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Benchmark Corrections

7.C Margins because they are shown as little marks or margins. 8.B Human body because it is the most appropriate measure. 12.C 72 points are in an inch. 13.C Ligature 14. A Unusual Sizing. 17.A Kerning because it is the leading tracking of all letters. 18.A Analogous,because it tries to utilize 3 colors adjacent to each other. 23. C Rhythm,because it helps move the viewer through the composition,or the artwork. 25.C Rule of thirds,because it it recognizing photography and it is dividing it into thirds. 27.D Simplicity.

Podcast #4-6 History

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#4   PHONETIC ALPHABET Click here to watch the podcast . This podcast discusses the dawn of the phonetic alphabet. **Please note (below) that this podcast will be broken down into  THREE posts  on your blog.  New Post: titled "The Phoenician Alphabet | 1050 BC" The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle? That one sign represents one spoken sound. Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them? The letters started with a consonant,and the consonants were what letters represented. What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful? The system contrasted with other scripts at the time in witch used complex characters,and were difficult to learn. What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet? Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form. New Post: titled "The Greek Alphabet | 800 BC" How did Greeks come in contact with t...

Visual Organization

-Not directing the audience through a design in misdirecting them. Eye Movement -the typical eye moves left to right and top to bottom. -controlling eye movement within a composition is a matter of directing the natural scanning tendency of the viewer's eye. -The eye tends to gravitate towards areas of complexity first. In pictures of people,the eye is always attracted to the face and particularly the eye. -Light areas of a composition will attract the eye,especially when adjacent to a dark area.                    ---     -Diagonal lines or edges will guide eye movement. Optical Center- The spot where the human eye tends to enter the page.Optical center is slightly above mathematical (or exact) center and just to the left. -It takes a complement element to pull your eyes away from this spot. Z pattern- our visual pattern makes a sweep of the page,generally in the shape of a "Z". -Effective page design maps a viewers r...

Podcast #1-3 History

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All podcasts and posts are due Thursday, March 8, 2012 by midnight . #1   CAVE PAINTINGS Click here to watch the podcast . New Post: titled "Cave Paintings | 35,000 years ago" What are cave paintings? Beautiful,Detailed and colorful representations found on the inside of cave walls and ceilings. Name several common themes found in cave paintings? Large animals such as bison Horses and deers.Tracing of human hands as well as abstract of animals. How were these paintings created (tools, pigments)? Made from Mixing water,plant Juice,Animal Blood,Soil,Charcoal,Hematite,A form of Iron Oxide What is the most famous cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom? Lascaux,France.It was discovered in 1940 by four teenage boys. Post an example of cave painting(s) from this cave. Why did this cave have to be closed? What was done to satisfy public curiosity? It was closed because the wall paintings were being damaged by the carbon dioxide emitted from the Tourists...

Assignment #13 Research and Inspiration

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Exquisite corpse , also known as  exquisite cadaver  (from the original French term cadavre exquis ) or  rotating corpse , is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled  Year it started -Breton said the diversion started about 1925, but Pierre Reverdy wrote that it started much earlier, at least before 1918. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]                                                                                                                                 Started in the 1925. French Surrealist created the idea .                                   ...