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LINE blurred broken controlled curved diagonal freehand horizontal interrupted geometric meandering ruled short straight thick thin vertical wide TEXTURE actual bumpy corrugated flat furry gooey leathery prickly rough sandy shiny simulated smooth soft sticky tacky velvet wet VALUE dark light medium SHAPE/FORM amorphous biomorphic closed distorted flat free-form full of spaces geometric heavy light linear massive nebulous open organic COLORS brash bright calm clear cool dull exciting garish grayed multicolored muted pale poly-chromed primary saccharine secondary subdued sweet warm SPACE ambiguous deep flat negative/positive open shallow PRINCIPLES balance contrast emphasis harmony pattern repetition rhythm unity variety THEMES adoration children circus cityscape earth, air, fire, water farming festivals gardens grief history hunting landscape love music mythology of historic occasions portraiture processions religion seascape storytelling theater war 2-DIMENSIONAL chalk charcoal colored pencil found materials ink oil pastel pencil photograph print tempera watercolor 3-DIMENSIONAL bronze clay fibers found materials marble metal mixed media papier-mâché plaster stone wood TECHNIQUE/FORM architecture batik carving ceramics collage crafts glassblowing jewelry making metalwork modeling mosaics painting photography printmaking sculpture weaving STYLE OR PERIOD abstract classical genre historical literary naive narrative nonobjective primitive realistic romantic Renaissance

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LINEblurredbrokencontrolledcurveddiagonalfreehandhorizontalinterruptedgeometricmeanderingruled shortstraightthickthinverticalwide

TEXTUREactual bumpycorrugatedflat furry gooey leathery prickly rough sandy shiny simulated smoothsoft sticky tackyvelvetwet

VALUEdarklightmedium

SHAPE/FORMamorphousbiomorphiccloseddistortedflatfree-formfull of spacesgeometricheavylightlinearmassivenebulousopen organic

COLORSbrashbright calmclear cool dullexcitinggarish grayed multicoloredmutedpale poly-chromed primary saccharinesecondary subdued sweetwarm

SPACEambiguousdeepflatnegative/positiveopenshallow

PRINCIPLESbalancecontrastemphasis harmony pattern repetition rhythm unity variety

THEMESadorationchildren circus cityscapeearth, air, fire, water farming festivals gardens griefhistory hunting landscapelovemusicmythologyof historic occasionsportraitureprocessionsreligionseascapestorytellingtheaterwar

2-DIMENSIONALchalkcharcoalcolored pencilfound materialsinkoilpastelpencilphotographprinttemperawatercolor

3-DIMENSIONALbronzeclayfibersfound materialsmarblemetalmixed mediapapier-mâchéplasterstonewood

TECHNIQUE/FORMarchitecture batikcarvingceramicscollagecraftsglassblowingjewelry makingmetalworkmodelingmosaicspaintingphotographyprintmakingsculptureweaving

STYLE OR PERIODabstractclassicalgenrehistorical literarynaivenarrativenonobjectiveprimitiverealisticromanticRenaissance