Art vocabulary
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- bisque
- 1st time out of fire pit
- bonedry
- has no moisture
- coil
- rope like clay to specific temp
- firing
- the heating of clay to specific temp
- glaze
- glass like coating
- kiln
- same as oven/furnace
- leatherhard
- most moisture gone, but not all
- plasticity
- quality of clay to be changed and maintain shape
- wedging
- mixing clay by cutting it and putting it back
- cone
- small pyramid that bend and melt at a certain temp
- throwing
- electric wheel that builds clay
- vanishing point
- the point which all objects and lines seem to recede
- perspective
- refers to a system for representing the illusion of 3-D space on a flat or 2-D surface
- one point
- a work in which the artist has used only one vanishing point
- horizon line
- a line drawn accros the picture plane where the earth seems to meet the sky.
- eye level
- the point of view held by the viewer of a work
- worms eye level
- the view you would have if you were lying on the ground looking up at the box.
- How many elements of art are there? Name them
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(7) line shape
form space
texture color
value - how many principles of design are there? Name them.
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(7)
movement rhythm
unity varuety
emphysis proportion
balance - Who was the 1st American watercolorist to become famous?
- Winslow Homer
- Before him, most watercolors were done as.........
- quick sketches for oil paints
- When was Winslow Homer born?
- Feb. 24, 1836
- Who taught Homer Winslow how to paint?
- his mother and he taught himself
- Where did Homer Winslow work after graduation?
- Harper's Weekly
- When was Chuck close born?
- July 5, 1940
- Where did he go to school?
- University of Washington and Yale
- What kind of art did he do?
- He would take a picture and make a grid out of it and then copy each little square.
- What made Chuck Close are unusual?
- It was very big
- What happened to Chuck Close body?
- An artery in his spine collapsed and he was in a wheelchair.
- How many watercolor terms did you learn? List them
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(7)
flat wash graded wash
wet-on-wet glazing
lift out scraffiti
wax persist