Use the following words when analysing and describing artworks.
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subjective |
To be subjective is to give an opinion based on personal feelings.
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cultural |
Signs codes or symbols that can link to a culture and creates cultural meaning within the artwork.
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postmodern |
Postmodern is an art movement that was influenced by technology, humour and irony. Appropriation was also closely linked to it.
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structural |
To explore the structural elements of an artwork is to look at how it was made and what it is materials were used..
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abstract |
Abstract art is a representation of something in a unrealistic way. It often makes no clear link to the true subject and is an interpretation of the artist.
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realism |
Realism is an art style which uses the every day and commonplace as its subject.
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bold |
Click B to change the text to bold.
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colourful
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A pheasant is a large colourful bird.
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contrasting |
Oxymoron is where two words of contrasting meaning are adjacent to each other.
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delicate |
Mosses have weak roots ; thin, delicate leaves and do not have seeds.
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flowing |
Flowing can be used when describing lines within an artwork.
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layered |
Layered images, shapes, lines, paint by the artist.
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parallel |
Parallel lines are always the same distance apart.
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movement |
The sensor detected a movement.
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form |
An acronym is a word made form the first letters of a group of other words ; scuba, for example.
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blend |
To blend is to mix together.
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composition |
The crowd gathered in the hall to hear the young musicians play their exciting new composition.
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subject |
Exams test your comprehension of a subject.
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graphic |
A stylised black and white image is often called graphic.
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