Cengage : Gardner's Art Through the Ages 16th Edition vol I : Chapter 1
Vocabulary
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1. Form An object's shape and structure, either in two dimensions, for example, a figure
painted on a surface, or in three dimensions, such as a statue.
2. Line The extension of a point along a path, made concrete in art by drawing on or
chiseling into a plane.
3. Shape A two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area, in contrast to
three-dimensional form. (Definition not found in text.)
4. Texture The quality of a surface (rough, smooth, hard, soft, shiny, dull) as revealed by light.
In represented texture, a painter depicts an object as having a certain texture even
though the pigment is the real texture.
5. Space In art history, both the actual area that an object occupies or a building encloses
and the illusionistic representation of space in painting and sculpture.
6. Perspective A method of presenting an illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-di-
mensional surface.
7. Mass The bulk, density, and weight of matter in space.
8. Volume The space that mass organizes, divides, or encloses.
9. Composition The way in which an artist organizes forms in an artwork, either by placing shapes
on a flat surface or arranging forms in space.
10. Picture Plane An imaginary surface in art that represents the transparent window through which
a viewer looks into a painting or other work of art. (Definition not found in text.)
11. Ground Plane A theoretical horizontal plane that extends from the picture plane to the horizon in
perspective drawings. (Definition not found in text.)
12. Foreground The part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer. (Definition not found in text.)
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Vocabulary
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_fhvffo
1. Form An object's shape and structure, either in two dimensions, for example, a figure
painted on a surface, or in three dimensions, such as a statue.
2. Line The extension of a point along a path, made concrete in art by drawing on or
chiseling into a plane.
3. Shape A two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area, in contrast to
three-dimensional form. (Definition not found in text.)
4. Texture The quality of a surface (rough, smooth, hard, soft, shiny, dull) as revealed by light.
In represented texture, a painter depicts an object as having a certain texture even
though the pigment is the real texture.
5. Space In art history, both the actual area that an object occupies or a building encloses
and the illusionistic representation of space in painting and sculpture.
6. Perspective A method of presenting an illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-di-
mensional surface.
7. Mass The bulk, density, and weight of matter in space.
8. Volume The space that mass organizes, divides, or encloses.
9. Composition The way in which an artist organizes forms in an artwork, either by placing shapes
on a flat surface or arranging forms in space.
10. Picture Plane An imaginary surface in art that represents the transparent window through which
a viewer looks into a painting or other work of art. (Definition not found in text.)
11. Ground Plane A theoretical horizontal plane that extends from the picture plane to the horizon in
perspective drawings. (Definition not found in text.)
12. Foreground The part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer. (Definition not found in text.)
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