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What is meant by “Formal analysis” in this lesson?Formal Analysis and Visual Evidence: Formal analysis examines visible organization and material features.
What is meant by “Line” in this lesson?Formal Analysis and Visual Evidence: Line defines direction, edges, or marks and can guide attention.
What is meant by “Shape and form” in this lesson?Formal Analysis and Visual Evidence: Shape describes bounded two-dimensional areas while form addresses volume or its representation.
What is meant by “Color” in this lesson?Formal Analysis and Visual Evidence: Color includes hue and relationships such as value and intensity within a medium.
What is meant by “Composition” in this lesson?Formal Analysis and Visual Evidence: Composition organizes parts within the work's overall arrangement.
What is meant by “Observation versus interpretation” in this lesson?Formal Analysis and Visual Evidence: Observation describes evidence while interpretation explains possible meaning.
What is meant by “Context” in this lesson?Context, Patronage, and Meaning: Context includes circumstances of making, use, reception, and later history.
What is meant by “Patronage” in this lesson?Context, Patronage, and Meaning: Patronage supplies support or commissions and can influence production.
What is meant by “Function” in this lesson?Context, Patronage, and Meaning: Function describes how an object was used rather than only how it looks.
What is meant by “Iconography” in this lesson?Context, Patronage, and Meaning: Iconography identifies subjects and conventional motifs through contextual evidence.
What is meant by “Audience” in this lesson?Context, Patronage, and Meaning: An audience consists of intended or actual viewers whose experiences can differ.
What is meant by “Interpretive limit” in this lesson?Context, Patronage, and Meaning: A limit identifies what visible features or surviving records cannot establish alone.
What is meant by “Medium” in this lesson?Materials, Techniques, and Conservation: A medium is the material or materials through which a work is made.
What is meant by “Support” in this lesson?Materials, Techniques, and Conservation: A support is the surface or structure carrying a work.
What is meant by “Fresco” in this lesson?Materials, Techniques, and Conservation: Fresco applies pigment to wet plaster in its true-fresco form.
What is meant by “Relief” in this lesson?Materials, Techniques, and Conservation: Relief projects forms from a background surface.
What is meant by “Printmaking” in this lesson?Materials, Techniques, and Conservation: Printmaking transfers an image from a prepared matrix through a specified process.
What is meant by “Conservation” in this lesson?Materials, Techniques, and Conservation: Conservation investigates and cares for material condition while considering ethical choices.