Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Art vocab

Some art vocabulary for your notes (some of which we covered last week):

design
composition
line
shape
form
texture
value
color
hue
tint
shade
saturation/intensity
proportion/scale
emphasis
harmony/unity
variety
rhythm
balance
movement
foreground
background
complementary
contour
gesture
contrast
dominant
theme
motif
perspective
media
monochromatic
mood
tone
positive space
negative space
cool colors
warm colors
neutral colors
organic shapes
geometric shapes
performance art
video art
collage
assemblage
installation
painting
drawing
print
lithograph
sculpture
sculptor
primary colors
secondary colors
tertiary colors
still life
additive
subtractive
abstract
acrylic
oil
symmetry
asymmetry
art deco
art nouveau
atmospheric perspective
brushstroke
calligraphy
canvas
ceramics
charcoal
cubism
exhibition
expressionism
font
foreshortening
gallery
gesso
gouache
grayscale
horizon
icon
illustration
implied line
impressionism
landscape
medium
minimalism
mosaic
mural
palette
pastel
photorealism
point of view
pointillism
pop art
portrait
pottery
radial balance
realism
reproduction
self portrait
silhouette
sketch
stained glass
still life
surrealism
tension
trompe l'oeil
volume
wash
watercolor

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