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3-D Design
Prof Stromberg Midterm
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
04/21/2009

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Point of View
Definition
Set distance and angle from which the piece is vewed
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2-D work
Definition
Has only height and width, but not depth
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Value
Definition
Gradiation of lights and darks
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Scale
Definition
Size in relation to another object
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Low relief, or Bas-relief
Definition
Shallowest form of relief
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High reief
Definition
Forms are brought more fully off the flat surface, for a nearly sculptural effect
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Full Round
Definition
Description applied to any fully three dimensional piece, no matter how large or small or how shaped
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Wall-through works
Definition
The experience of walking through a piece of art, rather than just walking around it
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Abstraction
Definition
Reduction of details in order to focus on a things essence
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Style
Definition
A particular wa of approaching a work with consistancy
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Content
Definition
Subject matter plus all its emotional, intellectual, symbolic, spiritual, and/or narrative impications
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Installation
Definition
Designed environments installed in musuems, sometimes temporarily
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Contaposto
Definition
Weight on one hip
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Setting
Definition
Where the piece is presented
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Site-specific
Definition
Piece dependant on setting
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Tromp L'oeil
Definition
"fool the eye" Denial of characteristics of the medium
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Maquette
Definition
Small scale model
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Elements of Design
Definition
Form
Space
Line
Texture
Light
Color
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Principles of Design
Definition
Repetition
Variety
Rhythm
Balance
Emphasis
Economy
Proportion
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Unity
Definition
The coordination of all partsof a work to express their intent
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Eyeline
Definition
Lines the activate space to draw attention
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Participatory sculpture
Definition
Meatn to be touched, climbed on, or swung from by viewers
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Earthworks
Definition
Large-scale, 3-D projects involving physical alterations of the earth's surface for aesthetic surfaces
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Natural texture
Definition
Using objects exactly as they come from nature, or make only minimal changes to the surface of your chosen material
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Visual texture
Definition
Optically percieved visual texture that does not correspond with the actual texture of the marterial
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