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Language I
Fall 2006, Massart
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Jane D.
Marsching email
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VL1 Vocabulary
elements
FORM
POINT SINGLE / SERIES OF POINTS
LINE WEIGHT / ACTUAL / IMPLIED / LINE NETWORKS / CONTOUR / GESTURE
/ CALLIGRAPHIC
SHAPE [POSITIVE / NEGATIVE] / [FIGURE / GROUND] / RECTILINEAR / CURVILINEAR
/ ABSTRACT / REPRESENTATIONAL
SPACE [NEGATIVE / POSITVE] [ see more below under Principles for creation
of space and illusion of depth ]
VALUE INHERENT / INVENTED / SHADOWS / LIGHTING
TEXTURE TACTILE / VISUAL / ILLUSORY / TROMPE L’OEIL
TIME AND MOVEMENT THE ILLUSION OF SPACE
COLOR
COLOR THEORY PHYSICS OF / CHEMISTRY OF / PSYCHOLOGY OF / PHYSIOLOGY OF
COLOR & LIGHT SYSTEMS ADDITIVE [RGB] / SUBTRACTIVE [CMYK] / COLOR
WHEEL
DEFINING COLOR HUE / VALUE / INTENSITY / SATURATION / CHROMA / SHADE /
TINT / TONE / TEMPERATURE
COLOR SYSTEMS MONOCHROMATIC / ANALOGOUS / COMPLIMENTARY / SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY
/ TRIDAIC /CHROMATIC
COLOR COMBINATIONS DISHARMONY / COLOR DIESTRIBUTION / WEIGHT AND BALANCE
/ EMPHASIS OR FOCAL POINT / COLOR KEYS
COLOR COMMUNICATION CONTRAST / EMOTION / SYMBOL
COLOR INTERACTION BEZOLD EFFECT / COLOR SUBTRACTION & ADDITION / VALUE
CHANGE
PRINCIPLES
COMPOSITION
UNITY & VARIETY GESTALT / CONTAINMENT / PROXIMITY / CONTINUITY / SIMILARITY
/VISUAL SYSTEMS (GRID) / CLOSURE
WEIGHT & GRAVITY VISUAL WEIGHT [VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, DIAGONAL ORIENTATIONS]
BALANCE AXIAL: [SYMMETRICAL / ASYMMETRICAL] / RADIAL: [CENTRIFUAL / CENTRIPETAL
/ CONCENTRIC]
SCALE & PROPORTION DYNAMIC SYMMETRY: GOLDEN MEAN RECTANGLE
EMPHASIS SEPARATION / CONNECTION / LOCATION / CONTRAST
MOVEMENT PATTERN / RHYTHM / REPETITION, MULTIPLICATION OF SEQUENCE OF
ELEMENTS & INTERVALS
2D SPACE AND ILLUSION OF DEPTH CREATED BY:
:: DISPARITY OF ANGLES OF LIGHT / CONTRAST AND GRADATION OF SIZE / POSITION
IN PICTURE PLANE
:: CONVERGING PARALLELS & DIAGONAL [1, 2, 3 POINT PERSPECTIVE ] MOVEMENT
/ OVERLAPPING / TRANSPARENCY
:: DIMINISHING DETAIL / ADVANCING & RECEEDING TONES / ATMOSPHERIC
PERSPECTIVE
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