Visual Art Vocabulary M-W

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Mass

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The outside size and bulk of an object such as a building or a sculpture; the visual weight of an object.

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Maquette

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A preliminary model (as a sculpture or building) usually small

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Media/medium

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1. plural of medium referring to materials to make works of art 2)classifications of artwork such as painting printmaking sculpture film Etc

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Middle ground

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Area of a two-dimensional work of art between foreground (closest to the front) and background (furthest receded

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Mixed media

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An artwork in which more than one type of art material is used

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Monocromatic

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Use of only one Hue or color that can vary in value or intensity

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Mood

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The state of mind or emotion communicated in a work of art for color composition media scale size etc

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Movement

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The principle of design that deals with the creation of action

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Motif

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A repeated pattern often creating the sense of rhythm

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Multimeda

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Computer programs that involve users in the design and organization of text Graphics video and sound in one presentation

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Negative space

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Shapes or space that are or represent the areas unoccupied by objects

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Neutral colors

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Black white gray and variations of brown. they are included in the color family called Earth colors

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Nonobjective

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Having no recognizable objects or subject also non-representational

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Oils

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Oil based pigment use with paint thinner, turpentine or other non water-based Suspension

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One point perspective

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A way to show 3D objects on a 2d surface Lines appear to go away from the viewer meet at a single point on the horizon known as a vanishing point

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Organic

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Refers to shapes or forms not of geometric shape, having an irregular edges, surfaces or objects similar to natural forms

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Pattern

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A design, image, or shape repeated in a predictable combination

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Perspective

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A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in a spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface

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Performance art

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A type of Art in which event or events are planned and enacted before an audience for aesthetic reasons

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Point of view

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The angle from which a viewer sees the objects or scene in an image

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Portfolio

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a systematic organized collection of artwork usually student artwork

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Positive

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shapes or spaces in an image that represent solid objects and forms

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Primary color

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Red yellow and blue from these, all other colors are created

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Printmaking

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The transference of an image from one surface (plate or black) to another (usually paper) using ink

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Principals of design

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A design concept describing the ways in which elements of an image are arranged I e balance contrast dominance emphasis movement repetition Rhythm variation Unity

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Properties of color

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The characteristics of color that are perceived Hue value and intensity

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Reflection

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Personal and thoughtful consideration of an artwork, an aesthetic experience, or the creative process

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Proportion

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The scale relationships of one part to the whole and one part to another. in images of figures, the appropriate balance between size and body and its limbs

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Rythm

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Repetitive visual elements that achieve a special effect

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Rubric

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A guide for judgment or scoring a description of expectations

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Scale

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Relative size, proportion; the determination of measurements of Dimensions within a design or artwork

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Secondary colors

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Colors that are created by mixture of two primary colors: red and yellow make orange yellow and blue make green blue and red make violet

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Sculpture

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Three-dimensional artwork to be seen either in the round from all sides or as a bas relief( a low relief in which figures protrude only slightly from the background)

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Shade

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A color produced by the addition of black

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Shape

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A two-dimensional area or plain that may be open or closed. freeform or geometric or created by humans

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Space

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The area between, around ,above, below, or contained within objects. Spaces are areas defined by the shapes and forms around them and within them, just a shapes and forms are defined by the space around and within them

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Still life

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A specific type of visual artwork representing one or more inanimate objects

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Structure

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The way parts are arranged or put together to form a whole

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Style

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A set of characteristics of the art of a culture, a School of Art; the characteristic expressions of individual artists or groups

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Symmetry

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A balance of Parts on opposite sides of a perceived midline, giving the appearance of equal visual weight

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Subtractive

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Artistic method accomplished by removing or taking away from the original creative material --the opposite of additive

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Texture

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The surface quality of materials either actual( tactile ) or implied (visual) it is one of the elements of art

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Theme

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A subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation

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Three dimensional

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Having height width and depth 3D

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Tone

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Color with gray added to it

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Tint

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a slight or pale coloration; A variation of a color produced by adding white to it and is characterized by a low saturation and high lightness

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Two point perspective

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A visual system of representation designed to show 3D objects on a 2d surface.this illusion of space and volume utilizes to vanishing point on the horizon line

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Unity

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A principle of design that connects a variety of elements of art and principles of design into a work of art with Harmony and balance

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Value scale

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A value scale shows the range of values from black to white and light to dark

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Value

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Lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color. a value scale shows the range of values from black to white and light to dark

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Vanishing point

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In perspective drawing a point at which receding lines seem to converge.

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Variety

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A principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in a different ways to create interest

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Visual metaphor

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Images in which charactertics of objects are likened to one another and presented as that other. they are closer related to concepts about symbolism

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Warm colors

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Color suggesting warmth such as Reds yellows and oranges

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Volume

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Describe space within a form such as that of a container or building

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Watercolor

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A transparent pigment use with water anything done with this medium are known as...