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Design Studies
Exam 2
42
Fine Art
Undergraduate 2
04/03/2008

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Term
Texture
Definition
refers to the surface quality of things. It makes objects appeal to our sense of touch and sight.
Term
2 Types of Texture
Definition

Tactile Texture

 

and

 

Visual texture (or Implied Texture)

Term
Tactile Texture
Definition

Our appreciation of the environment comes not only from visual but tactile perception or SENSE OF TOUCH

 

 

(pictures of hands touching another hand, hand touching rocks, photo of just rocks.)

Term
Tactile Texture in Art and Design
Definition

-Textile and apparel

-ceramics

-wood

-metal

-folk art

-interior

-landscape

 

 

Impasto

-impressionism

 

Collage

-hand cut and paste collage

 

Assemblage

-installation

-site specific installation

 

 

Term
Visual Texture
Definition

We experience an illusion or impression of real texture through its visual representation

 

Much of how we appreciate visual texture is how we remember our own haptic experience

Term
Visual Texture in Art and Design
Definition

Painting (Trompe l'oeil technique)

Wood or Lino Cut

Printing and Dyeing

Photography

Faux Finish

Computerized Collage

Term
Words to Describe texture
Definition
smooth, rough, refined, shiny, dull, glossy, matte, sheen, iridescent, lustrous, sheer, bumpy, crude
Term
Texture and Light
Definition

the shape, depth, contour or color of a texture can be perceived through the way light falls on the surface

 

"Reflected light"

Term
3 Types of ways light falls on the surface
Definition

1. Reflected Light

2. Refracted Light

3. Diffused Light

Term
Pattern
Definition

-Pattern in nature and art

-pattern/repetition and rhythm

-specific terms relating to patterns

-pattern networks and the basic grid

-variations of the basic grid

 

Term
Patterns result from....
Definition
from the repetition of line, shape, size, color and value which have predictable rhythmic effect
Term
Rhythm vs repetition
Definition
while repetition creates structure, rhythm gives life and movement to pattern
Term
3 types of Repetition
Definition

-regular

-irregular

-random

Term

Repetition Structure

*Regular repetition*

Definition

-simple repeat

-alternate repeat

-inversion repeat

-gradation/progression repeat

 

Term
Repetition Structure in Pattern Design
Definition

When unit forms are repeated at regular intervals with an equal amount of space surrounding each of them, they may be said to be in a "repetition structure"

The repetition structure is formal and is the simplest of all structures. It is particularly useful in the construction of all-over pattern.

Term
Pattern
Definition
a design composed through the repetition of visual elements and attributes within a single composition.
Term

Motif

 

(not motive)

Definition
the unit that gets repeated
Term
Rotation of motif
Definition
can produce different visual effect to the whole pattern
Term

Super motif

 

again... not motive...

Definition
a single unit that is repeated in four-fold symmetry the form a new combined motif
Term
Counterchange
Definition
the lines of one shape form the boundaries of another usually through alternating the color
Term
Block pattern
Definition

-units repeated in a visible grid

-some may be in an invisible grid (shape bound)

Term
Sliding (Pattern)
Definition
each row of structural subdivisions can slide in either a horizontal or vertical direction
Term

Change in Direction

Definition

the vertical or horizontal lines or both can be tilted in any direction

 

(Diamond Pattern)

Term
Curving or Bending
Definition

the set of vertical or horizontal lines are regularly curved into the same size and shape

 

(Scale pattern)

Term
Triangular Grid
Definition

the tilting of the direction of the structural lines and then subdividing

Term
Hexagonal Grid
Definition
The combining of adjacent spatial units of a triangular grid
Term

The element of space

 

2-D space

Definition

-a two- or three- dimensional area defined by visual elements

-defined as a flat plane with only length and width

-depth is created through illusion

Term
Actual Three-Dimensional Space
Definition

-boundless and limitless in all directions

-In design, we refer to 3-D space as the environment or building interior

Term
Newton's Prism
Definition
As white light travels through the prism, the light bends and the colors spread out
Term
Visible spectrum
Definition
[image]
Term
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Definition
[image]
Term
Ultra-Violet Light
Definition
the ultraviolet radiation itself is invisible to the human eye, but illuminating certain materials with UV radiation prompts the visible effects of fluorescence phosphorescence.
Term
Light Wavelengths
Definition

Infared has a longer wavelength than red.

Red is a long wavelength....

Violet is the shortest wavelength

Term
Color perception results from a system of phenomena
Definition

- light

-object

-eye

-brain

Term
Local Color
Definition
The color seen in an unaffected setting under a balanced light source
Term
Color Constancy
Definition
Our perception of the color of objects remains relatively constant under varying illumination conditions.
Term
Subtractive Color Theory
Definition
The colors that reflect from surfaces of natural and man-made objects come from pigments or chemical compounds
Term
Additive Color Theory = RGB
Definition

[image]

when all three primaries are added together, they produce white.

 

These are the "additive" combinations:
Red + Green = Yellow

Red+ Blue = Magenta
Blue + Green = Cyan

 

Term
Fovea (of the Eye)
Definition

used for sharp central vision

(reading, watching tv, driving)

Term

Subtractive Color Theory

 

Physicist Color Theory CMYK

Definition

[image]

used in color printing

in the middle, black is created

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