2D-Design (Art 107)
Glossary Vocabulary List
The terms and names listed below are a part of the vocabulary of design. They are drawn from your textbook, in-class presentations and lectures and other course materials. You are responsible for knowing the basic meaning, concept or significance behind each term. You do not need to memorize the exact definition as listed in your text or my lecture notes as long as you understand the concept and express it accurately in your own words.
The terms in this glossary will be included in the mid-term and final exams, and you should also be able to use these terms accurately in critiques.
The two lists of terms below contain the same terms. The Chronological list has the terms in roughly the order they appeared in the semester (generally alphabetical in groups by chapter). The Alphabetical list has all the terms listed in straight alphabetical order. In case I forgot something, the list of terms is subject to change during the semester.
| Chronological Order | Alphabetical order |
Chapter #1: Introduction Chapter #4: Shape |
Abstraction Accent Achromatic Actual Texture Additive Color Ambiguous F/G Analogous Colors Approximate Symmetry Asymmetry Atmospheric Perspective Balance Bauhaus Ben-day dots Biomorphic/Organic Shape Calligraphic Line Chiaroscuro Chroma Chromatic Chromatic Value Closed-value Composition Closure Cognitive Contour Collage Color Scheme Color Tetrad Color Triad Color Wheel Complementary Colors Composition Content Contour Craftsmanship Cross-contour CYMK Decorative Decorative Shape Design Dominance Economy Elements of Design/Art Figure/Ground (F/G) Form Four-color System Genre Geometric Shape Gestalt Golden Mean/Section Half-tone Harmony Hatching Hierarchical Scale High-key Color High-key Value Hue Implied Line Implied Shape Intensity Intermediate Color Johannes Itten Local Color Local Value Low-key color Low-key Value Mass Mass Medium, Media Michele Eugene Chevruel Monochromatic Motif Movement Munsel Color Scheme Naturalism Negative Area/Space Neutralized Color Neutrals Non-objective Objective Open-value Composition Ostwald Color Scheme Pattern Pattern Perspective Picture Frame Picture Plane Pigments Plane Plastic Positive Area/Space Proximity Grouping Prange Color Scheme Primary Color Principle of Continuity Principle of and Similarity/Dissimilarity Process Colors Proportion Radial Symmetry Rectilinear Shape Repetition Reversible F/G RGB Rhythm Saturation Scale Secondary Color Shadow/Shading Shape Simultaneous Contrast Spectrum Split-complements Subject Subjective Subjective Color Subtractive Color Successive Contrast Symbolic Shape Symmetry Tenebrism Tertiary Color Texture Three-dimensional Trompe l'oeil Two-dimensional Unit-Forming Principles Unity Variety Volume Warm/Cool Colors Ziegarnick's Law |