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VOCABULARY RATINGS
9 & below: Light sketcher
10–12: Skilled artisan
13–15: Old master134- graphic—[A] clearly pictured.
The depiction of the love scene was
a little too graphic for me. - canon—[B] standard for
evaluation. Monet’s works are
certainly the canon by which
we should measure other
Impressionist paintings. - symmetry—[B] balanced
proportions. Ever the jokester, Dean
asked, “When Picasso looked in the
mirror, was his face all out of
symmetry too?” - cartography—[A] mapmaking.
No need to test my cartography skills
when I’ve got a GPS in the car. - panoramic—[C] sweeping. Eric
and Christine were overwhelmed by
the photo’s panoramic proportions. - opaque—[B] not transparent.
Notice the opaque
colours he chose for
the backdrop. - juxtapose—[C]
place side by side.
Now that you’ve
juxtaposed the photos,
I agree—they’re not at
all alike. - kinetic—[B]
showing movement.
I thought someone was
behind me, but it was a
rather kinetic statue. - kitschy—[B] tacky. Leo thinks
anything that isn’t Rembrandt is
just kitschy. - baroque—[A] highly ornamented.
Alex’s baroque-inspired sketches
were criticised for being too busy. - manifesto—[A] statement of
principles. Art manifestos often come
across as pretentious and superior. - avant-garde—[C] cutting-edge.
Holly dropped out of school to join
an avant-garde painting troupe. - aesthetics—[B] pleasing
appearance. Ironically, Joziah’s
darker portraits most accurately
captured the aesthetics of the city. - anthropomorphic—[C]
humanlike. The artist combined
everyday street items into an
anthropomorphic
figure. - analogous—
[C] having a
likeness. Right now,
my brain is
analogous to that
flat, empty canvas. n
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