Art Appreciation Chapter 4

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Colors which appear oppisite each other on the color wheel are known as ___________.
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complementary
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__________ can best be described as the path traced by a moving point.
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line
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The term _____________ refers to the board on which artists mix colors or the artist's range of color.
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palette
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The 18th century Indian painting Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are position and ___________.
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overlapping
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In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ___________ shapes.
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organic
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A black and white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors, but captures the ______ of the colors.
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value
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In drawing, the outer boundaries of 2D forms are defined by________, while the outer boundaries perceived among 3D forms are defined by__________.
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outlines, contour lines
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In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms.
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chiaroscuro
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The ______________ in Leonardo Da Vinci's the Last Supper is at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line.
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vanishing point
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During the 20th century, _______ became a recognized element of art.
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time and motion
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In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light.
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white
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Artists who use tiny dots in varying concentrations to indicate light and shadow are using the __________ drawing technique.
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stippling
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Textures we experience through the sense of touch are called actual texture or _______ textures.
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tactile
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_____________ describes the process of sunlight being broken up into a spectrum or rainbow band.
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refraction
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Parallel lines receding into the distance, in linear perspective, seem to converge at a vanishing point which is located on the ___________.
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horizon line
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The shapes we perceive as figures, we call ____________ shapes.
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positive
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________________ relates to the visual information surrounding a shape that we detach and focus on.
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ground
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A hue darker that the hue's normal value is called a ______.
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shade
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Any three color equally distant from each other on the color wheel form a_______ harmony.
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triadic
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In a 2D art form, the actual flat surface on which the work is executed is called the _________.
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picture plane
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Artists can portray ______ textures that are created to look like something other that a flat painted surface.
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visual
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Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a _____.
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triangle
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___________ perceptive is the viewpoint from above and parallel lines do not converge in the distance.
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isometric
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A necessary feature of a pattern is _______.
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repetition
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A drawing using only lines or dots can indicate shadows.
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Analogous color harmonies are those in which the colors are close to ones another on the color wheel.
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A rainbow is the result of reflection of light from a still surface.
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Foreshortening is the term fro the effect produced by applying the logic of linear perspective to every form that recedes into the distance, including people and animals.
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Secondary colors cannot be mixed from primaries.
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Atmospheric perspective is never used in Chinese paintings and drawings.
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Texture can be either implied or actual.
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Raphael's the Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a circle.
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Geometric shapes and masses look more natural than man made.
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Lines are sometimes used in art to indicate direction and movement.
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On the color wheel, yellow, red and blue are primary colors.
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Many of the sculptures of Calder can be classified as kinetic.
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The colors in a drawing or painting can be translated into values by black and white photography.
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The term "atmospheric perspective" can best be applied to marble sculptures.
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The "vanishing point" is the level at which paintings are hung on the wall.
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Isometric perceptive is only used by architects.
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Monochromatic harmonies are composed of any three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel.
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Mixing 2 primary colors produces a triad color.
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Implied lines guide a viewer's eyes around a work of art.
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The common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is: the effect of light, the work of earlier restorers, changing levels of heat and humidity, pollution.
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Tint
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A color lighter that the hue's normal value.
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Shade
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A color darker than the hue's normal value.
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Pattern
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Any decorative, repetitive motif or design.
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Kinetic Art
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Art the incorporates real or apparent movement.
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Restricted Palette
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Limited to a few colors and their mixtures.
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Open Palette
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All colors are permitted to be used.
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Value
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The relative lightness or darkness of a hue, or of a neutral varying from white to black.
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Simultaneous Contrast
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The perceptual phenomenon whereby complementary colors appear most brilliant when side by side.
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Refraction
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The bending of a ray of light, for example, when it passes through a prism.
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Picture Plane
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The literal surface of a painting imagined as a window.
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Vanishing Point
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In linear perspective, the point on the horizon where parallel lines appear to converge
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Hue
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The "family name" of a color, independent of its particular value or saturation.
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Ground
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The information that is perceived as secondary in a 2D image.
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Figure
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In 2D images, the relationship between a shape we perceive as dominant.
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Palette
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The range of colors used by an artist, or a surface used for mixing paints.
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Foreshortening
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The visual phenomenon whereby an elongated object projecting toward or away from a viewer appear shorter than its actual length, as though compressed.
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Chiaroscuro
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Italian for "light-dark". In 2D, non representational art, the technique of using values to record light and shadow, especially as they provide information about 3D form.
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Implied Lines
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Lines that do not exist, but the viewer perceives.
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Afterimage
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An image that persists after the visual stimulus that first produced it has ceased.
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Geometric
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Shapes and masses that approximate the regular, names shapes and volumes of geometry.
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Organic
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Shapes and masses that evoke the living forms of nature.
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Horizon Line
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A dividing line that delineates the ground from sky.
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Contour
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Gives us 3D shaping of an object.
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Outline
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Defines a 2D shape.
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Direction
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A line that guides the eyes.
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Movement
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The suggestion of motion in a work of art.
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Area
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The extent of space.
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Implied
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Doesn't actually exist.
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Volume
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Mass or Quantity.
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Cross Hatching
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Single and Across lines (create values)
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Hatching
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Single lines (create values)
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Model
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Creating the illusion of a 3D object on a 2D surface by using highlights and shadows
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Implied Light
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2D light that doesn't actually exist, it's an illusion.
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Stippling
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Tiny dots (create values)
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Color Wheel
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The arrangement of colors in a circle.
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Cool Colors
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The colors on the blue-green side.
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Primary Colors
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Red, Yellow, Blue. Cannot be dividing into two or more colors. Base Colors.
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Secondary Colors
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Created by combining two primaries. Green, orange, purple.
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Tertiary Colors
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Creating by combing a primary and adjacent secondary. Ex. blue-green.
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Warm Colors
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The colors on the red-orange side.
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Analogous Color Harmony
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Three colors adjacent to one another.
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Complementary Color Harmony
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Two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel. (simultaneous contrast)
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Monochromatic Color Harmony
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One color plus shades/tints.
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Triadic Color Harmony
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Three colors equally spaced apart on the color wheel.
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Optical Color Mixture
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The viewer's eyes will blend colors placed side by side.
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Pointillism
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Points of pure color applied to a support and allowing the viewer's eyes to mix or blend those colors.
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Actual/Tactile Texture
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Textures we experience through the sense of touch.
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Visual Texture
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Textures that are created to look lie something other than a flat painted surface.
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Atmospheric Perspective
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Looking at broad, receding landscapes.
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Implied Space
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The illusion of depth on a 2D surface.
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Isometric Perspective
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Looking down from above.
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3D Space
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Visual depth.
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Linear Perspective
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Forms seem to get smaller as they recede from us. Parallel lines converge on the horizon line where they disappear.
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Overlapping
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To cover and extend beyond.
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Placement/Position
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Arrangement of objects.
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Seven Visual Elements
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Line Shape and Mass Pattern and Texture Light Color Time and Motion Space
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Three types of Directional Lines and What Movement they Suggest
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Horizontal-Passive, No Movement Vertical- Potential For Movement Diagonal- Movement
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Three Types of Perspective
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Linear Atmospheric Isometric
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Three Techniques for Creating Values using Linear Mode
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Hatching Cross-Hatching Stippling
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Two Ways to Create Depth without using a Form of Perspective
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Placement/Position Overlapping
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Four Color Harmonies
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Monochromatic Complementary Analogous Triadic