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Art Appreciation 1301 Definitions
Art Appreciation 1301 Definitions (final)
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Texture
Definition
Surface quality of a work
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Light
Definition
helps to define spatial relationships
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Mass
Definition
A form that is a solid that occupies a 3-D volume(height, width, depth)
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shape
Definition
flat, 2-D area with boundaries that can be measured in terms of height and width
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Line
Definition
one of the most fundamental elements of art
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Montage

 

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In film, the sequencing of widely disparate images to create a fast-paced, multifaceted visual impression
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Pointillism
Definition
Painting with thousands of tiny, dots, or points, of pure color
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Principles of Design
Definition
Balance, emphasis, proportion and scale, rhythm and repetition, unity and variety
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Balance
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refers to the even distribution of weight in a composition
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Emphasis
Definition
used in order to draw the viewer's attention to one area of work
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Proportion
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refers to the relationship between the parts of an object and the whole, or to the relationship between an object and its surroundings.
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Scale
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word used to describe the dimensions of an art object in relation to the objects around it.
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Rhythm
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an effect achieved when shapes, colors, or a regular pattern of any kind is repeated over and over again.
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Repetition
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often implies monotony
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Unity
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idea of organization
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Variety
Definition
different lines, forms ,colors, textures made to work together
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Representational Art
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Any work of art that seeks to resemble the world of natural appearance
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Non-representational Art
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a work that does not refer to the natural orobjective world at all
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Abstract Art
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In art, 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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Subject Matter
Definition
The literal, visible image in a work of art, as distinguished from its content, which includes the connotative, symbolic, and suggestive aspects of the image.
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Tenebrism
Definition
murky, a heightened form of chiaroscuro
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Visual elements
Definition
Line, Color and Value and Light, Texture, Space, Time and Motion
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Atmospheric Perspective
Definition
a technique, often employed in landscape painting, designed to suggest 3-D space in the 2-D space of the picture plane, and in which forms and objects distant from the viewer become less distinct, often bluer or cooler in color, and contrast among the various distant elements is greatly reduced.
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Binder
Definition
In a medium, the substance that holds pigments together.
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Primary colors
Definition
The hues that in theory, cannot be created from a mixture of other hues and from which all other hues are created ( in pigment, red,yellow, and blue)
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Secondary Colors
Definition
Hues created by combining two primary colors (orange, green, and violet)
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Composition
Definition
the organization of the formal elements in a work of art
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Contrapposto
Definition
The disposition of the human figure in which the hips and legs are turned in opposition to the shoulders and chest, creating counter-positioning of the body.
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Daguerreotype
Definition
One of the earliest forms of photography, made on a copper plate polished with silver.
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Foreshortening
Definition
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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Form
Definition
the literal shape and mass of an object or figure or more generally the materials used to make a work of art, the ways in which these materials are used in terms of the formal elements and the composition that results.
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Iconography
Definition
the study or description of images and symbols
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One -point linear Perspective
Definition
Lines are drawn on the picture plane in such a way as to represent parallel lines receding to single point on the viewer's horizon

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Two-point linear Perspective
Definition
When there are two vanishing points in a compostion
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Medium
Definition
Any material used to create a work of art or in painting, a liquid added to paint that makes it easier to manipulate.
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Technologies
Definition
"word" or "discourse" about art
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pigments
Definition
coloring agents
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metalpoint
Definition
one of the most common tools used in drawing in the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth century Italy
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Delineation
Definition
descriptive representation of the thing, seen through an outline or contour drawing
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Pencil
Definition
graphite enclosed in a cylinder of soft wood
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Conte Crayon
Definition
substitute for imported pencils
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pastel
Definition
chalk medium with colored pigment and a non-greasy binder added
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Wet Media
Definition
consists of a pigment which is the coloring agent, and a binder which holds the pigment together
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print
Definition
a single impression or example of an image that has been transferred through pressure onto paper from a matrix
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matrix
Definition
surface upon which the design has been created
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edition
Definition
multiple impressions made on paper from the same matrix
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original print
Definition
can be distinguished from a reproductive print in that the original artist created it and that it has been the artist or under the artist's supervision
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proofs
Definition
trial impressions made before the final edition is run- for personal use
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Relief
Definition
printmaking process in which the image to be printed is raised off the background in reverse.
