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  2. Texture (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    In the visual arts, texture refers to the perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element found in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs, and it is characterized by its visual and physical properties. The use of texture, in conjunction with other design elements, can convey a wide range of messages and evoke various ...

  3. Texture (music) - Wikipedia

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    The texture is often described in regard to the density, or thickness, and range, or width, between lowest and highest pitches, in relative terms as well as more specifically distinguished according to the number of voices, or parts, and the relationship between these voices (see Common types below). For example, a thick texture contains many ...

  4. Elements of art - Wikipedia

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    The surface quality can either be tactile (real) or strictly visual (implied). [3] Tactile surface quality is mainly seen through three-dimensional works, like sculptures, as the viewer can see and/or feel the different textures present, while visual surface quality describes how the eye perceives the texture based on visual cues. [7]

  5. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    Texture refers to how an object feels or how it looks like it may feel if it were touched. There are two ways we experience texture, physically and optically. Different techniques can be used to create physical texture, which allows qualities of visual art to be seen and felt. This can include surfaces such as metal, sand, and wood.

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The term Grand ballabile is used if nearly all participants (including principal characters) of a particular scene in a full-length work perform a large-scale dance. bar, or measure unit of music containing a number of beats as indicated by a time signature; also the vertical bar enclosing it barbaro

  7. Three-dimensional art - Wikipedia

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    digital art created using 3D computer graphics; any form of visual art resulting in a three-dimensional physical object, such as sculpture, architecture, installation art and many decorative art forms; two-dimensional art that creates the appearance of being in 3D, such as through stereoscopy, anamorphosis, or photorealism

  8. Trompe-l'œil - Wikipedia

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    Ceiling of the Treasure Room of the Archaeological Museum of Ferrara, Italy, painted in 1503–1506. Trompe-l'œil (French for 'deceive the eye'; / t r ɒ m p ˈ l ɔɪ / tromp-LOY; French: [tʁɔ̃p lœj] ⓘ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface.

  9. Shape and form (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    A form is an artist's way of using elements of art, principles of design, and media. Form, as an element of art, is three-dimensional and encloses space. Like a shape, a form has length and width, but it also has depth. Forms are either geometric or free-form, and can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.