Vocabulary list for fine arts and performing arts

David Bar-Tzur

GENERAL

applied arts audio/visual contrast create creative, creativity deadline design
diagonal drawing fashion fine arts foreground frame glass blowing
graphics illustration installation marionette masquerade media ornament
paint painting performance perspective portfolio process product
prospective rehearse retrospective sculpture sequential subject three dimensional
trace video (v) video camera videotape weave woodworking

CERAMICS

kiln

CRAFTS

glass blowing handicraft jewelry woodworking

COMPOSITION

active asymmetry balance diagonal focal point negative parallel
passive perpendicular positive structure symmetry volume

DANCE

ballet dance nimble

DRAWING/ PAINTING STYLE

contour figure gesture landscape mechanical drawing still life style

MATERIALS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS

aluminum carbon characteristic color composition copper form
line materials media medium metal shape texture
tools

MUSIC

See also Physics under "Wave Mechanics".

band classical conductor drum Elvis Jackson, Michael lullaby
lyrics motoric music orchestra overtone pendulum record
reverberate rhythm stage tempo timbre

PAINTING

Baird, Chuck contrast diagonal frame intermission model mural
paint portrait profile Rembrandt (van Rijn) van Gogh, Vincent

PERSPECTIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS

asymmetry consistency curvilinear diagonal dimension height horizontal
length oblique parallel perpendicular perspective proportion relationship
symmetry vanishing point vertical width

PHOTOGRAPHY

See also Physics under "Optics".

agitation-> ~ (film) ~ (print) aperture bellows (camera) camera-> fall (in ~ angle)
rise (in ~ angle) swing (in ~ angle)) tilt (in ~ angle) color contact print contrast darkcloth
darkroom darkslide develop/er-> ~ (film) ~ (film/print) ~ (print) diagonal
dots per inch emulsion enlarge enlarger equipment expose film (movie)
film (roll) filter fixer f-number focus frame f-number
f-stop Kodak layout lens lensboard light meter model
negative (n) perspective photo photograph picture portrait print
process (film) process (print) profile reversal sepia shutter (focal plane) shutter (leaf)
single lens reflex slide slide projector stop bath stop down telephoto 35 mm
transparency twin lens reflex video (v) video camera video cassette recorder videotape video tape recorder
view camera wide angle

POETRY

poetry rhyme rhythm Shakespeare

QUALITIES

believability consistency emotion glossy movement organic quality
realistic sensual static strength subtle tactile weak

SCULPTURE

bust sculpt sculpture statue torso

SHAPES

circle contour ellipse outline parallelogram rectangle square
triangle

For the signs for these terms, see Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary.

For additional relevant terms, see Vocabulary list for acting (stage and screen) and Vocabulary list for English under "Literature".

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