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sizing
Definition
brushing the surface with an astringent crystalline substance called alum that reduces the absorbency of the paper so that ink will not run along its fibers
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wood engraving
Definition
"whiteline" technique in which the fine, narrow grooves cut into the block do not hold ink
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Linocut
Definition
similar to a woodcut, except ,with block is made of linoleum instead of wood
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registration
Definition
in woodcut, color can also be added to a linocut print by creating a series of different blocks, one for each different color, each of which has been aligned.
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Intaglio
Definition
the areas to be printed are below the surface of the plate
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stippling
Definition
instead of lines, dots are employed in greater and greater density the deeper and darker the shadow
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Engraving
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accomplished by pushing a small V-shaped metal rod across a metal plate, usually of copper or zinc, forcing the metal up in slivers in front of the line
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burin
Definition
V-shaped metal rod
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etching
Definition
much more fluid and free process than engraving and is capable of capturing something of the same sense of immediacy as the sketch
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ground
Definition
acid-resistant substance, paint like material that make the support surface smoother or more uniform in texture
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drypoint
Definition
a form of intaglio that is scratched into copper plate with a metal point that is pulled across the surface, not pushed as in engraving
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burr
Definition
ridge of metal
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mezzotint
Definition
intaglio process in which the plate is first ground all over using a sharp curved tool, leaving a burr over the entire surface that if inked, would result in a solid black print
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rocker
Definition
sharp curved tool
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aquatint
Definition
relies for its effect not on line, but rather on tonal areas of light and dark
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Lithography
Definition
stone writing
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planographic print -making process
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printing surface is flat
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silkscreens
Definition
formally known as serigraphs in which no expensive, heavy machinery is needed to make a serigraph
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Monotype
Definition
use both a plate and a press in the making of an image, once it is printed, it can never be printed again
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support
Definition
surface on which the artist paints
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solvent/vehicle
Definition
thinner that enables the paint to flow more readily and that also cleans brushes
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encaustic
Definition
one of the oldest painting media ,made by combining pigment with a binder of hot wax
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fresco
Definition
preferred medium for wall painting for centuries in which pigment is mixed with limewater and then applied to a lime plaster wall that is either still wet or hardened and dry.
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giornate
Definition
a day's work
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tempera
Definition
medium made by combining water, pigment, and some gummy material, usually egg yolk
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denotation
Definition
clearly before us
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didacticism
Definition
its ability to teach, to elevate the mind
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oil paint
Definition
can be blended on the painting surface to create a continuous scale of tones and hues
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Watercolor
Definition
one of the most expressive of painting media made by applying pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum arabic to dampened paper
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gouache
Definition
watercolor mixed with chinese white chalk
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acrylic
Definition
materials used to make plastic mixed with turpentine
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mixed media
Definition
purposefully combined various media
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collage
Definition
process of pasting or gluing fragments of printed matter, fabric, natural material-anything that is relatively flat-onto the two-dimensional surface of a canvas or panel
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combine painting
Definition
high relief collage
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buon fresco
Definition
pigment is mixed with lime water and applied to a wet plaster wall
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fresco secco
Definition
pigment is applied to a dry wall
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photography
Definition
writing with light
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photogenic drawing
Definition
process for fixing negative images on paper coated with light-sensitive chemicals
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wet-plate collodion
Definition
in a darkened room, poured liquid collodion made of pyroxyline dissolved in alcohol or then over a glass plate bathed in a solution of silver nitrate which then had to be prepared, exposed and developed all within 15 minutes and while still wet.
