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art vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| naturalism | a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail. |
| negative space | is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space occasionally |
| op art | a form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and color, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. |
| over paint | cover with a layer of paint. |
| painterly | (of a painting or its style) characterized by qualities of color, stroke, and texture rather than of line. |
| Palette | a thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colors. |
| Photorealism | a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph. |
| picture plane | in perspective, the imaginary plane corresponding to the surface of a picture, perpendicular to the viewer's line of sight. |
| pigment | the natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue |
| Pointillism | a technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Georges Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of color. |
| pop art | art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values. |
| portrat | a painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders. |
| Postmodern art | a body of art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed in its aftermath In general, |
| Primitive art | art done by an untrained artist |
| rigger (brush) | an artist's long-haired sable brush. |
| Romanticism | a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. |
| sableline brush | light-colored ox hair dyed to resembled red sable. Lettering and watercolor brushes often use Sabeline mixed with Sable to lower the cost of a brush. |
| sable brush | The hair is obtained from the tail of the kolinsky (Mustela sibirica), a species of weasel rather than an actual sable. The "finest" brushes are made from the male hair only, but most brushes have a mix of about 60/40 male-to-female hair. |
| Scrubbing | to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing. |
| scumble | To soften the colors or outlines of (a painting or drawing) by covering with a film of opaque or semiopaque color or by rubbing. |
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