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lithography

A word describing shapes and forms such as squares, circles, cubes, and spheres

A method for making prints using a flat stone or a metal plate

A painting made on wet plaster of a wall or ceiling. As the plaster and paint dry the wall absorbs the paint.

The balance of one side to another

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focal point

The area within a composition where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest (the center of interest)

A word describing shapes and forms such as squares, circles, cubes, and spheres

The balance of one side to another

A painting made on wet plaster of a wall or ceiling

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pigment

Art that uses optical illusion to trick the eye

The part of the paint that gives it color

The balance of one side to another

A method for making prints using a flat stone or a metal plate

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Rococo

Art that uses optical illusion to trick the eye

Art in which there is no subject. The art is made up of only shapes and colors

A style of art from the 1700s mostly associated with architecture and the later part of the Baroque period. It was considered lighthearted and uplifting

An art movement from the 1950s where commercial products such as advertisements, labels, celebrities, and comic books were used in art

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fresco

Art in which there is no subject. The art is made up of only shapes and colors

Art that uses optical illusion to trick the eye

A painting made on wet plaster of a wall or ceiling. As the plaster and paint dry the wall absorbs the paint.

The balance of one side to another

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complementary colors

The part of the paint that gives it color

The family of colors that includes reds, yellows, and oranges.

Colors that appear on the opposite sides of the color wheel

tool for organizing color that shows the visible light spectrum organized in a circular format

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warm colors

Colors that appear on the opposite sides of the color wheel. When placed side by side, these colors can intensify each other.

The family of colors that includes greens, blues, and violets

The family of colors that includes reds, yellows, and oranges

The area within a composition where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest

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watercolor

The part of the paint that gives it color

A water soluble paint that thins as it is mixed with water

The family of colors that includes greens, blues, and violets

A painting made on wet plaster of a wall or ceiling. As the plaster and paint dry the wall absorbs the paint.

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Renaissance

An art form in which the artist breaks up the subject into pieces and then rebuilds it from different angles

A major artistic and cultural movement that began in Italy in the 1400s and ran through the 1700s. It signaled the end to the Middle Ages.

A tool for organizing color that shows the visible light spectrum organized in a circular format

A style of art from the 1700s mostly associated with architecture and the later part of the Baroque period. It was considered lighthearted and uplifting

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symmetry

The area within a composition where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest

The balance of one side to another. If perfect, one half is an exact mirror of the other

The family of colors that brings to mind cool things, places, and feelings

A tool for organizing color that shows the visible light spectrum organized in a circular format