Glossary of visual arts terms meaning and definition

 

 

Glossary of visual arts terms meaning and definition

 

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Glossary of visual arts terms meaning and definition

 

  • abstract art
  • abstract expressionism
  • achromatic
  • acrylic (acrylic resin)
  • additive color mixture
  • aerial/atmospheric perspective
  • aesthetic
  • aesthetics
  • airbrush
  • analogous colors or analogous hues
  • art deco
  • art nouveau
  • ascender
  • asymmetrical balance
  • avant-garde
  • axis
  • balance
  • baroque
  • baseline
  • bauhaus
  • binder
  • bit depth
  • bitmap
  • bold face
  • calligraphy
  • cap height
  • caricature
  • cartoon
  • center of interest
  • chiaroscuro
  • circle
  • cmyk
  • collage
  • color
  • color gamut
  • color scheme
  • color separation
  • compass
  • complementary colors
  • composition
  • concordant
  • conflicting
  • content
  • contour
  • contrapposto
  • contrast
  • contrasting
  • cool colors
  • copy
  • copyright
  • core shadow
  • corporate identity package
  • cross-hatching
  • cubism
  • cursive
  • curvilinear
  • decorative type
  • depth of field
  • desceen
  • descrender
  • design
  • distortion
  • dummy
  • edition
  • embossing
  • emphasis
  • engraving
  • etching
  • expressionism
  • fair use
  • figure
  • fixative
  • flat plan
  • foreground
  • foreshortening
  • form
  • french curve
  • frisket
  • frontal
  • galleys
  • gesso
  • giclee
  • golden mean/golden section
  • grey scale
  • ground
  • halftone
  • hard-edge
  • hatching
  • hierarchic proportion
  • high key
  • horizon
  • horizon line
  • hue
  • icon
  • illustration
  • impressionism
  • informal balance, asymmetrical balance
  • intaglio
  • intensity
  • intermediate color
  • kerning
  • layout design
  • leading
  • lens
  • letterhead
  • linear perspective
  • lithography
  • local color
  • logo
  • low key
  • mass
  • mat
  • matte
  • medium
  • mixed media
  • modeling
  • monochromatic
  • montage
  • narrative
  • negative shape
  • neutrals
  • novelty or decorative type
  • offset printing
  • oil paint
  • opaque
  • osha, occupational safety and health administration
  • overlapping
  • painterly
  • panorama
  • pantone
  • patina
  • photo montage
  • picture plane
  • pigment
  • point
  • point of purchase display
  • point of view
  • pointillism
  • pop art
  • portfolio
  • positive shape
  • positive space
  • primary colors
  • primer
  • proof
  • proportion
  • public domain
  • public service announcement (p.s.a.)
  • radial balance
  • raster
  • realism
  • registration
  • relief printing
  • reproduction
  • resolution
  • rgb (r) red (g) green (b) blue
  • rhythm
  • roughs
  • sans serif
  • saturation
  • scale
  • schema
  • scratchboard
  • screenprinting (serigraphy
  • script
  • secondary colors
  • serif
  • shade
  • shape
  • sphere
  • square
  • storyboard
  • stump or stomp
  • stylization
  • stylized
  • subtractive color mixture
  • surrealism
  • symbol
  • symmetrical balance
  • template
  • tertiary
  • texture
  • three-dimensional
  • thumbnail
  • tint
  • tracking
  • triangle
  • two-dimensional
  • typography
  • unity
  • value
  • value key
  • value scale
  • vanishing point
  • vector
  • vehicle
  • visualize
  • volume
  • warm colors
  • wash
  • x-height

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