Visual arts

Visual arts

Of or pertaining to any artistic creation that we can look at, such as paintings, drawings, or video footage.

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bit image

Art history; Visual arts

A digital image with one bit allocated for the storage of each pixel, meaning 2 different colors are possible — see thumbnail to right black and white.

ablaq

Art history; Visual arts

Islamic ornament, generally in masonry, often inlaid marble, which is black and white. Persian, literally: piebald.

Abrasion is the action or technique of wearing away a surface by friction, and can be a means of shaping solid forms. An abrasive is any substance which wears down a surface by rubbing against it. ...

absorbent

Art history; Visual arts

A material is absorbent when it can soak up liquids. Towels, rags, and sponges are common examples, often used to blot, clean up, apply and spread colors, etc. An absorbent ground is a ground or ...

absorption

Art history; Visual arts

It refers to the light absorbing behavior of some surfaces — various characteristics determine the degree to which surfaces absorb certain colors. The light which is absorbed is converted to heat, ...

Abstraction-Creation Group

Art history; Visual arts

An international school of painters and sculptors of the 1930s, who typically employed geometric shapes and forms. Piet Mondrian was the most prominent figure in the Abstract-Creation Group.

absurd

Art history; Visual arts

Ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable, because of a flaw in logic. Also, pertaining to the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe — a condition in which human beings ...