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Art Vocab 2/2012
Question | Answer |
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Accent | To show emphasis or stress and area. |
Asymmetrical | not balanced in an arrangement. |
Bisque | Clay that has been fired once but has not been glazed. |
Bone dry/greenware | Dry, unfired pottery |
Collage | A design formed by pasting various materials onto a background to create texture and surface interest. |
Composition | The placement of all the elements in a work of art. |
Craftsmanship | the quality of skill or dexterity a person exhibits in their art. |
Glaze | A thin coat of minerals that produces a transparent coat of glass; usually applies to bisqueware. |
Kiln | A special oven that can reach very high temperatures often used to fire clay. |
Motif | A unit that is repeated in visual rhythm; repeated design or color. |
Negative Space | The unused area between, within or surrounding shapes and forms in an artistic composition. |
Pointillism | using dots (stippling) to create value and/or blend colors within an artwork |
Positive Space | The enclosed area or shape. |
Score | To make scratches or cuts in clay to be joined together. |
Sculpture | Art of processing materials into works of 3D relief or in_the_round art. |
Slip | A liquid of finely ground clay and water used to cement pieces of clay together. |
Style | The specific artistic character and the dominate form. The way something was done. |
Symmetrical | balance achieved through the arrangement of elements in a regular pattern in which each side of a central axis is the exact reverse. |
Repetition | the use of the same visual elements over and over. |
Stylization | a simpleization to emphasize design quality. |
Value | Light or darkness of the surface of an area by the amount of light reflected from it. |
Wedge | A method of kneading clay to force out air bubbles and make it more plastic before use. |