Art Definitions

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Arts

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Something the looks good to the senses

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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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Aesthetic

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concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

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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 manner of doing something

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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 long, narrow mark or band.

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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 feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.

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Medium

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an agency or means of doing something.

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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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having the form of.

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Light

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the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

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Shadows

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dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

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Hue

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A color or shade

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Value

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the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

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Intensity

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the quality of being intense

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Mass

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3 dimensional shape having bulk

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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 withheld certain limits

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Balance

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an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady

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Proportion

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a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

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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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Chiaroscuro

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the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting

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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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the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association

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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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Full around sculpture

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Sculpture in the Round. a type of sculpture in which the figures are presented in complete three-dimensional form and are not attached to a flat background (unlike relief). The principal types of sculpture in the round are statues, busts, and sculptural groups.

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Relief sculpture

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Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane.

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Ephemeral art

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Early land art and all sand sculptures, ice sculptures and chalk drawings on footpaths are examples of ephemeral art.

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Pointillism

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Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.

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Cubism

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Cubism is an early-20th-century art movement which brought European painting and sculpture historically forward toward 20th century Modern art.

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Complementary colors

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The three traditional sets of complimentary colors, as derived from the Red-Yellow-Blue color model, are red and green, yellow and purple, and orange and blue

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Adjacent colors

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Adjacent colors, 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

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Monochromatic color scheme

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Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, grey or black.

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Dichromatic color scheme

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A color scheme possessing or exhibiting two colors. The colors do not have to conform to a structured relationship such as a complimentary color scheme. A diadic or diad color scheme uses two colors that are separated by one color on the color wheel

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Trichromatic color scheme

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A trichromatic color scheme consists of three colors. The term is often used to refer to the red, green, and blue color receptors in human vision

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Neutral color scheme

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There is no rule that all neutral colors must be light. If you're asked to name a neutral color, your first answer would most likely be beige or tan. Dark colors can be considered neutral, too. Dark neutrals include charcoal gray, dark brown, deep gold, navy blue, and black.

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Accented neutral color scheme

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The addition of light blue creates an "Accented Analogous" color scheme. Color schemes can contain different "Monochromatic" shades of a single color; for example, a color scheme that mixes different shades of green, ranging from very light (white), to very neutral (gray), to very dark (black)