Art Definition

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Art

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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.

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Perception

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the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.

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Aesthetics

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a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art

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Artifact

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an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

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Style

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a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.

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Color

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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.

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Line

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a straight or curved continuous extent of length without breadth.

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Composition

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the nature of something’s ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

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Shape

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the external form or appearance characteristic of someone or something; the outline of an area or figure.

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Texture

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the external form or appearance characteristic of someone or something; the outline of an area or figure.

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Medium

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a liquid (e.g., oil or water) with which pigments are mixed to make paint.

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Photography

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the art or practice of taking and processing photographs.

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Form

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the visible shape or configuration of something.

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Hue

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a color or shade.

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Value

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the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color.

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Intensity

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the measurable amount of a property, such as force, brightness, or a magnetic field.

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Mass

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a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.

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Size

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the relative extent of something; a thing’s overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

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Rhythm

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a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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Harmony

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the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

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Variation

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a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits.

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Balance

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harmony of design and proportion

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Symmetry

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the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

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Asymmetry

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lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.

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Unity

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the state of being united or joined as a whole.

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Compare

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estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between.

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Contrast

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light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc

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Juxtaposition

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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Sculpture

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the art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

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Ajacent color

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also called analogous colors refers to the use of compatible color combinations that blend well together and are near each other on the color wheel (e.g. yellow, to yellow orange, to orange). These colors are more subdued and are not bright vivid colors.

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Monochromatic color scheme

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all the colors (tints, tones, and shades) of a single hue.

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Dichromatic color scheme

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Colours) able to perceive only two (instead of three) primary colours and the mixes of these colours

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Trichromatic color scheme

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Of, relating to, or having three colors, as in photography or printing.