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Visual lit exam
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50
Art/Design
Undergraduate 2
10/28/2014

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Law of Pragnanz
Definition
German for "good figure" or the LAW OF SIMPLICITY. We are innately driven to experience things in as symmetrical, simple, and regular a gestalt as possible.
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Law of Closure
Definition
We tend to enclose a space by completing a contour and ignoring gaps in the figure.
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The Field
Definition
visual field; closed-off area where visual forces react
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The Edge
Definition
“magnetism” of edge; decision of where to crop
Can express a passing moment
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Left & Right
Definition
reading habit; can play with sequence
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Grouping
Definition
graspable visual pattern; can be formal or conceptual
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Mark Making
Definition
specific evocative quality; set tone
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Texture
Definition
actual and/or visual; helps give visual weight
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Diagonal
Definition
Gives motion, really important
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Visual
Definition
Texture can be actual and or ________
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Figure & Ground
Definition
simplest visual duality; creates space
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Gradients
Definition
any gradual, orderly stepped change in visual quality; creates space
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Overlapping
Definition
simple depth cue; can imply importance
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The Pictorial Box
Definition
stresses stage-like space
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Enclosed Space
Definition
sense of containment; cue-dependent—intimate or oppressive, etc.
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Packed Space
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compressed energy; expressive
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Empty Space
Definition
eloquent by omission; less is more
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Frontal Recession
Definition
overlapping areas parallel to picture plane; orderly
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Bottom
Definition
Typical realism expectation that foreground is _____
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Vanishing-Point Perspective
Definition
system with limitations; effectively places viewer; can distort – not how we see; TENDS TO WEIGHT BOTTOM
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Isometric Perspective
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linear perspective w/o a vanishing point; PARALLEL LINES IN NATURE REMAIN THAT WAY; flattening effect; interaction of 2D surface and space illusion
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size
Definition
actual mass
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Structure & scale
Definition
smaller structures within the whole; substructures
DIFFERENT DEFINITION ON TEST
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Monumental Scale
Definition
LARGER, SIMPLER FORMS; downplaying detail; independent of actual size
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Intimate Scale
Definition
IMPLIED INFORMALITY, fluidity and impermanence; private
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Shape
Definition
VISIBLE RECORD OF FORCES ON A FLAT SURFACE; inside/outside tension; actual/implied; gestalt
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Positive & Negative Shape
Definition
always important relationship; LIKE FIGURE/GROUND, interesting when more equally weighted
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Golden Section
Definition
Another proportional system
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Tatami mats
Definition
Japanese proportional system
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Line
Definition
SIMPLEST GRAPHIC UNIT; abstraction
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Handwriting
Definition
pressure-sensitive; GESTURAL; INTIMATE, personal
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Impersonal Line
Definition
unvarying; mechanical, INTELLECT-SIGNIFIER
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Implied Line
Definition
direction established by gestalt (good continuation)
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Directed Tension
Definition
GIVES MOTION; often diagonals
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Stroboscopic Motion
Definition
overlapping gradient
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Hatching
Definition
Repeated marks in parallel lines
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Organic shape
Definition
Shapes in nature
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Darker
Definition
Weight of value: ______=heavier
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Volume
Definition
Tonal gradient gives sense of _____
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Hue
Definition
“redness” or “blueness”
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Intensity
Definition
brilliance or dullness (greyness)
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light primaries
Definition
red, blue-violet & green
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Complementary Color
Definition
exact opposite
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analogous colors
Definition
hues close to or touching on color wheel
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triadic harmonies
Definition
three-color groups evenly space on color wheel
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cool
Definition
_____ colors recede
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neutral
Definition
add black, white, grey or color’s complement to make ______
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Primary colors
Definition
blue, red, yellow
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is
Definition
light ___ color
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question i got wrong on quiz
Definition
NOT VANISHING POINT
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