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Into to Visual Art
Introduction to Visual Art
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Visual Art | expression incorporating images and/or graphics |
| Fresco Painting | using water-based paint on fresh wet plaster so the paint becomes a permanent part of the wall |
| Relief Sculpture | sculpture in which carved figures protrude from a flat background plane |
| Fine Art | art concerned with the notion of beauty as opposed to function |
| Applied Art | art which exists to serve a primary purpose other than beauty |
| Aesthetics | principles concerned with beauty |
| Color Wheel | reference tool for artists showing which colors complement each other |
| Headroom | space in a photograph above a subject |
| Rule of Thirds | artistic concept which requires mentally dividing an image using two vertical lines and two horizontal lines, creating nine equal blocks and placing focal points on the lines and at the intersections. |
| Print Media | publications produced in a tangible, physical form |
| Digital Media | publications produced and distributed using computers |
| Serif Font | font with short crosslines at the upper and lower ends of letters |
| Sans Serif Font | font without crosslines at the upper and lower ends of letters |
| Image Resolution | term referring to the number of pixels in an image |
| Quote Process | process of estimating the cost of a production |
| Proofing | process of creating a trial image or print to check for mistakes |