Visual arts

Visual arts

Of or pertaining to any artistic creation that we can look at, such as paintings, drawings, or video footage.

Contributors in Visual arts

Visual arts

A dynamic effect in a picture created in the perception of the viewer. Rudolf arnheim describes weight and direction as the influences on the viewer's perception of equilibrium in a picture, achieved ...

Visual

Art history; Visual arts

Pertaining to the sense of sight; something producing an image in the mind.

Wabi-sabi

Art history; Visual arts

A japanese word for an aesthetic centred on the acceptance of the imperfection and transience of all things.

Virtual image

Art history; Visual arts

An image from which rays of light appear as from a mirror; a virtual focus is a point in a mirror from which rays appear to diverge.

Vanishing point

Art history; Visual arts

The point where lines bounding surfaces depicted as parallel in a picture plane meet, somewhere on the horizon line of the image.

Vault

Art history; Visual arts

Vault, a ceiling from stones in the form of arches.

Value

Art history; Visual arts

The relative darkness or lightness of a color. White represents the highest value, black the lowest, and greys all possible values in between. Every hue has an inherent value (e.g. The primary blue ...