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  2. Hierarchical proportion - Wikipedia

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    Nebamun hunting birds in the marshes using cats, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt Late 18th Dynasty, around 1350 BC. [1]Hierarchical proportion is a technique used in art, mostly in sculpture and painting, in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork.

  3. 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.

  4. Outline of the visual arts - Wikipedia

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    Elements of art – shape, form, value, line, color, space and texture Shape – area defined by edges; Form – perceived volume or dimensionality; 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.

  5. Graphic arts - Wikipedia

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    Graphic art mostly includes calligraphy, photography, painting, typography, computer graphics, and bindery. It also encompasses drawn plans and layouts for interior and architectural designs. [1] In museum parlance "works on paper" is a common term, covering the various types of traditional fine art graphic art.

  6. Values scale - Wikipedia

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    The values scale outlined six major value types: theoretical (discovery of truth), economic (what is most useful), aesthetic (form, beauty, and harmony), social (seeking love of people), political (power), and religious (unity). Forty years after the study's publishing in 1960, it was the third most-cited non-projective personality measure. [4]

  7. Formline art - Wikipedia

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    Yéil X̱ʼéen (Raven Screen) (detail). Attributed to Ḵaajisdu.áx̱ch, Tlingit, Kiks.ádi clan, active late 18th – early 19th century. Formline art is a feature in the Indigenous art of the Northwest Coast of North America, distinguished by the use of characteristic shapes referred to as ovoids, U forms and S forms.

  8. Hierarchy of genres - Wikipedia

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    The Raphael Cartoons are a clear example of the continuing status of tapestry, the most expensive form of art in the 16th century. In the Early Medieval period, lavish pieces of metalwork had typically been the most highly regarded, and valuable materials remained an important ingredient in the appreciation of art until at least the 17th century.

  9. Vineland Social Maturity Scale - Wikipedia

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    The Vineland Social Maturity Scale is a psychometric assessment instrument designed to help in the assessment of social competence. [1] It was developed by the American psychologist Edgar Arnold Doll and published in 1940. [ 2 ]