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Art Terms And Deffinitions

 

ABSTRACT:

AIRBRUSH:

AERIAL PERSPECTIVE:

ART DECO:

CANVAS:

CARICATURE:

COLLAGE:

COLOR:
COLOR CONSISTS OF 3 ATTRIBUTES:

1- HUE OR TINT  --  THE ACTUAL COLOR ITSELF; e.g., RED.

2- INTENSITY   -----  THE DEGREE OR PURITY, STRENGTH, OR SATURATION.

3- VALUE   ---------    THE LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS OF THE COLOR.

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR:

DRAGGING:

ETHNIC ART:

HORIZON LINE:

IMPASTO:

IMPRESSIONISM:

LACQUER:


MEDIUM:

MODERN/CONTEMPORARY ART:

MONOCHROMATIC:

MOTIF:

NEOCLASSICAL ART:


ORIENTAL:


OVERPAINTING:

PALETTE:


PALETTE KNIFE:

EXTENDED BORDER PRINTS:

LANDSCAPES:

SEASCAPES:

FLORALS:

STREET SCENES:

STILL LIFES:

PORTRAITS:

CLOWNS:

POINTILLISM:

PRIMITIVE ART:

STILL LIFE:

STRETCHER BAR:

TONDO:

TRIPTYCH:


VANISHING POINT: