Friday, December 9, 2011

Vocabulary Part II...because of size restriction

5) Crosshatching
A form of hatching, this tonal or shading effect is done by placing lines at an angle from one another.
Albrecht Durer, Veronica, 1513
6) Modernism
This is modern thought, character, or practice and in this case done through artistic representation.
Piet Mondrian, Composition No. 10, 1939
7) Post modernism
This is movement that focuses the belief of no absolute truth and that the way people perceive the world is subjective.
Postmodern architecture
8) Picture Plane
This is the imaginary flat surface, generally located between the station point and the object being viewed. It is usually a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal projection of the line of sight to the object's order of interest.
Random representation
9) Foreground
Part of a view closest to the observer
10) Middle Ground
Area between the closest and furthest parts of a view
11) Background
Opposite the foreground, it is the rear of a scene.
(Background, Middle-ground, Foreground)
William of Tyre's "Histoire d'Outremer"

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