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A signal that may be varied continuously. Computers cannot process this kind of signal so their information must be converted to digital. Analog refers to everything in the real, non-computerized world.

Sculpture on which part of the surface projects from a flat plane.

The art of beautiful writing. Broadly, a controlled flowing use of line referred to as “calligraphic”

- A method of altering the thickness of a letter or solid shape, used in trapping to ensure proper registration of colors.

Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response.

Works in which the idea or concept is primary and more important than form.

- An early 20th century art movement dominated by Picasso and Braque, distinguished by its experiments with analyzing forms into planes seen from many sides as once and by liberation of art from representational depictions. Flattened pictorial space, and figure-ground ambiguity.

A work consisting of two panels side by side.

Technique for shading using two or mThe broad term that describes emotional art, most often boldly executed and making free use of distortion and arbitrary color. Artists dealing with inner feelings rather than outer reality. Art movements- German Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism. In music: Punk and improvised jazz.ore crossed sets of parallel lines.

In opposition to the purity and exclusivity of Modernism, feminism called for an expansive approach to art. The feminist use of narrative, autobiography, decoration, ritual, craft-as-art, and popular culture helped catalyze the development of Postmodernism.

A movement initiated in Italy in 1909 to sweep aside all artistic conventions and captured the qualities of modern industrialized life in a Cubist like construction.

A figure of speech or visual presentation in which a work, phrase, or image is used in place of another to suggest a likeness between them, while in the process formulating a new concept for the imagination.

To aligns lines of type that are equal in length so both edges of the column are straight.

A movement beginning in the late 1950’s that uses objects and images from the commercial culture.

Any image used to represent a person, place, thing or idea.

Putting one layer of opaque paint on top of another in such a way that the under layers partially show through.

An art movement originating in late 19th century France centered on direct responses to light and color.

A distinctive recurring shape (or combination of shapes).

Disciplines that use the principles and elements of design to create functional pieces for commercial use.

- A test character or image comprised of dots. A bit map is the set of bits representing the position of items forming an image on the display screen.

The substitution of one material for another by means of a mold.

Movements, periods, and impulses in Western art that prized qualities of harmony and formal restraint. Traditionally contrasted with Romanticism.

Rapidly changing and expanding areas using various techniques for creating two-dimensional artworks on a computer.

Early 20th century Russian Constructivism emerged from Picasso and Braque’s experiments with Cubism. Influenced ways of thinking about art in relation to art and technology. Its rational approach influenced graphic design, minimalist sculpture and painting.

An anti-rational, anti-aesthetic, art movement begun in 1916. Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp major figures. Although over seventy years old Dada reverberates through contemporary popular culture.

Changing an object’s usual shape to communicate ideas and feelings.

Imagery existing only in the imagination

Disciplines involving the creation of artwork principally for aesthetic appreciation.

Something extracted from its original context and used in creating a work of art.

In painting, thick paint applied to a surface in a heavy manner, having the appearance and consistency of buttery paste.

Combined use of several different techniques- such as drawing, painting, and computer generated imagery- in a single work.

An evolution or change from one form or state to another.

The design of necessary, functional items in a society

Refers to “low art” artifacts of everyday life (paintings of Elvis on velvet, lamps in shape of Eiffel tower etc.)

Type of art in which objects in a work may be partially identifiable as elements of the natural world.

The art of designing, sizing and combining letter forms on a printed page, For graphic designers a good understanding of the uses of typography is essential.

A three- dimensional composition made from objects originally created for other purposes.

A contour drawing in which the artist’s eye focuses on the object being represented rather than on the image being created on the drawing surface.

Using contrasts of light and dark to create the illusion of three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface.

Building image using glue to attach paper or other materials to build color and texture. Often used in combination with paint, Picasso was one of the first artists to use as a distinct medium.

An idea of general notion, as in the underlying meaning of a work of art.

Art works that are both decorative and functional. (Weaving, fabric design, jewelry-making, and pottery).

To converts an image into a form that can be electronically processed, stored, and reconstructed.​

A color or a gray of medium value

Functional designs considering natural surroundings.

An art movement of the first decade of the twentieth century, using bold color to express inner qualities rather than superficial appearances of things.

French for rubbing; a method in which a positive image is created by placing a paper over an object and rubbing to reproduce its surface.

Visual communication design for commercial purposes.

One of a kinds print made from painted or inked surface.

(1) use of the small dots of carrying colors in painting to create optical color mixtures. (2) A 19th century French school of painting that used this technique.

An object divorced from its usual function and presented as a work of art.

A style of art that mimics life as the camera sees it.

Like pictures from a dream or the unconscious mind