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- 4. A part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslim populations. Public Islamic art is traditionally non-representational. It includes arabesque, Islamic calligraphy, geometric patterns, mosques, carpet making, and embroidery.
- 6. The idea that form should follow function.
- 9. A style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms.
- 10. the significance or importance that you give something. This can be achieved by focal point, style or scale.
- 13. An arrangement of lines or shapes created to form a pattern or decoration
- 16. Historical period (1400-1600) during which perspective was developed and introduced in art.
- 17. larger differences in a design. Can be seen with opposite colors, dramatic value scales or various sizes of objects
- 18. An edge or line where the earth and sky or earth and water appear to meet (Also called the “eye level line”)
- 19. The artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, in the languages which use the Arabic alphabet, or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy
- 21. A style in art, design, and theater that uses the smallest range of materials and colors possible, and only very simple shapes or forms
- 22. Lines that converge at the vanishing point
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- 1. The repetition of one or more elements. Common patterns include motifs, planned patterns, half-drop design, and random patterns.
- 2. The use of shading going from light to dark
- 3. A point on the horizon line where parallel lines appear to converge.
- 5. Line, space, shape, color, value, form, texture
- 7. An architectural movement based on new and innovative technologies and construction in the early 1900s based on functionalism and minimalism.
- 8. a visual path for the viewer to follow across a composition. This can include visual representations of movement or actual movement through kinetic art
- 11. The tendency of parallel lines to appear to converge at a distant point. (Used to create an illusion of space)
- 12. The way that different parts of a composition relate to one another. There are 4 types of balance: symmetrical, approximate symmetry, asymmetrical and radial.
- 14. When parts combine to display a sense of oneness. This is achieved by having dominant and subordinate parts of a design.
- 15. Balance, unity, contrast, emphasis, pattern, movement and rhythm
- 20. A school founded in Germany in 1919 that focused on teaching modernism.