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HUE (COLOR)
1. a pure color, the quality of a color
2. the common name of a color
(i.e. red, yellow, blue)
3. hue also implies the temperature of a color
ILLUSORY SPACE
the imitation or visual reality created on a flat surface by
the use of perspective, light and dark shading, etc.
IMAGE
1. an imitation of representation of a person or thing,
drawn, painted, or photographed, etc., esp. a statue
2. a mental picture of something; conception,idea,
impression
3. a vivid representation, graphic depiction
INTERPRETATION
1. the expression of a person’s conception of a work of
art, subject, etc., through acting, playing, writing, or
criticizing
2. the act or result of explaining, translating, etc.
ITERATIVE PROCESS
A process for arriving at a decision or a desired result by
repeating rounds of analysis or a cycle of operations.
For example, in class a student’s work may be reviewed
by the faculty member and others in the class and then
the work is reconsidered based on that feedback
LINE QUALITY
the sensitivity and control of line variation to express
particular visual characteristics
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
the drawing of objects in line to suggest their three-
dimensionality and their existence in space
LOCAL COLOR
the natural color of an object as understood by the
mind; i.e. green grass, blue sky
MONOCHROMATIC
having only one hue, but varying in value and/or chroma
MOVEMENT
an implied visual sensation through repetition of an
element or through a progressive change of an element
ORGANIC SHAPE
free-flowing, curvilinear shapes frequently occurring
in nature
PAINTERLY
1. having the quality of expertly brushed workmanship
2. a term applied to the dominance of tonal masses
over line as a means of defining form in architecture,
painting and sculpture. Edvard Munch’s The Scream
is an example of a painterly style
PATTERN
repetition of an element or a motif, and/or the emphasis
of directional movements
PERSPECTIVE
Depiction of three-dimensional objects and spatial
relationships on a two-dimensional plane. In Western
art, illusions of volume and space are generally created
by use of the linear perspective system, based on the
observation that objects appear to shrink and parallel
lines to converge at an infinitely distant vanishing point
as they recede in space from the viewer.
PICTURE PLANE
The surface area of a drawing, painting, print, etc.
GEOMETRIC SHAPE
A shape that appears related to geometry.
Geometric shapes are usually simple,
such as the triangle, the rectangle, the
pentagon, and the circle.