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3-D Design Terms
Vocabulary terms for the final exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Elements of Design | The qualities of a design that can be seen and worked with independently of the formal/compositional content |
| Form | The volume and shape of a three-dimensional work, perhaps including unfilled areas that are integral to the work as a whole |
| Space | The three-dimensional field with which the artist works, including both filled and unfilled areas |
| Line | An area whose length is considerably greater than its width, or in which two planes are abutted |
| Texture | The tactile surface characteristics of a work of art that are either felt or perceived visually |
| Light | The natural or artificial agent/element that makes and influences visibility of art/design |
| Color | The property possessed by a material, an object, or light of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light |
| Principles of Design | Basic aesthetic considerations that guide the organizational aspect(s) of a composition/design/work of art |
| Repetition | The use and/or visual quality of the same or similar design/compositional feature(s) that appears numerous times in a composition |
| Variety | A principle of design in which parts are seemingly different but nonetheless have something in common in regard to the relationship of one or more compositional components |
| Rhythm | Unification of parts/components of a composition through measured repetition of visual accents |
| Balence | An equal and/or visually appealing distribution of visual weight in a composition |
| Emphasis | The stress placed on one or more areas of a composition, and/or its unifying visual theme |
| Economy | Deletion or lack of non-essential details to reveal the essence of a composition |
| proportion | The scale/size relationships of different parts of a composition |
| Abstract | Referring to art/design that simplifies, emphasizes, or distorts qualities of a real-life/tangible image or form, as opposed to art/design that attempts to represent its visual representations in an accurate manner |
| Additive | Three-dimensional works made by putting pieces of material(s) together to build a form |
| Asymmetrical Balance | Placement of non-identical forms or compositional components to either side of a balancing point in such away that the two or more sides have a pleasing or engaging visual weight quality |
| Bas-relief/Low-relief | Three-dimensional form that is marginally raised from a underlying surface/background |
| Content | The subject matter of a work of art/design, plus its emotional, intellectual, symbolic, spiritual, and/or narrative implications, as opposed to or in relation to its physical form |
| Directional Line | A line/linear characteristic that seems to guide the viewer’s eye along a particular visual path |
| Edge | A boundary where two planes or areas treated differently meet |
| Focal Point | The area(s) within a composition to which the eye is most compellingly drawn |
| Full-round/in the round | Compositions designed to be appreciated or viewed from all sides or points of view |
| Golden mean | According to ancient Greek aesthetics, an ideal proportional relationship between parts, whereby the smaller is to the greater is to the whole. This ratio is approximately 5:8 or 1:1.618 |
| Implied Volume | A characteristic(s) in a composition whereby a shape/form may be perceived to have a volumetric quality, whether the characteristic(s) has physical volume or not |
| Implied Line | A line/linear feature in a composition that is subtly perceived by the viewer but that has no physical or actual linear form |
| Malleable | Capable of being shaped; pliable |
| Non-malleable | Not capable of being shaped; non-pliable |
| Modeling | Shaping pieces from a pliable/malleable material by using the hands and/or tools |
| Maquette | A small(er)-scale model of a three-dimensional composition, usually developed as a preliminary step in the planning process of building a final same or related larger composition |
| Negative space | A physically unfilled area in a three-dimensional work |
| Non-object | Compositions or compositional characteristics that have no apparent relationship to objects from our three-dimensional world, natural or synthetic; non-representational art/design |
| Spatial-presence | The size and impact of the field in which a three-dimensional work is experienced –this field may not stop/end at the physical boundaries of the work |
| Three-Dimensional(3D) | Having physical height, width, and depth –two-dimensional lacks physical depth |
| Visual weight | The apparent lightness or heaviness of the whole or a portion of a composition |
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