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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Archaeologists | The reconstruction from the physical remains of past cultures |
| Radio Carbon Dating | a method of dating that observes changes in style/type of artifacts over time |
| Seriation | is a catchphrase referring to artistic activity |
| Iconagraphic | emphasizes content over form |
| Inconology | intererprets or rationalizes a group of works |
| Realistic | Art in which the subject matter is recognizable but in a nonnatrualistic form |
| Style | The art historians special sphere |
| Provenance | Term referring to an objects place in origin |
| Connoisseur | Is an expert who assigns artworks to hand of one artist rather than another |
| Patrons | Pay artists to make individual works or employs them on a continuing basis |
| Contour Lines | Lines are created by edges of things |
| Actual lines | Lines that are connected and continuous |
| Implied lines | lines completed by the viewer |
| Modeling | Is the creation of the illusion of roundness or three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface by using light and shadow |
| Figure Ground Reversals | A classic illustration of a Rubin Vase |
| Completary | Pink and tan are _______of red and brown |
| Gray | is achromatic, or a neutral |
| Saturation | Red and green are _______ colors |
| Tical | Color is our perception of color, which can vary markedly with lighting conditions |
| Tresmpe l oeil | Refers to the artists ability to fool the eye |
| Utospheric Perspective | Perspective, the illusion of depth is created by techniques such as texture gradients, brightness gradients, color saturation and manipulation of warm and cool colors |
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