ART 124A Vocabulary Flashcards
Additive colors
Pertaining to the light primaries of red, green, and blue (video color primaries)
Aesthetic
Pertaining to the philosophy of what is beauty, relating to its nature, creation and appreciation
Anatomy
The science of the morphology or structure of animals or plants
Animation
A motion picture made by a series of images each showing a different phase of movement
Asymmetrical
Without balance, or where one half of the picture is not the mirror image of the other
Atmospheric perspective
The effects of impurities in the atmosphere on how we see an object a.k.a. Arial
Axis
A real or imaginary straight line on which an object rotates or is regarded as rotating
Background
The space behind the subject in a portrait or still life. The part of the scene that is or seems to be the furthest away from the viewer
Balance
A state of equilibrium in amount, weight, value, importance between two or more parts of a thing. Or that which suggests the offsetting or contrasting of parts so as to produce an aesthetic equilibrium in the whole
Carving
The technique of cutting and abrading the surface of a block of material to shape it into a particular form, the creation of sculpture by cutting away hard materials such as stone or wood
Chiaroscuro
A use of light and dark in a painting or drawing to produce illusion of form or solidity
Color wheel
A conventional way to show the relationships of paint colors to one another by arranging them in a circle or wheel. Primary colors – red, yellow, blue Secondary colors – orange, green, Violet
Composition
The act of putting together a whole by combining parts, the total content of a work of art (includes the design)
Complementary colors
Colors opposite one another on the color wheel. Mixed together into grays. Mixed in full strength they produce dark gray or brown
Conceptual art
Art that may exist only as an idea and not necessarily as a physical reality
Contrapposto
Positioning or twisting of the human body so that hips, shoulder and head are turned in different directions to suggest movement and tension between parts of the body
Contrast
To compare so as to emphasize the differences
Craftsmanship
Skilled in workmanship, how well something is done
Critique
And analysis or evaluation of a subject requiring careful judgment
Cross-hatching
It text me quit uses intersecting parallel lines to create tone or shading affect
Cube
A solid having six equal sides
Curvilinear
A type of line that is characterized by curves
Cylinder
A solid described by the edge of a rectangle rotated around its axis
Design
The skillful layout or the arrangement of parts in a work of art
Elements of design: shape, color, texture, line, direction, value
Principles of design: unity, conflict, dominance, repetition, alternation, balance, harmony, gredation
Dominance
In design theory the resolution of conflicting ideas make one idea more important than the other. For example, in a drawing containing both circles and triangles, one or the other should be more important
Emphasis
Special attention given to something in order to make it stand out. To be given a particular prominence
Eye level
A plane parallel to the ground and passing through the observers eyes
Focal point
A center of interest in a picture
Font
The assortment of a type in size and in style. A set of glyphs or images representing the characters from some particular character set in a particular size and typeface
Foreground
The part of a scene or picture that appears nearest to the viewer
Foreshortening
To represent some lines of an object as shorter than they actually are in order to give the illusion of proper relative size, in accordance with the principles of perspective. To shorten a detail so it appears to have depth.
Form
The three-dimensional characteristics of an object, it’s height, width and depth
Format
The generalize arrangement or plan of something whether it be shape, size or type
Frontal
Of the front, the part of something that faces forward or is regarded as facing forward
Geometric forms
Forms that are characterized by straight lines, triangles, circles, or similar regular forms
Gesture
A movement or movement of the body or of its parts that express or emphasize ideas or emotions