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Art
Dictionary for Elementary
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plain cloth woven from
relatively thick cotton or linen yarn. |
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in the arts or literature
an exaggerated portrayal of an individual or type, aiming to ridicule
or expose the subject. |
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humorous or satirical
drawing or caricature; a strip cartoon or comic strip.
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work of a scultor or
engraver .
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objects made from clay,
hardened into a permanent form by baking (firing) at very high
temperatures in a kiln. |
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those colors and tones
which are blue, blue-green or blue-violet in general effect. The
opposite of Hot or Warm. |
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a phenomenon of light
(as red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, green) or visual perception
that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects. |
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red, blue, and yellow
are called Primary Colors and a Complementary Color is obtained
by mixing the other two - red has green as its complementary (blue
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the art of combining
the elements of a picture or other work of art into a satisfactory
whole. In art the whole is very much more that the sum of the
parts. |
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soft limestone used
in stick form as a drawing medium; an ingredient mixed with pigment
and a binding agent to make crayons. |
| Charcoal |
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black, charred sticks
or pieces of wood produced by heating in the absence of air; a
porous form of carbon. Charcoal sticks are used by artists. |
| Chiaroscuro |
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(Italian "light
dark") in painting and graphic oil, the balanced use of light
and shade. Masters of chiaroscuro include Leonardo da Vince, Rembrandt,
and Caravaggio. |
| Collage |
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(French "gluing"
or "pasting") technique of pasting paper and other materials
to a surface to create a picture. |
| Computer
Art |
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art produced with the
help of a computer. |
| Crayon |
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in ordinary English
usage, a mixture of dry powdered color with a wax binder, giving
an effect not unlike Pastel, but greasier and much less easily
rubbed. |
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a critical observation
or remark.
critique - the art of
evaluating or analyzing works of art or literature. |
| Cubism |
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revolutionary movement
in early 20th century art, particularly painting pioneering abstract
forms. It's founders, George Braque and Pablo Picasso, were admirers
of Paul Cezanne and were inspired by his attempt to create a highly
structured visual language. Its message was that a work of art
exists in its own rather than as a representation of the real
world. |
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