My name is Jane. I study in Arts, Letters and communication in the Cegep de Thetford. I want to make this glossary to help you understand the words I'll use in my blog.
Abstract
adjective
Relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but rather seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, colors, and textures.
Example: His style is abstract.
fr: abstrait
Aesthetics
Noun or adjective
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
Example: They are: Balance towards AESTHETICS.
fr: Esthétique
Brush
noun
An implement with a handle, consisting of bristles, hair, or wire set into a block, used for cleaning or scrubbing, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, arranging the hair, or other purposes.
Example: She used a brush for her painting.
fr: brosse
Color
noun
the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light.
Example: red
fr: couleur
Composition
Noun
Action ou manière de former un tout en assemblant plusieurs éléments ; disposition des éléments.
Example: My investigation shall comprise of the following elements: A brief introduction to the Greek Magical Papyri and their COMPOSITION.
fr: Composition
Create
verb
bring (something) into existence.
Example: I created a new sculpture.
fr: créer
Design
noun
An arrangement of lines or shapes created to form a pattern or decoration.
Example: This painting has a beautiful design.
fr: conception
Draw
verb
Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks, especially with a pen or pencil, on paper.
Example: She is drawing a cat.
fr: dessiner
Form
noun
The visible shape or configuration of something.
Example: The painter used square forms in his painting.
fr: forme
Gallery
noun
a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.
Example: This forced Fellini into further changes, for originally Agamemnon took Encolpio to Trimalchio's banquet, where he then met Eumolpo who took him to an art GALLERY.
fr: galerie
Illusion
noun
A thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.
Example: This illusion is messing with my brain.
fr: illusion
Medium
noun
The material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer.
Example: The painter chose wood as a medium for his painting.
fr: medium
Motif
noun
A decorative design or pattern.
Example: A MOTIF - a recurring theme, image, idea or symbol - can be an aspect of structural or textural form.
fr: motif
Music
noun
vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
Example: They dance and sing and love MUSIC.
fr: musique
Poetry
noun
Poetry is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic, rhythmic, and often metaphorical language to evoke emotions, ideas, or experiences.
Example: He uses another metaphor towards the end of the poem, suggesting that his son was his 'best piece of POETRY.'
fr: Poésie
portrait
noun
A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.
Example: For example, he says of Philip Herbert's PORTRAIT: 'Had some strange poisonous germ crept from body to body till it had reached his own?'
fr: portrait
Sculpture
noun
the art of making three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.
Example: Florentines also led the way in the revival of classical SCULPTURE.
fr: sculture
Style
noun
a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.
Example: I must employ either a directional or ambiguous leadership STYLE depending on where I feel the power balance should lie.
fr: style
Technique
noun
a way of carrying out a particular task, especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure.
Example: There was conjecture that this TECHNIQUE would allow for the earlier dating of objects as it is able to pick up smaller levels of 14 C, however this does not seem to be the case.
fr: technique
Texture
noun
the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or substance.
Example: Man made product where a feature has been made of tactile TEXTURE 10.
