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Abstraction
derivative or referential of a source image
Shallow Space
somewhere between flat and fully dimensional
Self-Similar
f you zoom in, you see the same image over and over again; self-similar refers to repeating the same pattern at every scale.
Orthogonal Lines
represent receding parallels, diagonal lines projected from VP
Isometric Projection
used in technical drawing and drafting
Vertical front edge, non-converging side planes, less apparent distortion than oblique projection
Oblique Projection
engineering and architectural applications, seen in Asian art
Flat, frontal, no converging sides, and,
Subjective Perspective
Of the imaginary, irrational, simultaneous multiple views, fanciful, some using mechanical devices
Arial or Atmospheric Perspective
The illusion of deep space by lightening values, softening details and textures, reducing value contrasts and neutralizing colors in objects as they recede.
Value
The relative degree of light and dark, here as articulated in with lighting and shading
Chiaroscuro
Italian for “bright-dark”, dramatic contrasts of light and shade. Used as a device to model the figure and forms (draping), as well as for spiritual and narrative impact.
In Caravaggio’s case, his intense chiaroscuro is known as “Tenebrism”. Makes value an instrument of exaggeration characteristic of Baroque strong contrasts, drama.
Additive Color
Color as the direct product of light; theater, most digital screens, digital photography
Red, Green, Blue (RGB)
Subtractive Color
color is perceived as a result of pigment; paint and most print media
Print- Cyan, magenta, Yellow, Black (CMYK)
Paint- Red, Yellow, Blue (RYB)
Simultaneous Contrast
When 2 colors come into direct contact, the contrast intensifies the difference between them.
The 3 Visual Properties of Color
HUE- color
SATURATION- amount of color, intensity
VALUE- light/dark
Analogous Color
Closely related Hues -by positon on the spectrum (& color wheel)
Halftone Dots
A halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size, in shape or in spacing.
Serial Imagery
the use of repeated, identical or near identical images to evoke time, sequence, seriality; arranged in a series.
Ideogram
a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indication the sounds used to say it.
Hypertext
the presentation of information as a linked network of nodes which readers are free to navigate in a non-linear fashion. Coined by Ted Nelson in the 1960’s.
Phenomenal transparency
he illusion of transparency, is created with spatial or pictorial leaving something that is not really transparent, but ambiguous. An in-between state,
