chapter 4

subversive texture

What do we call textures that may be used to subvert or undermine our expectations of familiar and fixed notions or reality?

trompe l'oeil

a french term that translates in english to "trick the eye"

impasto

a layer of thick applied pigment, the most common painting technique that yields actual texture is called by what term?

invented texture

a version of visual texture that makes no reference to visible reality

tactile

actual texture is ________ ; it is physical

actual texture

actually related to the materials used to create the work

texture

derives from the latin word for "weaving"

pattern

texture can be used in concert with _________ - design based on the repetition or grouping of the visual elements in art

surface; touch

texture is used to describe the __________ character of a material and is experienced primarily through a sense of __________.

simulate the look and feel of actual surfaces and textures

the goal of visual texture

visual texture

the illusion of an actual texture