Midterm Exam Review
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Questions and Answers
What is a Trading Card?
Trading Cards (or “collectible cards”) are small
cards, usually made out of paperboard or
thick paper, which usually combines an image
of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or
real) and a short description of the picture,
along with other texts (attacks, statistics, or
trivia).
What is a polyptych?
A polyptych generally refers to a painting (usually a panel painting) which is
divided into sections, or panels.
There are many different kinds of polyptychs.
What are the elements of art?
* Line
* Texture
* Space
* Shape
* Color
* Form
* Tone / Value
What are the principles of
design?
* Balance
* Proportion
* Rhythm
* Variety
* Emphasis
* Harmony
* Scale
* Unity
• What is positive and negative space?
Positive space is the area taken up by the subject matter.
Negative space is the space around the subject matter.
What is a trade card?
Trade Cards were the
ancestors of trading cards.
They were exchanged in social
circles, that businesses would
distribute to clients and
potential customers. A trade
card is an early example of a
business card. Some
businesses began to create
increasingly sophisticated
designs, especially with the
development of color printing.
As they became more
attractive, collecting trade
cards became a popular hobby
in the late 19th Century.