Vocabulary Flashcards
the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
Art
the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
Perception
a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.
Aesthetics
an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
Artifact
a way of painting, writing, composing, building, etc., characteristic of a particular period, place, person, or movement.
Style
the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light.
Color
a long, narrow mark or band.
Line
a work of music, literature, or art.
Composition
the external form or appearance characteristic of someone or something; the outline of an area or figure.
Shape
the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.
Texture
the intervening substance through which impressions are conveyed to the senses or a force acts on objects at a distance.
Medium
the art or practice of taking and processing photographs.
Photography
the visible shape or configuration of something.
Form
the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
Light
a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
Shadows
a color or shade.
Hue
the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color.
Value
the strength or sharpness of a color due especially to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.
Intensity
any of the main portions in a painting or drawing that each have some unity in color, lighting, or some other quality.
Mass
the relative extent of something; a thing’s overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.
Size
the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress.
Rhythm
the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.
Harmony
a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits.
Variation
harmony of design and proportion.
Balance