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zone system
Definition
framework for understanding exposures and development and visualizing their effect in advance
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aperature
Definition
size of the opening of the lens
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editing
Definition
process of arranging the sequences of a film after is has been shot in its entirety
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shots
Definition
a continuous sequence of film frames
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full shot
Definition
shows the actor from head to toe
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Medium shot
Definition
from the waist up
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close-up
Definition
head and shoulders
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extreme close-up
Definition
a portion of the face
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iris shot
Definition
the frame slowly opens in a widening circle as a scene begins or slowly blacks out in a shrinking circle to end a scene
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pan
Definition
panoramic vista in which the camera moves across the scene from one side to the other
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traveling shot
Definition
camera moves back to front or front to back
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flashback
Definition
the editor cuts to narrative episodes that are supposed to have taken place before the start of the film
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Cross-cutting
Definition
editor moves back and forth between two separate events in ever-shorter sequences, the rhythm of shots becoming furiously paced
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story-boards
Definition
panels of rough sketches outlining the shot sequences- for each of the movie's scenes
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animation
Definition
bringing to life
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auteurs
Definition
authors
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low relief
Definition
any sculpture that extends from the plane behind it less than 180 degrees
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high relief
Definition
project forward from their base by at least half their depth and often several elements will be fully in the round
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frieze
Definition
sculptural band
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sculpture-in-the-round
Definition
meant to be seen from all sides and the viewer must move around it
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environment
Definition
sculptural space into which you can physically enter either indoors or out-of-doors
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installation
Definition
sculptural space into which you can enter indoors
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earthwork
Definition
sculptural space into which you can physically enter out-of-doors
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ceramics
Definition
all works made of clay
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firing
Definition
baking ceramics at temperatures normally ranging between 1200 to 2700 degrees fahrenheit
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kiln
Definition
oven designed especially for firing
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lost-wax process/cire-perdue
Definition
one of the most complicated processes for casting metal perfected by the Greeks
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investment
Definition
a mixture of water, plaster, and powder made from ground-up pottery
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replacement process
Definition
casting
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happenings
Definition
assemblages of events performed or perceived in more than one time and place
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functional objects
Definition
many so-called "craft" media-ceramics, glass, fiber, metal, and wood in particular
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slab construction
Definition
clay is rolled out flat, rather like a pie crust, and then shaped by hand
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earthenware
Definition
made of porous clay and fired at low temperatures and must be glazed if it is to hold liquid
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stoneware
Definition
impermeable to water because it is fired at high temperatures and it is commonly used for dinnerware today
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porcelain
Definition
fired at the highest temperatures of all, is a smooth-textured clay that becomes virtually translucent and extremely glossy in finish during firing
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weaving
Definition
a technique for constructing fabrics by means of interlacing horizontal and vertical threads
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warp
Definition
vertical threads
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weft/woof
Definition
horizontal threads
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embroidery
Definition
fiber art that is made by needlework
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embossing
Definition
reverse of repousse
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repousse
Definition
design was realized by hammering the image from the reverse side
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realism
Definition
more the representation resembles what the eye sees
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photorealistic
Definition
when a painting is so realistic that it appears to be a photograph
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sublime
Definition
if it captured an immensity so large that it could hardly be comprehended by the imagination
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naturalism
Definition
brand of representation in which the artist retains apparently realistic elements
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symbols
Definition
represent something more than their literal meaning
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contour line
Definition
is indicated by a 3-D form
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outline
Definition
a shape can be indicated by this mean
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negative shape
Definition
the ground
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positive shape
Definition
figure that commands attention
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negative space
Definition
empty space that acquires a sense of volume and form by means of the outline or frame that surrounds them
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vanishing point
Definition
parallel lines receding to a single point on the viewer's horizon
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vantage point
Definition
where the viewer is positioned
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frontal
Definition
when the vanishing point is directly across from the vantage point, where the viewer is positioned the recession is this
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diagonal
Definition
if the vanishing point is to one side or the other, the recession is this
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oblique projection
Definition
system other than linear perspective used in Japanese art as a way of projecting space
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axonometric projection
Definition
means of projecting space used by architects and engineers
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chiaroscuro
Definition
to render the effects of light
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modeling
Definition
use of chiaroscuro to represent light falling across a curved or rounded surface
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Highlights
Definition
directly reflects the light source indicated by white and the various degrees of shadow , noted by darker and darker areas of black
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