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| Learning About Art |
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GLOSSARY |
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Asymmetrical balance - A composition organized where one half differs from the other.
Background - The area of a two-dimensional work of art that appears to be furthest away from the viewer.
Color - The reflection or absorption of light from a given surface.
Composition - The plan, placement, or arrangement of the objects in a work of art.
Contrast - The use of opposites—such as light and dark, rough and smooth—in close proximity to each other.
Emphasis - Any technique that stresses or gives dominance to a single feature or several features of an artwork.
Foreground - The area in a two-dimensional work of art that appears to be closest to the viewer.
Form - Three-dimensional object enclosing volume. Cubes, spheres, cones and pyramids are forms.
Genre Painting - The depiction of subjects and scenes from everyday life.
Geometric Shape - Any shape or form that is mathematical in origin.
Harmony - A way of combining elements of art in order to accent their similarities and join the aspects of a composition.
Hue - The name of a color.
Intensity - The purity and saturation of a color.
Landscape - A painting, photograph or other work that depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, forests, etc.
Middle ground - An area that lies between the foreground and the background in a two-dimensional picture or scene.
Organic Shape - A shape or form that might be found in nature.
Pattern - The repetition of any thing.
Portrait - A work of art that represents a specific person, group of people, or animal.
Rhythm - The look and feel of movement created through color, shape or line.
Shape - A two-dimensional area or plane.
Space - The distance or area between, around, above, below or within something.
Symmetrical balance - A composition in which one side duplicates, or mirrors, the other.
Texture - The way a surface feels (actual texture) or how it may look (implied texture)
Value - The lightness or darkness of a color. |
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