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Foundations Final Exam Vocab
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Fine Art
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05/18/2005

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Bas Relief
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Sculptural relief where the surface is slightly raised and/or carved away.
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additive technique
Definition
Method of working in sculpture where parts are added to an armature to create a complete work of art.
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subtractive techniques
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Method of working in sculpture where parts are taken away from the medium to create a complete work of art.
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firing
Definition
Process pottery goes through when heated to extremely high temperatures in a kiln.
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slipping and scoring
Definition
Method use to join two pieces of clay together. First clay is scored (hatched with a fork), then slip (very wet clay) is added to glue the pieces together.
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greenware
Definition
A clay work that has yet to be fired.
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leather hard
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A term used to describe clay that is still plastic but not dry or overly wet.
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bone dry
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Completely dried out clay, no moisture present at all.
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bisque ware
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Pottery that has gone through the firing process once and is ready to be painted or glazed.
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kneading clay
Definition
clay preparation, where a lump of clay is rolled in upon itself, while stretching and pulling to get out the air bubbles.
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wedging clay
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putting the clay into a workable, smooth state, by kneading or by repeatedly cutting and slamming together lumps of moist clay.
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stabile
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An abstract sculpture that has movable parts similar to a mobile, but that is attached to a solid, unmovable base rather than suspended.
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mobile
Definition
Sculpture that is capable of movement.
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statue
Definition
a three-dimensional representation usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpturing, modeling, or casting
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Layout artist
Definition
A person who arranges words and pictures on a page/screen in a manner that is appealing and consistent with the publication’s image.
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Potter
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Artist who creates pottery for a living.
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analogous scheme
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The analogous color scheme uses colors that are adjacent (next) to each other on the color wheel.
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split-complementary scheme
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The split complementary scheme is a variation of the standard complementary scheme. It uses a color and the two colors adjacent to its complement.
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triad scheme
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The triadic color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel.
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form
Definition
Form refers to an element of art that is three-dimensional (height, width, and depth) and encloses volume.
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Shape
Definition
An element of art, it is an enclosed space defined and determined by other art elements such as line, color, value, and texture.
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Space
Definition
An element of art that refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. It can be described as two-dimensional or three-dimensional; as flat, shallow, or deep; as open or closed; as positive or negative; and as actual, ambiguous, or illusory.
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Contrast
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A large difference between two things; for example, hot and cold, green and red, light and shadow.
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Nine step value scale
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hatching
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crosshatching
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stippling
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