Art Test One: Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Grouping | visual organization by similarity in location, orientation, shape, color, etc |
| Containment | unifying force created by outer edge of composition or boundary |
| Proximity | distance between visual elements or structures |
| Continuity | fluid connection among compositional parts |
| Closure | mind connects fragmentary information to produce a completed form |
| Repetition | using the same visual element or effect over and over |
| Symmetrical Balance | shapes are mirrored horizontally or vertically on both sides of centered axis |
| Radial Balance | shapes mirrored vertically and horizontally/center is focal point |
| Overall Pattern | equal emphasis over the whole/same weight or eye attraction everywhere |
| Asymmetrical Balance | equal eye attraction/dissimilar objects are equally interesting to the eye |
| Point | indicates position/has no length or breadth/does not occupy area of space |
| Line | point in motion/has length but no breadth/has position and direction/forms the border of a plane |
| Plane | path of a line in motion/has length and breadth but not thickness/has position and direction/bound by lines |
| Volume | path of a plane in motion/has position in space/bound by planes/illusory in two dimensional design |
| Actual Line | physically present in the design |
| Implied Line | suggested by positions of shapes or objects in a design/suggested by movement or gesture/not physically present |
| Psychic Line | no real line use/mental connection between two elements |
| Alternating Rhythm | successive patterns/same elements reappear in a regular order |
| Progressive Rhythm | repetition of a shape that changes in a regular manner |
| Scale | size |
| Proportion | relative size |
| Relative Size | objects of the same size look larger when they're closer to the viewer/creates the illusion of space/nearer objects are larger |
| Overlapping | opaque objects closer to the viewer prevent the viewer from seeing part of objects behind them/creates illusion of space/closer objects block farther ones |
| Transparency | nearby objects are transparent/allows the viewer to see more distant objects |
| Vertical Position | objects farther from the viewer are placed toward the upper edge of the composition |
| Atmospheric Perspective | using texture gradient, brightness gradient, color saturation, and warm and cool colors to create an indistinct and hazy effect which creates the illusion of distance |
| Linear Perspective | systems to portray 3D objects in 2D space/parallel lines appear to converge as they recede from the viewer |
| Geometric Shape | constructed mathematically |
| Organic/Biomorphic Shape | bounded by free curves/suggesting fluidity and growth |
| Rectilinear Shape | bound by straight lines and angular corners that are unrelated mathematically |
| Irregular Shape | bound by straight and curved lines which are not related to one another mathematically |
| Hand-Drawn Shape | calligraphic/created with the unaided hand |
| Accidental | created by special processes or materials/obtained accidentally |
| Direction | used to provoke agitation/arrangement of units to form directions |
| Position | positioned towards opposite borders of the frame of reference creating tension between the two |
| Space | encounter of positive and negative unit forms to create spacial contrast/can be pushed and squeezed/void or congested |
| Gravity | units dropping from high to low/stacking low to high/suggests gravitational pull/stable and unstable/static and moving/heavy and light |
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