TERM LIST - Introduction

HISTORICAL TERMS

         TERM LIST  
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Medium

Scale
Figurative
Realism
New Realism
Photo  Realism
Surrealism 
Narrative  Art
Romantic  Romanticism
Naturalism 
Trompe l'oeil           
Stylization  
Abstraction   Abstract 
Representational
Non-representational
Total Abstraction
Objective
Non-objective  
Expressionism
Decorative 
Academic
Classical Style
Earthworks 

Triptych

Primary market      Secondary market

Monoprint

 

 

 
SHAPE 
Negative/Positive
Foreground   
Background
Photo Cropping
 
Prehistoric
Egyptian
Greek   
Roman     
Early Christian   
Medieval 
Gothic     
Renaissance              
Baroque  
Neoclassical 
Romanticism  
Realism 
Impressionism   
Post Impressionism   
Pointillism    
Cubism 
Dada
Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
Pop Art  
Op Art  
Photo Realism  
New Realism
 
 
 
CRAFTS:
Applied Art
Fine Art
Functional / nonfunctional
Craftsmanship / Craftsperson

                

LINE:  
Contour Line 
Cross Contour
Implied line
Eye lines
Expressive line
Hatching  - cross hatching
Shading
Modeling
Incised line
Raised line

   

 

TEXTURE:
Actual texture
Simulated texture
Visual   texture
Painterly
Impasto
 
 
COMPOSITION
Formal Composition
Informal Composition
Focal Point(s)
Visual Pathways
Symmetrical
Asymmetrical
Approximate   symmetry