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  2. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    This form can be found in nature, such as flowers, rocks, trees, etc., but can also be seen in architecture. [7] Forms in drawing and painting convey the illusion of three-dimensional form through lighting, shadows, value, and tone. The more contrast in value, the more pronounced the three-dimensional form is. Forms with little value appear ...

  3. Chiaroscuro - Wikipedia

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    Christ at Rest, by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1519, a chiaroscuro drawing using pen, ink, and brush, washes, white heightening, on ochre prepared paper. The term chiaroscuro originated during the Renaissance as drawing on coloured paper, where the artist worked from the paper's base tone toward light using white gouache, and toward dark using ink, bodycolour or watercolour.

  4. Visual variable - Wikipedia

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    Also, saturation (color vs. gray) is used to create a visual hierarchy, and value (gray vs. white) establishes a figure-ground contrast for Africa. Main article: Texture (visual arts) Although terminology for this aspect still varies somewhat today, texture or pattern in this context generally refers to an aggregate symbol composed of recurring ...

  5. Elements of art - Wikipedia

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    Form is a three-dimensional object with volume of height, width and depth. [2] These objects include cubes, spheres and cylinders. [2] Form is often used when referring to physical works of art, like sculptures, as form is connected most closely with those three-dimensional works. [5]

  6. List of art techniques - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Artists have explored many styles and have used ...

  7. HSL and HSV - Wikipedia

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    Fig. 1. HSL (a–d) and HSV (e–h). Above (a, e): cut-away 3D models of each. Below: two-dimensional plots showing two of a model's three parameters at once, holding the other constant: cylindrical shells (b, f) of constant saturation, in this case the outside surface of each cylinder; horizontal cross-sections (c, g) of constant HSL lightness or HSV value, in this case the slices halfway ...

  8. Outline of the visual arts - Wikipedia

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    Elements of art – shape, form, value, line, color, space and texture Shape – area defined by edges; Form – perceived volume or dimensionality; Value – use of lightness (tint, or white) and darkness (shade, or black) in a piece of art; Line – straight or curved marks that span a distance between two points. For example, see line art.

  9. Light in painting - Wikipedia

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    Port with the disembarkation of Cleopatra in Tarsus (1642), by Claude Lorrain, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Light in painting fulfills several objectives like, both plastic and aesthetic: on the one hand, it is a fundamental factor in the technical representation of the work, since its presence determines the vision of the projected image, as it affects certain values such as color, texture and ...