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2d Design Quarter Final
Drawing on the Right side of the Brain Vocab
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Art/Design
11th Grade
10/20/2008

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What are the 5 stages of Lowenfeld's stages of artistic Development?
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Preschematic
Schematic
Dawning Realism
Pseudorealistic
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Preschematic Stage
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appearance of circular images with lines which seem to suggest a human or animal figure. The drawing shows what of the image is most important to the child. Little understanding of space. Use of color=emotional
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Schematic Stage
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Awareness of space, color reflected as in nature, exaggeration btw. figures, xray.
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Schematic Stage
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Awareness of space, color reflected as in nature, exaggeration btw. figures, xray.
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Dawning Realism-aka...
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(gang age)-this is the age where the child realizes that their pictures do not look real, 3 D effect, color combinations, less spontaneous
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pseudorealistic stage
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based one 2 differences-visual and subjective experiences (nonvisual)
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Right Brain Functions (Rmode)
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artistic intuition, solving problems, whole to part, drawing, spatial abilities
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Left Brain Functions (Lmode)
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linear, verabal, analytical, and logical, time computation, spelling, part to whole
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Abstract art
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Artist's interpretation of something
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Blank
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egg shape/ oval that is the basis of drawing the face or head
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Central Axis
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the line across/ down the face that divides the face (symmetry)
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Cerebral Hemispheres
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Outer most part of forebrain, 2 clear halves, includes cortex, corpus callosum, limbic system and basal ganglia
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Cerebrum
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controls thinking, drawing, last part of brain to evolve, 2 hemispheres
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Cognitive Shift
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shifting from L to R mode or vice versa
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Composition
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relationship among parts of a design, surface qualities, etc.
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Conceptual Images
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Images that you can imagine
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Contour Lines
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edges of the forms where negative and positive points meet
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Corpus Callosum
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bundle of nerves that connect/ control L and R hemisphere, allows them to communicate
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creativity
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ability to find new ways of expressing things, solutions to problems
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cross- hatching
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parallel lines that create value and shading
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Edge
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in a drawing where two things/shapes meet (line of separation)
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Expressive Quality
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different ways in which you interpret a work
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Eye Level
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horizon line in an interior space
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Foreshortening
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exaggerate body parts to create space (Arbrect Durer)
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Format
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shape of your drawing surface
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grid
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Durer's device that he used
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Hemisphere Lateralization
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2 different hemispheres that support different functions
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Holistic
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(Gestalt Philosophy) treating/focusing on entire piece, not just one part (whole to part thinking)
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Image
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call up mental copy of something in mind (v.) retingal image, optical image of external objects (n.)
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imagination
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has to do with experiences (mental images)
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intuition
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judgement, meaning, idea that occurs to a person w/o any known process of reflective thinking- comes from no where
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learning
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relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience or practice
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non-objective art
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art that makes no attempt to reproduce the appearance of real- life objects or experiences or to produce illusion of reality-nonrepresentational
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perception
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awareness of objects, relations, or qualities (internal or external) by means of senses and previous experiences
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realistic art
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objective depiction of objects, forms, and figures attentively perceived (naturalism)
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scanning
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in drawing , checking points, distances, degrees of angles relative sizes, etc.
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sighting
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measuting relative sizes by means of a constant measure
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split brain patients
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suffers from epileptic seizures, corpus callosum must be severed
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states of conscienceness
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awareness, continually changing of what passes in one's mind
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symbol system
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in drawing a set of symbols that are consistently used together to form an image, used in sequence, set in childhood and persists through adult hood
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value
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darkness/lightness of tones/colors white is highest and lightest value
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