Art Terms 2
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- Asymmetry
- a balanced of parts o nopposite sides of a perceived midline, giving the appearance of equal visual weight
- Background
- the part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer
- Balance
- the way in which the elements in visual arts are arranged to create a feeling of equilibrium in an artwork
- Collage
- a work of art created by arranging and gluing assorted materials onto a flat surface
- Color
- the visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface
- Color wheel
- a circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors
- Contrast
- Differences between two or more elemets (e.g. value, color, texture) in a composition; juxtaposition of dissimilar elements in a work of art
- Design
- the plan, conception, or organization of a work of art
- Dominance
- an emphasis of one aspect, characteristic or quality in an image in relation to all others
- Elements of art
- the visual "tools" artists use to create art. The categories include line, color, shape, space,light and texture
- Monochromatic
- use of only one hue or color, that can vary in value or intensity
- Multimedia
- Computer programs that involve users in the design and organization of text, graphics, video, and sound in one presentation
- Oils
- oil-based pigment used with paint thinner, turpentine, or other non-water-based suspension
- One-point perspective
- a way to shoe 3-D objects on a 2-D surface, lines appear to go away from the viewer meet at a single point on the horizon known as the vanishing point
- Performance art
- a type of art in which an event or events are planned and enacted before an audience for aesthetic reasons
- Printmaking
- the transference of an image from one surface (plate or block) to another (usually paper) using ink
- Sculpture
- three-dimensional artwork to be seen either in the round (from all sides) or as a base relief (a low relief in which figures protrude only slightly from the background).
- Tint
- a slight or pale coloration
- Absorption
- interception of force or energy
- Melody
- a rhythmic succession of single tones organized into a cohesive or aesthetic whole
- Notation
- written documentation of musical notes indicating pitch and rhythm for performance
- Opera
- a drame set to music for voices and orchestra and presented with costumes and sets
- Performance
- the actual act of making music; sometimes used to mean a musical presentation
- Phrase
- a musical idea comparable to a sentence or a clause in language; may be complete or incomplete
- Pitch
- the location of a note in relation to its highness or lowness
- Production
- a performance of a work that involves staging-costumes, scenery, etc.-as well as music. The term may also refer to the costumes, scenery, and so on, as distinct from the music
- Program
- 1-an entire concert or recital (2) the printed booklet given to audience members at a concert, opera, recital, etc. (3) a literary text, a place, an event, or the like, on which a musical composition is based
- Recital
- a program by a soloist or by 2 performers (soloist and sccompanist, or a duo)
- Rhythm
- combinations of long ans short, or even or uneven sounds that establish a musical continuum and convey a sense of movement
- Score
- the organized notation of all of the instrumental and/or vocal parts of a composition
- Staff/Staves
- the horizontal lines on and between which notes are written
- Symphony
- a composition for orchestra, usually in four movements
- Tempo
- the pace at which music moves according to the speed of the underlying beat
- Texture
- the way something feels to the touch
- Theme and variation
- a compositional form in which a theme is clearly stated and is followed by a number of variations
- Timbre
- the color or quality of a musical tone
- Time Signature
- a sign used in music to indicate meter, usually written as a fraction with the bottom number indicating the kind of note to be played as a unit of time and the top number indicating the number of units in each measure
- Twelve-bar blues
- a chord pattern often used in blues music based on the 1st, 4th, and 5th, chords and teh blues scale in specific order within twelve bars.
- Vocal, vocalist
- vocal means of the voice; vocalist is a synonym for singer
- Abstract
- art that does not attempt to represet the appearance of objects, real or imaginary
- Canvas
- a strong cloth which, since the Renaissance, many artists have used as a surface for painting
- Complementary Colors
- colors which fall directly opposite each other on the color wheel. ex; blue/orange
- Primary Colors
- Blue,yellow,red. Colors from which all other colors are derived
- Secondary Colors
- colors made by mixing equal proportions of any two primary colors
- Composition
- the placement of forms, shapes, colors, and light and dark areas in a work of art
- Contour Lines
- outside and inside lines defining an image or shape
- Depth
- the illusion of space in a picture plane
- Focal point
- an area of an artwork that first attracts and usually sustains the viewer's attention
- Foreground
- in a scene or artwork, the part that seems closest to the viewer
- Geometric
- shapes and forms related to mathematical principles
- Genre
- subjects and scenes depicting everyday life
- Gesture
- the implication of motion in a shape
- Hue
- refers to the common name of the color such as red or green
- Horizon Line
- a level line where water or land seems to end and the sky begins
- Illustration
- work of art created to accompany a story or other literary work in print
- Impasto
- thick, opaque paint applied with a brush,knife or fingers, creating various textural fewtures on the surface of the painting
- Impressionism
- a style of painting that seeks to represent the momentary effects of sunlight on color
- Landscape
- the scenery of an inland area, a painting or drawing of the land or natural environment
- Lithograph
- a print made by drawing on a flat, porous limestone with greasy material, then applying greasy ink which adheres only to the drawn lines
- Medium
- the material used to make a work of art
- Mural
- a large painting or artwork, generally designed for and created on the wall or ceiling of a public building
- Palette
- a tray or board on which colors of paint are mixed
- Perspective
- a technique for creating the illusion of depth on a 2-D surface
- Portrait
- a picture of a person or images that portray a person
- Proportion
- the relationship of one object to another in size, shape, number or degree
- Realism
- a style in which an artists try to create an image that resembles the natural world
- Shape
- the outline of a figure or form
- Still Life
- an arrangement of fruit, flowers, food, or assorted objects
- Study
- a drawing that may be used to try out an idea or plan out another work
- Symbol
- something that stands for something else
- Tempera
- a type of paint made from a mixture of powdered pigments (colors), egg yolk, and distilled water