Art Part 2

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Visual Communication and Design: Calligraphy

A form of art that expresses layers of meaning and feelings by means of the shape of the written letterforms.

Conceptual Art

Artwork emphasizes the ideas as the artwork just as much as how it was made.

Installation

Artwork is created by building and arranging objects in a specific location.

Lost-Wax Casting

Bronze-casting process relies on a modeled original form made from a pliable material.

Impasto

California artist Joan Brown uses this painting technique, created by applying thick layers of paint to a surface.

Dark Room

Develops negative films and make prints.

Sculpture: Modeling

In clay or wax is considered additive process because it builds up the work by adding more material.

Alternative Media and Processes: Performance Art

Incorporates music, dance, poetry, video and multimedia technology.

Fiber

Particular medium uses threads, fabrics and other textiles.

Tradition of Craft: Throwing

Piece of thrown pottery created by using a wheel.

Architecture: Aquaduct

Pont du Guard is a Roman contraction used for conveying water.

Printmaking: Relief Printing

Printmaking process where the image is carved out of a block (woodblock or linoleum block).

Coiling

Process of rolling out clay into long rope-like strands has been used to make fine ceramic objects since prehistoric times.

Photography: Camera Obscura

Projection of outside scenes.

Earthworks

Sculptures created using this method often require the movement of large amounts of soil from one location to another.

Nave

The central space of a cathedral or basilica and was commonly found in Gothic architecture.

Drawing: Medium (Plural: Media)

The material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of art also known as media.

Gesture Drawing

This drawing technique aims to identify and react to the main visual and expressive characteristics of its subject and the energy of the moment. Typically quick drawings.

Contour Drawing

This drawing technique aims to register the essential qualities of the form by rendering the outline of an object.

Etching

This intaglio process used acid to bite into the engraved design into the printing surface.

Typography

This is a visual form of printed letters, words and text.

Painting: Oil Paint

This paint is a by-product of flax production and first came into common use during the late Middle Ages and the Northern Renaissance. It has a slow drying time.

Fresco

This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place.

Monoprints or Monotypes

This process can be used to create a unique printed image, and involves a clean plate of metal or glass which the artist carefully inks the image then prints.

Film/Video and Digital Art: Stop-Action Animation

Using puppets, dolls, or models to create scenes in a movie.


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