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In the visual arts, gradation is the technique of gradually transitioning from one hue to another, or from one shade to another, or one texture to another. Space, distance, atmosphere, volume, and curved or rounded forms are some of the visual effects created with gradation. [1] A gradient illustration, showing a gradation spectrum from black ...
A German mathematician Dr. Henry Wampen wrote two influential works, The Mathematical Art of Cutting Garments According to the Different Formation of Men's Bodies (1834) and Mathematical Instructions in Constructing Models for Draping the Human Figure (1863). Wampen introduced the principle of gradation via these works.
Training in the visual arts has generally been through variations of the apprentice and workshop systems. In Europe, the Renaissance movement to increase the prestige of the artist led to the academy system for training artists, and today most of the people who are pursuing a career in the arts train in art schools at tertiary levels.
Gradation (music), gradual change within one parameter or an overlapping of two blocks of a wavelength. Gradation, 1988 pop album by Shizuka Kudo; Gradation (art), visual technique of gradually transitioning from one colour or texture to another; Consonant gradation, mutation in which consonant sounds alternate between various "grades"
The technique is a fine shading meant to produce a soft transition between colours and tones, in order to achieve a more believable image. It is most often used by making subtle gradations that do not include lines or borders, from areas of light to areas of dark.
Japanese art terminology (4 C, 33 P) S. Sculpture terms (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Visual arts terminology" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 ...
Current usage of the term "visual arts" includes fine art as well as applied or decorative arts and crafts, but this was not always the case. Before the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and elsewhere at the turn of the 20th century, the term 'artist' had for some centuries often been restricted to a person working in the fine arts (such as ...
The central visual element, known as element of design, formal element, or element of art, constitute the vocabulary with which the visual artist compose. These elements in the overall design usually relate to each other and to the whole art work. The elements of design are: Line — the visual path that enables the eye to move within the piece