Glossary
AVANT GARD:
Applied to art, avant-garde means art that is innovatory, introducing or exploring new forms or subject matter
CARL ANDRE BRICKS
Kinetic art:
is art that depends on motion for its effects
e.g. Alexander Calder- Antennae with Red and Blue Dots 1960
Installation art:
is used to describe mixed-media constructions or assemblages usually designed for a specific place and for a temporary period of time
e.g. Cornelia Parker Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View 1991 & Rachel Whiteread
Figurative art
Describes any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world and particularly to the human figure e.g. Picasso
Abstract art
is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect; it could be based on a subject such as a figure, landscape or object or may have no source at all in the external world e.g. : Kandinsky
Other Key Words
Liner- a fine paintbrush used for painting thin lines and for outlining.
Stop motion : Onion skinning - Stop motion is a cinematographic technique whereby the camera is repeatedly stopped and started, for example to give animated figures the impression of movement.
Meditate and synthesis an image- photorealistic image synthesis - Computer Definition. In computer graphics, a format for describing a picture that depicts the realism of the actual image. It includes such attributes as surface texture, light sources, motion blur and reflectivity.
Zoetrope: Reciprocal Action & Persistence of vision
Silhouette- the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter background.
Objets trouvés- an object found by an artist and displayed with no, or minimal, alteration as a work of art.
Theater d'ombre- The shadow theater is to project shadows on a screen produced by silhouettes that is interposed in the light beam that illuminates the screen.
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