Art vocabulary
A drawing, painting or photograph of an arrangements of objects
Still-life
Pertaining to opinion
Subjective
Something That stands for or represents something else
Symbol
When a space is balanced by having mirror-images in both halves
Symmetry
The quality of a surface; how it feels to the touch
Texture
The darkness or lightness of color
Value
A line whose direction goes straight up and down
Vertical
An emotional or gut reaction
Visceral
Lines that will never touch each other even if extended indefinitely
Parallel
Lines that exist at 90 degree angles to each other
Perpendicular
Painting or photograph of a person posing for the artist
Portrait
An object or objects that appear to be focal points
Positive space
To repeat something many times
Repetition
Art that intentionally resembles a person, place, or thing
Representational
Art that doesnt intentionally look like a person, place or thing
Abstract Art
Pertaining to beauty
Aesthetic
Having two or more possible meanings;vague;unclear
Ambiguous
Objects that are behind other objects, usually only in representational art
Collage
Shapes that share a common enter or the same type of shape repeated one inside the other
Concentric shapes
The outline shape of an object
Contour
A significant difference between two things
Contrast
Deepness
Depth
Objects that are near the front, usually on,y representational art
Foreground
A gradual change. In art usually means a gradual change for light to dark
Gradation
A line that goes from left to right without a slanting up or down
Horizontal
A depiction of a scene from nature that might include trees, valleys, mountains, lakes, etc.
Landscape
A symbol for a business or corporation
Logo
The materials used to make a particular piece
Medium
Art work composed of one color
Monochrome
Small pieces of tile, wood, paper, etc. glued closely together on a flat surface. Similar to a collage, but pieces are usually small and do not overlap
Mosaic
Anything that anybody says is art, is art , as long as there is an artist and a viewer who plays his or her part in the process
Mr Fama's definition of art
The area the surrounding positive space
Negative space