art

a series of lines that follow the contours of the form

to create the impression of shapes and forms on a surface through the use of lines

the material with which an artist works (watercolor,oil paint,charcol)

3 dimensional objects may be depicted by means of lines drawn to follow their outlines

soft clusters of dots to develop areas of different values or colors

a soft form of carbon mixed with clay encased in wood

graphite,carcoal,silverpoint

thinking on paper,studying the proportions,lines and dynamic of gestures

revealing the artists hand at work their personality or energy

reflect movements and skill

fine texured,grease free stick made from powdered graphite and clay. Red ocher,soot and blackstone is added for color.

binding agent used to make pastels

a chalky stick made with powdered pigment plus filler. deposits massive color when rubbed on textured paper

italian for a smoky appearence that softens lines and contours

a full sized drawing done as a model for a painting

natually ocuring deposit of calcium carbonate and varying minerals,built up from fossil seashells

coating a drawing to prevent smudging

charred wood or vines in varying widths and hardness,moves freely across the paper

15th and 16th centuries;a hard finely pointed rod in a holder. The paper is coated w/a white pigment that will hold the grains of metal

ink

drawing done with liquid medium usually ink...it produces uniform or varied lines according to pressure and direction of pen.

thinned with water or spirit to soften or diluite lines

application of ink without any penned marks(oriental)

places great emphasis on direct spiritual experience. The unity of all underlying things

coating a surface with colored areas using a hand tool

particles of color

execute a painting in stages,beginning with drawing.

defining major forms and values in a painting

painting imagery directly onto the support without underlayers

spontaneity in brush strokes (Van Gogh)

a treatment to canvas(titanium dioxide) to keep oils from rotting canvas

untreated canvases,usually used with acrylics

mixing pigments with wax. early method used by Greeks,Romans and egyptians

"fresh" in Italian,made famous by Renaissance painters

traditional fresco technique,must be created quickly,allowing little room for error

a fine powder applied to fresco wall,applied over the cartoon in small sections

paint applied to plaster after it has dried

mixing pigments with water and a glutinous substance(egg yolk)

variations of light and textures

rubbed to a gloss

green earth used in underpaintings

a technique where underpainting and overpainting with layers of glazes causes the painting to have a glowing look

films of pigments suspended in a transparent medium

brushing one opaque latyer of paint on top of a dried lower lyaer in such a way that some of the undercolor still shows through

An opaque medium that is water-soluble and mixed with inert pigments for opacity

the surface on which a two-dimensional work is developed

circular symbolic design

chemically created medium

water-based medium that can be used straight from the tube with techniques similar to those of oil paints

thins out acrylics and sprays them out in a fine mist

a compilation of documents and drawings that have a collective meaning glued on a two-dimensional surface

picture composed of small pieces of colored ceramic tile, glass, pebble, marble, or wood.

cubes of natural stone that can readily be distinguished in a detail view but not from a distance.

New forms of art that cross all boundaries made by former artworks

images made by transference of ink from a wrked surface onto a piece of paper usually in multiples

printmaking process in which the artist paints an image directly onto a sheet of metal or glass with printer's ink or paint and then presses paper onto it to transfer the image

covers of books pressed against an uninked cut plate of metal to create an image taht can be seen only when it is turned against the light to bring out hte shadows in its indentations

when an object is carved so that lines and areas to be printed are raised above areas that will stay blank

a drarwing of the intended image is created on or transferred to a smooth block of soft wood

A japanese printing technique that cuts a series of precisely matched blocks, each having only the area to be printed in a certain color raised as a printing surface.

a printmaking technique in which an overall burr is raised on the surface of the metal plate and then smoothed in places, creating various tones and textures

a flat surface

referring to a printmaking technique in which images are transferred from a flat surface

a printmaking technique in which a flat stone or metal or plastic plate is drawn on with a greasy substance that retains ink when the wettened plate is inked for printing

a commercial printmaking process in which the inking of illustrastions and text is offset fro mthe plate onto a rubber-covered cylinder that transfers them to paper so that the printed image reads the same way as the original, rather than reversed

when the end-grain is cut instead of being cut lengthwise

printing method that creates toned areas rather than etching lines

the small cuts and divets used in wood engraving made by burins and gravers

the use of wood blocks to create reliefs

Cuts in linoleum that can be equally smooth and uniform in any direction

method of continually cutting away areas ona single block

the image is cut finto the surface of the plate and thin ink is applied to the plate and the paper is pressed onto the plate to absorb the ink in the shape of the image

done by computerized color scanners in commercial reproduction

a flexible transparent photograph of the work

four separate plates with four separate colors (yellow, magenta, cyan, and black)

computerized technique that distinguishes between colors and separates them

a fine silk or synthetic fiber screen stretched across a wooden frame is masked in places by a cut paper or plastic stencil or by lacquer, glue, or lithographic crayon

the image is drawn on a plate of metal such as copper or copper faced with steel

steel rod with a sharpened point and and a wooden handle used to cut lines

a plate is coated with a waxy, acid-resistant substance. The image is drawn into this coating and the plate is bathed in an acid solution that bites grooves into metal where the needle has cut through the resist

waxy, acid-resistant coating involved in etching

individual stage of etching

a fine parchment made of animal skin

a sharp device used for scratching lines directly into a copper plate

a version of a silkscreen

an original of some sort is exposed to a bright light; the light refleccts off the white areas, is totally absorbed by the dark areas, and is reflected to varying degrees by gray and colored areas

xeroxing of paintings

new ways to print such as photocopying and fax art

a dark chamber in which the image of an object enters through a lens or small opening and is focused on a facing wall

photogenic drawing created by laying objects on paper coated with light-sensitive chemicals and then exposeding it to light

placing the photogram in light after bathing in light-sensitive chemicals

the result of an exposure in which the paper turns dark and the objects of the image appear light

process created by Joseph-Nicephore Niepce and Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre

time period when photography became popular and considered a fine art

pictures taken by hired photographers to capture the poverty and destitute conditions to waken public concern for social welfare

a quality maximized by new photography technology

sharpness of detail in a digitized image

when a photograph is stored as pixels on a digital camera

the number of steps in the value scale a sensor can use to approximate the continuous tones of a subject

the degree of difference between the darkest and lightest values a sensor can register

consistency in a series of photographs

the application of photography to moving images

artists sought to express the meaning of being alive and emotional experience instead of physical reality

a group that thinks of itself as innovative and ahead of the majority

the splicing together at editing stage of a variety of shots of brief duration to produce a complex visual statement

parts of a cinema that temporarily go back in time to related events that happened earlier

musical information encoded as microscopic pits on a polished surface read by laser beams

video information encoded as microscopic pits on a polished surface read by a laser beam

more than one form of media being put together to form one product