ART GLOSSARY 1 Media Material Technique Drawing Pencil Pencil Crayon Pen Coloured Ink & Indian Ink Coloured/Indian Ink & Wax Crayon Sketching Flat Colour Burnishing Sketching Hatching/Crosshatching Pointillism Wash Bleeding Diffusing Sgraffito Wax Resist Coloured/Indian Ink & Masking Fluid Resist Painting Chalk, Charcoal, Chalk Pastel Oil Pastel Oil Pastel + White Spirit Watercolour Watercolour & Masking Fluid Poster ) Gouache > & Water Acrylic ) Oil & White Spirit/Linseed Oil Stippling/Pointillism Impasto Wash Bleeding Resist Stippling/Pointillism Impasto Scumbling Sgraffito
ART GLOSSARY 2 Media Material Definition Collage Glue & Paper, Fabric etc 2-Dimensional Assemblage Glue & Paper, Fabric etc On a 3-Dimensional Form Montage Frottage Sculpture Relief Mobile Printing Textiles Mosaic Glue & Photographs, Magazine Images etc Coloured Ink & Pencil Crayon/Wax Crayon Wood, Ceramics, Metal, Glass, Stone, Papier Mache, Mod Roc, Plaster, Polyfiller, Found Objects etc Monoprint Collograph Print Polyprint Linocut Silk Screenprint Hot Wax & Dye Water & Oil Based Dye Silk, Inks & Gutta Coloured Glass, Marble, Stone, Shells, Tiles & Plaster 2-Dimensional Textured Rubbing 3-Dimensional Form 2-D with a Raised Surface 3-D Moving Sculpture Produces One Image Only Produces one image only Relief Printing Produces Multiple Images Printing with a Stencil Produces Multiple Images Batik/Wax Resist Marbling Silk Painting Arranged to form a Design/Image Mural/Fresco Plaster & Paint Wall Painting Frieze Plaster, Paint & Low Relief Wall Painting with a Raised Surface Calligraphy Pen & Ink Decorative Writing Glass Painting Stained- Glass Glass, Inks & Leading Paste/Strips Coloured Glass & Leading Painting on Glass Objects Church Windows etc
ART GLOSSARY 3 Motif Pattern Filigree Texture A visual element in a work of art that is repeated Made of visual forms/motifs that appear regularly and systematically in a design Very fine and delicate use of elaborate patterns The nature of the surface of the work tactile or visual Symbol An object or drawing that represents an idea and gives a message ART GLOSSARY 4 Function Art Craft Applied skill that does not fulfil a Applied skill that fulfils a practical function Personal needs/recording & Commemorating/ Social Protest/ Design The intentional choice and arrangements of elements Commerce Fine Art Applied Arts Decorative Arts Graphic Art Does not fulfil a Does fulfil a practical function Does fulfil a Drawing, Painting, Sculpture etc Ceramics, Glass, Textiles, Print etc ICT, Digital, Animation Photography etc Personal needs/recording & commemorating/social Protest Commerce
ART GLOSSARY 5 Colour Primary Secondary Tertiary Monochromatic Harmonious Complementary Warm Cold Tint Shade Vibrant Pastel Opaque Transparent Layout Focal point Dominance Composition Foreground Middle ground Background Compositional Line Tone Colour Shape Texture Form/Mass Elements Direction Space Size/Scale Subject Matter/ Content Process Style Mood Still life Portrait Figure Animal Interior Environment Landscape Seascape Architecture Religion Myths & Legends Fantasy Graphics Pattern & Simplify Reduce Extend Dismantle Crop Reassemble Distort Exaggerate Juxtapose Perspective Silhouette Foreshorten Neg. Space Proportion Illusion Symmetry Asymmetry Template Stencil Tessellate Geometric Objective Subjective Imaginative Detailed Loose Bold Realistic & /or Objective Portrayal of subject matter as it really is, without distortion /idolisation Representational (Subjective) Represents real subject matter in a fairly recognisable form Moves slightly from the actual appearance Semi-Abstract / of things, but is based on real subject Subjective matter Moves significantly from the actual Abstract appearance of things, but is based on real subject matter Imaginative Invented, could use subjective or objective elements Dramatic Busy Calm Relaxing Happy Sad Lively Dull Uncomfortable Disturbing Energetic Erratic
ART GLOSSARY 6 Approach Decorative Expressive Illustrative Imaginative Subjective Symbolic Pastiche Ornamental, Pretty, Attractive, Enhancing Meaningful, Emotional, Sensitive, Dramatic, Vivid, Telling Descriptive, Evocative, Expressive, Often Accompanies Text Creative, Inventive, Original, Ingenious, Inspired, Artistic Personal, Individual, Particular Representative, Descriptive, Emblematic Imitation or copy of another artists style. Pre 20 th Century 20 th Century Art Movements Cubism - early C20th Pre History - BC 7000 Expressionism - 1905 Egyptian - BC 5000 Fauvism - 1905/France Greek - BC 800 Futurism - 1909/Italy Roman - BC 500 Constructivism - 1913/Russia Romanesque - AD 800/Europe Vorticism - 1914/England Gothic -AD 1000/Europe Dada 1915 Switzerland Renaissance - 1400/Italy De Stijl - 1917/Holland Mannerism - 1500/Italy Bauhaus - 1920/Germany Baroque -1600/Italy Europe Surrealism - 1920/France Rococo - 1700/Europe Kinetic Art - 1920 Neo Classical - 1700/Europe Art Deco 1925/France/USA Romanticism 1800/Europe, USA Abstract Expressionism 1940/USA Japanese - 1800 St. Ives Group - 1940/England Pre-Raphaelite - 1848/England Pop Art - 1950/USA Impressionism - 1860/France Op Art - 1960 Art Nouveau 1890/Europe, USA Conceptual Art - 1960 Symbolism - late C19th/France Minimalism - 1960,70/USA Land Art - Late C20th