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| Any works of art that seek to resemble the world of natural appearance. |
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| The rendering of images and objects in a stylized or simplified way, so that though they remain recognizable, their formal or expressive aspects are emphasized. |
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| Art that makes no reference to the natural world. |
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| The literal shape and mass of an object of figure. |
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| The meaning of an image beyond its overt subject matter. |
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| The study or description of images and symbols. |
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| A mark left by a moving point. |
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| The perceived line that marks the border of an object in space. |
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| A line created by movement or direction, such as the line established by a pointing finger. |
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| A technique for depicting space, often employed by architects, in which all lines parallel rather than receding to a common vanishing point. |
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| A technique, often employed in landscape painting, designed to suggest 3d space in the two-dimensional space of the picture plane, and in which forms and objects distant from the viewer become less distinct and bluer in color. |
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| The modification of perspective to decrease distortion resulting from the apparent visual contraction of an object or figure as it extends backward from the picture plane at an angle approaching the perpendicular. |
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| Each brushstroke has a "body" of its own / paint applied in a thick, heavy manner. |
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| A representational motif or design. |
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| Surface quality of a work. |
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| A bilingual pun / art that is partially painted and partially sewn out fabric. |
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