Test Your Knowledge in art terms

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  1. 2. Yoruba indigo-dyed cloth often made using wax resist techniques or tying
  2. 5. when art does not objectively or literally depict reality
  3. 10. a work of art made in a single colour.
  4. 12. Baked clay, commonly used in Nok and Ife art , Mixed Media: Artwork created using more than one medium or material.
  5. 14. Ancient terracotta figures (c. 500 BC – 200 AD) known for stylized human heads found in Kaduna
  6. 15. A printing technique that produces a single, unique impression, often by painting on a smooth surface
  7. 16. Theory, examines the interaction of science and art with regard to the use of colour by categorizing colours into 3 groups, namely, primary, secondary and tertiary colours
  8. 19. the arrangement or organization of elements in the piece which includes 8 principles - unity, balance, movement, rhythm, focus, contrast, pattern, and proportion.
  9. 20. A 19th-century movement focused on capturing the fleeting effects of light using visible brushstrokes
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  1. 1. refers to the way they use their brush to put paint on a canvas and the effect that this has in the picture.
  2. 3. A prominent style of photography or videography, this provides an accurate representation of its subject and story.
  3. 4. A reduction of an image's brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the center
  4. 6. Naturalistic bronze and terra-cotta sculptures from the 9th-10th century, often depicting royalty
  5. 7. A style of painting that reproduces a photograph with extreme accuracy
  6. 8. A technique of painting on fresh, wet plaster, which bonds the pigment to the wall.
  7. 9. The spreading of light beyond its proper borders often seen around light sources in photography or anime
  8. 11. An art movement characterized by extreme simplification of form, utilizing basic shapes and limited color
  9. 13. a colour’s position on the colour wheel.
  10. 17. Igbo women's art form involving drawing, painting, or tattooing on walls/bodies using local pigments in abstract or symbolic patterns
  11. 18. A white chalky paint mixture used to prime surfaces like wood or canvas