SUMMARIES
GLOSSARY
A.D.
absolute
absolute symmetry
abstract
abstract photograph
accelerando
accents
actual light and shadow
actual line
actual space
actual texture
actual weight
aerial perspective
afocal
anachronism
analogous
Andrea Palladio
antagonist
applied arts
apron
apse-altar
aqueduct
arcade
arch
archetype - Greece - Parthenon
archetype Rome/Pantheon
arena
aria
armature
articulation
artistic value
artistry
aside
assemblage
asymmetry
atonal
avant garde
avista
B.C.
balance
ballet
balustrade
Baroque - Rococo
bilateral symmetry
binder
blocking
Broadway musical
broken pediment
built environment
buon fresco
buttress
canon
cantilever
capital
carving
cast iron
casting
castle - keep
catalysts (four)
cause to effect
character
chiaroscuro
choreographer
chronology
circa
Classical age
classical elements
coda
coffers
collage
collograph
colonnade
color harmonies
colors that advance
colors that recede
column
combined arts
complementary
complication
compressive strength
conceptual material
confidant
conflict
conjunct movement
consonance
constructing
content
contextual analysis
continuity
continuity - dialogue
continuity - mise en scene
continuity - repetition
continuum
contrapposto - realistic
contrast
Corinthian-acanthus leaf
cornice
crayon
crescendo
criticism
curtain wall
curved line
cutting within the frame
decrescendo
denouement
depth of focus 2
3
detail analysis
deus ex machina
dialogue
differential focus 2
3
disjunct editing
disjunct movement
dissonance
documentary
dome
Doric
dramatic question
dynamics
earthworks
elevator
emphasis
encaustic
ephemeral
epic
exposition
extension
façade
fenestration 2
film noir
fine arts
flutes
flying buttress
focal point
focus
foil
follow shot
foreshadowing
foreshortening
form
form cut 2
form in film
form in music
form in theater
formal criticism (analysis)
forte
four orchestral families
frame 2
fresco secco
frieze - decorative
general chronology
generic architecture
genre photograph
geometric shapes
gesso
glass houses-green houses-conservatories
glazing
golden section (mean)
gouache
harmonic progression
harmony
hatching - crosshatching
high angle shot
high key
high relief
homophony
horizontal line
hue
human reference-proportion-scale
humanities
iconography
idea
illumination
illusionism-trompe l’oeil
imagery
imitation
impasto
implied line
implied space
implied texture
implied weight 2
infrastructure
ink
installation
intaglio print
intensity
international style-Bauhaus
Ionic-volute
iron
isometric perspective
jagged edge
jazz dance
keystone
kinetic
landscape photograph
leitmotif
light
line in film
line of sight 2
line in theater
linear perspective
lithograph print
“lost wax” method
low angle shot
low key
low relief
main plot
major
malleable
maquette
mass
materials
measures
medium
melody
metalpoint
meter in music
meter in literature
minor
mise en scene
mitigate
modeling
modern dance
monetary value
monochromatic
monologue
monophony
monotheism
monotype
montage 2
moral characteristic
mosaic
motif in visual arts 2
motif in music
movement
mythology
narrative
nave
negative space
Neo-classic
niche
nonobjective
nonrestrictive
note values
objective
objective point of view 2
oculus
oil
opera
operetta
orders of architecture
organic architecture
organic shapes
originals
overlapping perspective
pacing
painting
Palladian window
participation
participatory dance
patina
pattern
pediment
perception
performing arts
perspective
physical characteristic
physical material
piano
pigment
pilaster
plate
platform system
plays
podium base
point of view
pointed arch-complex-Gothic (polyphony)
polychromatic
polychromed
polyphony
polytheistic
portrait photograph
position perspective
positive space
post and beam/timber frame/load bearing
post and lintel system
post-modernism
presentational dance
presentational performance
primary
primitive sculpture
products
programmatic
project
proportion(1)
proportion(2)
proscenium stage
protagonist
psychological characteristic
pyramidal
quoining
radial
raissoneur
raked stage
raking cornice
razed
realistic
recitative
registration
reinforce
relief print
Renaissance Man
repetition
representational performance
rests
retrofit
reverse angle
revival
rhythm
rhythm in music
ritardando
round and flat
round arch-simple-Romanesque (monophony)
rustication 2
scale
sculpture
sculpture in the round
sculpture in relief
secondary
segments
semi-abstract
serial arts
serigraph
shape
sketch
social characteristic
social value
soliloquy
stability
stained glass
standard measurements
steel skeleton-steel cage
straight line
structural analysis
style
sub-plot
subject matter
subjective
subjective point of view 2
surface
symbol
syncopation
tableau
tapestry
tempera
temple front
tempo
temporal frame
tensile strength
terracotta
tesserae
texture
texture in the camera arts
texture in theater
theatricality
theme and variations
three dimensions
three types of film
thrust stage
timbre
tonality
tone color
tracery
transcept
transition
triadic
triumphal arch
tunnel/barrel vault
two dimensions
underdrawing
unity
urban sprawl
value
vanishing point
vantage point 2
variety
veneer
verisimilitude
vernacular
vertical line
visual arts
volume
wash
watercolor
willful suspension of disbelief