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- applique
- An alien material applied to the surface of an art object or painting for
ornamentation.
- bas-relief
- Low relief; sculpture in which figures project slightly from the
background.
- cameo
- A gem on which a design has been engraved in relief.
- caricature
- A picture ludicrously exaggerating the qualities, defects, or
peculiarities of a person or idea.
- cartoon
- A humorous sketch or drawing usually telling a story or caricaturing some
person or action. In fine arts, a preparatory sketch or design for a picture or ornamental
motif to be transferred to a fresco or tapestry.
- chiaroscuro
- The rendering of light and shade in painting; the subtle gradations and
marked variations of light and shade for dramatic effect; also, a woodcut print produced
from two blocks, each of a different tone of the same color.
- colors, complementary
- Two colors at opposite points on the color scale, for example, orange and
blue, green and red.
- colors, primary
- Red, yellow, and blue, the mixture of which will yield all other colors
in the spectrum but which themselves cannot be produced through a mixture of other colors.
- colors, secondary
- Orange, green, and purple, colors produced by mixing two primary colors.
- composition
- The organization of the parts of a work into a unified whole.
- dry point
- A technique of engraving, using a sharp-pointed needle, that produces a
furrowed edge resulting in a print with soft, velvety lines.
- engraving
- The art of producing printed designs through various methods of incising
on wood or metal blocks, or through photographic processes.
- etching
- The technique of engraving designs on metal blocks through the corrosive
action of acids.
- figure
- A representation of a human or an animal form.
- foreshortening
- Reducing or distorting in order to represent three-dimensional space as
perceived by the eye, according to the rules of perspective.
- fresco
- The technique of painting on moist lime plaster with colors ground in
water or a limewater mixture.
- genre painting
- A realistic style of painting in which everyday life forms the subject
matter, as distinguished from religious or historical painting.
- highlight
- On a represented form, a point of most intense light.
- high relief
- Sculptured relief in which areas strongly project from the background,
almost becoming a sculpture in the round.
- impasto
- In painting, the thick application of paint; in ceramics, the application
of enamel or slip to a ceramic object to form a decoration in low relief.
- inlaying
- The decoration of an object with fine materials set into its surface.
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- landscape
- The genre of painting in which natural scenery is the subject.
- lithography
- A printing process in which ink impressions are taken from a flat stone
or metal plate prepared with some greasy or oily substance.
- middle distance (middle ground)
- The represented space in a picture between background and foreground.
- modeling
- The formation of an image in clay, wax, etc., to be reproduced in some
more durable material, such as bronze; also, the representation of a structure, such as a
building.
- monochrome
- A painting or drawing with a single color in different shades.
- monotype
- A single print made from a metal or glass plate on which has been painted
an image in paint, ink, etc.
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- palette
- A flat surface used by a painter to mix colors, traditionally oblong with
a hole for the thumb; also, a range of colors used by a particular painter.
- paste
- A soft, subdued color; a dry paste made of ground pigments, chalk, and
gum water formed into a stick; also, a drawing made with such a stick.
- perspective
- A method of representing three-dimensional volumes and spatial
relationships on a flat surface.
- photoengraving
- A photographic process of preparing plates in relief for letterpress
printing.
- polychrome
- Of many or various colors.
- primary colors
- See colors, primary.
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- relief
- The projection of an image or form from its background. In painting or
drawing, the apparent projection of parts conveying the illusion of three dimensions; in
printing, any process in which ink impressions are produced from the high areas of a
prepared printing block.
- scumbling
- A painting technique in which parts are overlayed with opaque or
semiopaque color applied lightly with an almost dry brush.
- secondary colors
- See colors, secondary.
- stenciling
- A method of producing images or letters from sheets of cardboard, metal,
or other materials from which images or letters have been cut away.
- still life
- The representation of inanimate objects in painting, drawing, or
photography.
- tempera
- A painting technique in which an emulsion of water and egg yolk, or egg
and oil, is used as a binding medium.
- texture
- The visual and tactile quality of a work of art effected through the
particular way the materials are worked; also, the distribution of tones or shades of a
single color.
- tone
- The effect of the harmony of color and values in a work, for example,
warm or cold tones.
- trompe l'oeil
- In painting, the fine, detailed rendering of objects to convey the
illusion of spatial and tactile qualities.
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- values
- In painting, the degree of lightness or darkness in a color.
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