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Clickinks - Art glossary Category: Arts > Art terminology Date & country: 01/02/2018, USA. Words: 88

Tint
A color or hue that has white added to change its lightness or darkness.

Two-Dimensional
Object that only has height and width, but no depth.

Unity
Artwork that uses different factors, emotions, and objects to form one concept or theme.

Symmetry
The evenness of an object in art from one side to the other; balance.

Texture
The touchable surface of artwork and how it feels to the hand, or applying this aspect to the appearance of the object.

Three-dimensional
Object that has depth, width, and height.

Symbol
Any item or object in art that represents something else other than what it literally appears as.

Stupa
Early form of Buddhist architecture.

Style
Descriptive term to define a type of art that reflects a time period, movement, emotion, or other type of culture.

Surrealism
Art movement that began in the 1920s and reflects the unconscious or dream state as reflected in art.

Shade
A hue or color with black added to change its depth or darkness.

Still-life
Any painting or drawing that represents an inanimate object such as food, vases, or other things that are not alive.

Secondary Color
A color that involves the combining of primary colors together to make it.

Scale
The relationship between the size of the art object and its actual size, or the size in relationship to other objects within the painting or picture.

Screenprinting
Printing process that involves using a stencil and a frame in which the ink or paint is squeezed through onto the paper or fabric.

Romanticism
European art movement that exhibited luaxurious and decadent themes in nature, beauty, and emotion.

Relief Sculpture
A three-dimensional sculpture that arises out of a flat surface, often seen in old architecture.

Reproduction
A copy or reproduced piece of art. This is not the same as an art print.

Proportion
The ratio of an object in respect to other objects within the frame.

Realism
An artistic movement in which artists draw or paint whatever they see without adding any additional interpretation to it.

Print
A reproduction of an artist's original work, usually using a wood or rubber block , and typically numbered in limited editions.

Polychromatic
The use of several different colors within a painting or other form of art.

Pop Art
Style of art that was adopted in the 1960's and involves popular culture related themes. Andy Warhol is an example of an artist who creates pop art.

Primary Colors
Colors that are the most basic of all hues, i.e. blue, red, green, or yellow.

Photorealism
A style of painting that involves the use of photography, and painting the object just as it appears in the photo.

Pigment
A color or material used to create a color of paint.

Pastel
A very pale color or tinted color.

Performance Art
Theater or dance, usually performed in a casual setting.

Oil Paint
Type of paint that contains linseed oil and produces textured paintings.

Opaque
Doe not allow light to come through; the opposite of translucent.

Neutrals
Colors that do not adhere to a particular hue such as grays or blacks.

Offset Printing
Describes a printing process where images on plates transfer ink to a cylinder that offsets the ink onto the paper to create a print.

Mural
A very large painting, usually on a wall or side of a building.

Naïve Art
Term used to describe art created by people with no training or prior artistic experience.

Mosaic
Use of many small stone or glass tiles or pieces put together to create a larger picture.

Modeling
Using clay or another medium to create a shape or rough sculpture.

Monochromatic
The use of one particular shade, color, or hue in a piece of art.

Minimalism
Style of art that became popular in the 1960s and involves use of white space and less color or too many objects at once.

Mixed Media
The use of more than one medium to create a piece of art.

Matte
A dull color or surface used in painting or ceramics; the opposite of shiny.

Medium
The material used to make art such as paint, ceramic, paper, etc.

Loom
Tool used in weaving and rug making that allows the artist to loop cloth or yarn together.

Lumina
The use of light to serve as an art medium.

Mass
Having bulk; In art, mass is used to signify a two-dimensional form.

Kiln
Oven used to fire pottery.

Kinetic Art
Term used to describe art that moves such as a mobile.

Lens
Part of the camera that allows the photographer to see and focus on an image.

Intaglio
Printmaking term used to describe the transfer of ink onto paper that is below the printing plate such as an etching.

Intensity
The level of brightness or darkness of a color or shade.

Icon
A figure or symbol, often used to refer to religious themed subjects.

Hue
Term used to describe various color combinations and tones such as violet or red.

Humanism
Art form that focuses on humanity and individuals versus simple abstract thought or landscapes.

Gothic
Architectural style that is typically European such as medieval castles or structures.

Gouache
Paint that is both opaque and water soluble.

Hatching
The use of parallel lines to create shading or darker portions of a drawing.

Figure
An individual sculpture, or a shape that stands out from the background in a drawing or painting.

Folk Art
Handmade art or crafts that are created by everyday people.

Glaze
Liquid used to cover ceramics or pottery that creates a shine. Glaze can be clear or contain pigments and colors.

Eye Level
The height at which someone can see an object without having to look up or down.

Façade
Term to describe the front side of a building.

Etching
Artistic process that involves carving into glass or wood, and using wax to protect the carved portion. Then, acid is poured onto the block, resulting in raised portions creating a stamp or template for printmaking.

Engraving
Process of carving into wood or rubber to create a print or sculpture.

Earth Art
The creation of sculptures or other works of art using natural elements such as grass, rocks, etc.

Edition
Refers to the number of prints made of a certain piece of art, usually numbered individually and made in limited quantities.

Dome
Architectural term referring to a half-moon roof or top of a building.

Dadaism
Artistic movement that has an anarchistic style and anti-militarism style, founded in Switzerland.

Design
The process of composition and style within the realm of artwork.

Collage
The method of gluing or attaching items from a magazine or other format together to form many pictures onto one.

Curvilinear
Something created by using curved edges.

Carving
Art form where a sculpture or relief is created using wood, clay, or other materials, using sharp tools.

Ceramic
Medium used to create sculptures; this substance is baked, painted and glazed.

Canvas
Material used to paint on; canvas can come in rolls or on stretched pieces of wood.

Caricature
A form of art where peoples’ portraits are painted in a cartoon-like manner.

Binder
Substance used in paint to help bond pigments and paint together.

Calligraphy
The art of beautiful writing using a brush or special pen to create a flowing text type.

Aesthetic
Term relating to the beauty or visual appeal of artwork.

Balance
Another word for symmetry when applied to art.

Baroque
Term used to describe 17th century European art movement.

Bauhaus
German art school of thought developed from 1919-1933.

Action Painting
A painting that reflects the artist's physical movement while painting such as bold brush strokes, etc.

Achromatic
Lacking hue or color; art that is typically black, white, or grey in color scale.

Woodcut
A relief print made from blocks of wood.

Warm Colors
A section of colors on the color wheel that fall into the browns and yellows section.

Watercolor
A water soluble paint.

Value
The lightness or darkness of an object's color.

Vantage Point
The perspective or angle from which one sees something.

Abstract Art
Artistic movement that involves expression that is spontaneous and does not contain specific images or ideas, but instead utilizes abstract vision and thought.

Academic Art
Art that is created at or for an educational institution. Often, this form of art is considered less original and creative than most.