Homework #3 (Chapters 5,8, and 11)

Chapter 5:
Balance: even weight in a picture plane.
Axis: The center of a scale, turning point.
Equilibrium: the balance of a piece, vertically or horizontally.
Imbalance: technique that artist may use to purposely create tension or emphasis in a piece.
Symmetry (or bilateral symmetry): a mirrored effect in which the picture repeats compositionaly itself but flips over an axis.
Static: a term that describes how am image appears symmetrical to the naked eye but is not technically symmetrical.
Asymmetrical balance (informal balance): a form of balance that depends on the weight of the objects to equally draw the viewers attention.
Value: contrast if light and dark.
Silhouette: an outline of an object that is filled so that is solid but not dimensional.
Texture: pattern that uses contrast to create the illusion of surface quality.
Radial balance: even distribution within a composition that disburses from a central point.
Mandalas: circular form of emphasis to a point.
Allover pattern (crystallographic balance): repetition of one textural quality.
Chapter 8:
Shape (form): enclosed space.
Figure: positive space.
Ground: negative space.
Caryatids: female sculpture used as an architectural support.
Naturalism: a believable image that is realistic and given qualities that identify it to the viewer.
Distortion: controlled distortion.
Idealism: exaggeration based in societal views/ideas.
Abstraction: simplified shapes that still create an image with meaning/purpose.
Biomorphic: suggestive abstraction that implies a know image as opposed to simplifying.
Nonobjective: shapes arranged with not representational ties.
Curvilinear: curved plane.
Art nouveau: 19th central style with focus on curvilinear lines and organic shapes.
Rectilinear: straight-edged plane.
Cubist: a style that turns organic forms to geometric shapes.
Chapter 11:
Kinesthetic empathy: enhanced feeling or movement given to an image by the artist.
Anticipated movement: implied elements of design.
Repeated figure: helps create a sense of time throughout an image.
Blurred outlines: helps create a sense of motion throughout an image.
Multiple image: multiplying an image within a competition and allowing the placement of the duplicates to create movement.
Lines of force: curved lines.