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the art that springs out of the present-day events and passions of the society.
Contemporary art
emerged in the late 1800s and continued to grow for more or less a century.
Modern art
emergence of contemporary art give birth to what we know now as contemporary art
Postmodernism
subject is done the way it actually looks.
Realism
artist uses his or her imagination.
Distortion
breaks apart a subject and rearranges it in a different manner.
Abstraction
no subject at all-just an interplay of pure elements, like line, shape or color, and so on
Non Objectivism
a void, an emptiness which can either be positive or negative
Space
utilizes the properties of light and air in depicting the illusion of distance
atmospheric perspective
use of vanishing points and receding hidden lines
linear perspective
extension of a point, a short or long mark drawn or carved on a surface.
Line
used in order to define form.
Solid Lines
typically used to suggest hidden forms
Broken Lines
When the ends of a line meet, they form a shape.
Shape and Form
natural or living forms.
Organic Shape
measured forms.
Geometric Shape
sensation created by visible wavelengths of light caught in a prism.
Color
an arrangement of primary, secondary and tertiary colors.
Color wheel
basic or pure color
Hue
lightness and darkness of color
Value
brightness, and dullness of color
Saturation
degree of lightness and darkness of a color
Value
surface of an artwork
Texture
Movement can either be an illusion or an
actual motion.
Time and Motion
