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Art Vocab

Terms

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Dada
No definition/ undefined
Assemblage
An artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together found objects
Appropriation
To take possession of another's imagery (or sounds), often without permission, reusing it in a context which differs from its original context, most often in order to examine issues concerning originality or to reveal meaning not previously seen in the original
Abstraction
Imagery which departs from representational accuracy, to a variable range of possible degrees, for some reason other than something apprearing to be true
Photomontage
A single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or overlapping many pictures or designs of photographs
Typography
The design, arrangement, style, and appearance of type matter
Overpainting
A finishing layer of paint applied over another layer of paint, or under layer, once it has dried (or painting over a collage)
Chance/ Random
A lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability in non-scientific parlance
Composition
The plan, placement or arrangement of the elements of art in a work
Contemporary
Current, belonging to the same period of time. Usually referring to our present time, but can refer to being current with any specified time
Modernism
An art movement characterized by the deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Manifesto
A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions
Negative Space
Empty space in an artwork
Collage
A picture or design created by adhering such basically flat elements as newspaper, wallpaper, printed text and illustrations, photographs, cloth, string, etc., to a flat surface

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