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  2. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    Colors also have value; for example, yellow has a high value while blue and red have a low value. If you take a black and white picture of a colorful scene, all you are left with are the values. This important element of design, especially in painting and drawing, allows the artist to create the illusion of light through value contrast.

  3. Elements of art - Wikipedia

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    Color is an element consisting of hues, of which there are three properties: hue, chroma or intensity, and value. [3] Color is present when light strikes an object and is reflected back into the eye, a reaction to a hue arising in the optic nerve. [6] The first of the properties is hue, which is the distinguishable color, like red, blue or ...

  4. Local color (visual art) - Wikipedia

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    In painting, local color is the color of an object when seen under flat white light with no adjustment for form shadow or colors of light or secondary light sources. An example would be the assumption that an apple is "red" when it is actually dependent on the color of the light hitting it, color of objects around it, glossiness, and variations within the colors on the surface of the apple itself.

  5. Formalism (art) - Wikipedia

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    In painting, formalism emphasizes compositional elements such as color, line, shape, texture, and other perceptual aspects rather than content, meaning, or the historical and social context. At its extreme, formalism in art history posits that everything necessary to comprehending a work of art is contained within the work of art.

  6. Outline of the visual arts - Wikipedia

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    Value – use of lightness (tint, or white) and darkness (shade, or black) in a piece of art; Line – straight or curved marks that span a distance between two points. For example, see line art. Color – produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye. Properties of color Hue – red, yellow, blue, green, etc. Intensity

  7. Shape and form (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    A form is an artist's way of using elements of art, principles of design, and media. Form, as an element of art, is three-dimensional and encloses space. Like a shape, a form has length and width, but it also has depth. Forms are either geometric or free-form, and can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.

  8. Poussinists and Rubenists - Wikipedia

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    For the Poussinists, therefore, color was a purely decorative addition to form and drawing (design or disegno), the use of line to depict form, was the essential skill of painting. Their leader was Charles Le Brun [ 3 ] (died 1690), Director of the Academy, and their heroes were Raphael , the Carracci , and Poussin himself, [ 1 ] whose severe ...

  9. Tint, shade and tone - Wikipedia

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    This moves the mixed color toward a neutral color—a gray or near-black. Lights are made brighter or dimmer by adjusting their brightness, i.e., energy level; in painting, lightness is adjusted through mixture with white, black, or a color's complement. The Color Triangle depicting tint, shade, and tone was proposed in 1937 by Faber Birren. [4]