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The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, [1] often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic. It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined. Thus, "an ekphrastic poem is a vivid description ...
The term composition means "putting together". It can be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art. Composition can apply to any work of art, from music through writing and into photography, that is arranged using conscious thought. In the visual arts, composition is often used interchangeably with ...
The formal elements, those aesthetic effects created by design, upon which figurative art is dependent, include line, shape, color, light and dark, mass, volume, texture, and perspective, [2] although these elements of design could also play a role in creating other types of imagery—for instance abstract, or non-representational or non-objective two-dimensional artwork.
Arts media are the materials and tools used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art, [1] for example, "pen and ink" where the pen is the tool and the ink is the material. The following lists types of art and the media each uses.
A. Aerial perspective by Frans Koppelaar, Landscape near Bologna, 2001; distant objects are lighter, of lower contrast, and bluer than nearer objects. Airbrushing technique. Aerial perspective technique. Acrylic painting techniques. Aging (artwork) technique. Aquatint. Assemblage (art) technique. Animation (digital art)
Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" [1] or "support"). [2] The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, may be used.
Elements of art are stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate. [1] The seven most common elements include line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value, with the additions of mark making, and materiality. [1][2] When analyzing these intentionally utilized elements, the viewer is guided towards ...
Collage (/ kəˈlɑːʒ /, from the French: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together"; [ 1 ]) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pastiche, which is a "pasting" together.)