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| the arrangement of line, form, mass and color (technical qualities) |
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visual art and architecture: an area of attention
photography and film: degree of acceptable sharpness in an image |
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| the binding agent that holds the pigments together |
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| the art of molding material into shape |
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how atmospheric conditions ("the air") influence our perception of objects in the distance.
Objects further away: more faded, less detailed, bluer and cooler in color |
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converging real or imagined lines draw the eye to a vanishing point (horizon).
Objects located on these lines diminish proportionately as they near the vanishing point |
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| A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn |
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| the attribute that categorizes a color as “blue”, “green”, “yellow”, “purple”, etc. |
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| the relative darkness or lightness of a color |
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| the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art |
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warm colors: reds and yellows
cool colors: blues
relative term used to describe colors (usually comparatively) |
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colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red and green.
When placed together, they will heighten and intensify each other. |
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| free-standing sculpture surrounded by space on all sides |
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| the sculpture is still attached to a background |
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| low relief of shallow depth |
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| high relief which has carvings at least 50% in the round |
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| lost-wax (cire-perdue) casting |
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| a one-time reproduction process in which a wax object is impressed into sand or surrounded with a special refractory plaster to make a mold. Molten metal is then poured into the sand or plaster mold, displacing and burning the wax |
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| a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) |
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| A structural element supported only at one end or the portion of a structural element extending past the last support. In the case of a horizontal beam or slab, the unsupported portion of the element that projects past a supporting column, wall, or beam. |
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| a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening |
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A wall that carries the load of the structure above it, as well as its own weight.
ex: most exterior walls and some partition walls |
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| an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof |
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| groin vault (double barreled vault) |
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| is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults. The word groin refers to the edge between the intersecting vaults |
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| The intersection of two or three barrel vaults produces a rib-vault or ribbed vault when they are edged with an armature of piped masonry often carved in decorative patterns |
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type of construction that uses a framework to support the building.
The walls are attached to the frame, thus forming an exterior skin |
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