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Areas of an artwork which are unoccupied by shape or colour, see Positive Space.
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| New media |
| A term that is used to generally describe forms of art that primarily use digital technology. |
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| Perception |
| Pertaining to how we see and experience the external world, both physically, and psychologically. |
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| Perspective |
| A quasi-mathematical system for the representation of three dimensions in recession on a two dimensional surface. |
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| Pop Art |
| An art movement that originated in the 1960’s which re-used imagery from popular culture. |
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| Portrait |
| An artistic representation of a person in any medium, where the person is the main subject of the work. |
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| Positive Space |
| The space in a composition that is filled with form and shape. The opposite of Negative Space. |
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| Pottery |
| The craft and the process of shaping ceramics from clay, and then hardening them in a special oven (kiln). See Ceramics. |
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| Printing plate |
| A printmaking technique that involves cutting or scratching a design onto a plate. The name for the plate (which could be metal, wooden, limestone, etc) which is used to transfer the design (and the ink) onto paper during the printing process. |
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| Process |
| The methods or techniques through which an artwork is created. |
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| Propaganda |
| Material that is designed to create support for or against a political cause or doctrine. |
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| Realism |
A type of art which attempts to reproduce the world around us accurately. Where the subject seems tangible and 3-dimensional - and photographic reproduction, which although true to life, is always limited by the depth of the camera lens.
Any form of representation (from painting to television) that attempts to imitate reality as closely as possible. |
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| Lithography |
| A printmaking technique based on the principle that oil and water do not mix. |
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| Renaissance |
| The period of revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe. |
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| Mimetic Representation |
| The imitation of life or nature in the techniques and subject matter of art. |
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| Relief |
| Artwork that projects out or above the surface plane where it is presented or made.
A printmaking technique where the design is cut onto the printing plate, but only the raised areas will carry the ink. The opposite of Intaglio.
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| Repurposing |
| Taking an object, text or image and placing it into a different context to create new meanings and associations. |
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| Screen-printing |
| A printmaking technique that involves the squeezing of ink through a screen onto paper. |
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| Sculpture |
| The creating of a three-dimensional artwork, through manipulation of any material or object(s). |
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| Sfumato |
| A term coined by Leonardo da Vinci to refer to a painting technique which overlays translucent layers of color to create perceptions of depth, volume and form. In particular, it refers to the blending of colours or tones, so subtly that there is no perceptible transition. |
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| Silkscreen |
| A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen, then ink is pressed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil. |
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| Social Realism |
| A type of art that attempts to directly reflect contemporary reality, usually with an emphasis on working class life and poverty. |
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| Stoneware |
| A type of ceramic which has been heated at a very high temperature, often made from unrefined clays, which give it a ‘stone’-like appearance. |
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| Surrealism |
| A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter. |
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| Sculpture |
| The creating of a three-dimensional artwork, through manipulation of any material or object(s). |
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| Symbol |
| An image that stands for something else, often an intangible emotion or value (i.e. a red rose is symbolic of love). |
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| Symbolic |
| An artwork is symbolic if it, or a part of it, stands for or represents something else. |
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| Themes |
| A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work |
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| Vitreous enamel |
| Created by heating coloured glass at extremely high temperatures and fusing it onto a metal plate. |
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| Way-finding |
| Elements of signage and design within a building that help to orientate and navigate users to the places that they want to go to. |
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| Woodblock Print |
| A print made using a printing technique where an image is carved onto a wooden panel that is covered in ink and then pressed onto paper. |
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| Woodcut |
| A form of Relief printing, where the printing plate is a wooden surface, and the design is carved or cut into it. |
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