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Art 2 vocabulary
need to know words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foreground | The section of an image that is closest to the viewer, the "closest" parts of the image, usually in the lower half of the image. |
| Background | The part of the image that is the farthest from the viewer, behind the foreground, often faded from atmospheric perspective. Usually in the top half of the image. |
| Scale | The realative size of a work of art |
| Media | The materials the artist uses to make an artwork, such as: acrylic paint, charcoal, bronze, wool, etc. |
| Tints | Lighter colors, a color mixed with white |
| Shades | Darker colors, a color mixed with black |
| Subject | The main topic of a work of art, the sitter for a portrait, location for a landscape, etc. |
| Character | individual made up of personality traits, values and beliefs, physical attributes, clothing. character design is used in game design, comics and narrative art, film, and advertising. |
| Perspective | The representation in a drawing or painting of parallel lines as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance |
| Provenance | the history of ownership of a valued object or work of art or literature |
| Copyright | the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work) |
| Restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: as a : a restoration of something to its rightful owner b : a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury Usually refers to return of looted goods |
| Reappropriation | Reappropriation is the cultural process by which a group reclaims—re-appropriates—terms or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group |
| Juxtaposition | 1.put side by side: to place two or more things together, especially in order to suggest a link between them or emphasize the contrast between them |
| Stereotype | 3.reduce somebody to oversimplified category: to categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea |
| market | target audience of consumers for sale of a design or product |
| Representation | The specific manner in which a person, group of people, culture or object is presented to the viewer |
| Storyboard | a series of images and text used to sequence the plot of a movie, tvshow commercial, or graphic novel. |
| Dialogue | a conversation between two or more individuals or groups |
| Branding | identification of product with manufacturer: the use of advertising, distinctive design, and other means to make consumers associate a specific product with a specific manufacturer . |
| Inking | Using jet black to solidify the sketch of a storyboard or drawing into a finalized reproducible art. Includes outline as well as shading |
| Sketching | a method of drawing in which quick, loose marks are used to find the final form |
| Narrative, Plot | The storyline |
| Pitch | A short presentation that focuses on selling a product or idea. Creative professionals must use this to sell a product or concept before investing time and money to produce it. |
| Emphasis | The part of a work of art that the eye is drawn to due to use of color, light, line, and space. The most important visual component of the image |
| Balance | The use of visual weight by object color, size, and position to create sense of ease or disease in the viewer. |
| Positive Space | A solid object in an image |
| Negative space | The space around the solid object in an image |
| Cool colors | Blue Green Purple |
| Warm Colors | Yellow Orange Red |
| Color Scheme | The group of colors the artist has selected to use in a design or image, a limited palette |
| Concept | the idea behind a work of art |
| Value | Lightness or darkness of a color or mark |
| Line | Line quality can be thick or thin, horizontal, vertical, diagonal. Contour line is especially important in art. You should be able to describe the qualities of line used in a work of art. |
| Texture | the way an object feels to the touch, or the use of repeated visual marks to similulate the look and feel of an objects surface. |
| Proportion | The use of appropriate relative measurements i the depiction of an object ,landscape or person. |
| Rhythm | The use of repeated shapes, marks, or lines to give a piece cohesion |
| Unity | The use of color scheme and similar line quality, balance, and proportion makes a work of art "tie together" or seem "harmonious". Different parts of a work all "match". |
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