GLOSSARY

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absolute

abstract

accelerando

accent

accompaniment

acrylic

actual texture

adagio

aerial perspective

aesthetics

afocal

allegro

anachronism

analogous

andante

antagonist

applied arts

appreciation

apse/altar

arcade

arch

archetype

arena stage

armature

articulation

artistic value

aside

assemblage

asymmetry

atonal

balance

balustrade

barrel/tunnel vault

binder

blocking

brass

broken pediment

buttress

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canon

canon (2)

cantilever

capital

carving

cast iron

casting

cause to effect

character

character organization

chiaroscuro

chord

choreography

chronology

circa

Classicism

close-up

collage

colonnade

colors that advance

colors that recede

combined arts

complementary

complication

compressive strength

conceptual material

concrete

confidant

conflict

conjunct melodic movement

consonance

constructing

content

contextual analysis

continuity

contrapposto

contrast

Corinthian

cornice

crescendo

criticism

curtain wall

curved line

cutting within the frame

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decrescendo

denouement

depth of focus

detail analysis

diagonal line

dialogue

disjunct editing

disjunct melodic movement

dissonance

distortion

documentary

dome

Doric

dramatic question

dynamics

earthworks

editing

electronic instruments

elevator

emphasis

encaustic

ephemeral

epic

exposition

extreme close-up

extreme long shot

façade

fenestration

filmnoir

finearts

flat character

flutes

flying buttress

focal point

foil

follow shot

foreshadowing

foreshortening

form

form in music

form cut

formal analysis

forte

fortissimo

frame

fresco

frieze

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general chronology

generic architecture

geometric

geometric drawing

gesso

glazing

golden section

Gothic

gouache

harmonic progression

harmony

hatching

high angle shot

high-key

high relief

homophony

hook

horizontal line

hue

humanities

iconography

idea organization

illumination

illusionism

imitation

impasto

implied line

implied texture

implied weight

infrastructure

installation

intaglio print

intensity

Ionic

jagged edge

key

keystone

kinetic

leitmotif

lighting

line of sight

linear perspective

lithography

load bearing

long shot

"lost wax"

low angle shot

low-key

low relief

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main plot

major

malleable

maquette

mass

medium

melody

metalpoint

meter

mezzo forte

mezzo piano

minor

mise en scene

mitigate

mixed media

monetary value

monochromatic

monologue

monophony

montage

moral characteristic

mosaic

motif (music)

motif (visual)

movement

movements

naïve

narrative

nave

negative space

nonobjective

nonrestrictive

note values

objective

objective point of view

oil

orders of architecture

organic

organic architecture

overlapping perspective

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pacing

Palladian window

participation

patina

pattern

pediment

perception

percussion

performing arts

perspective

physical characteristic

physical material

pianissimo

piano

pigment

pilaster

pitch

pizzicato

platform frame

podium base

point of view

polychromatic

polychromed

polyphony

position perspective

positive space

post and lintel system

presentational performance

presto

primary

primitive sculpture

prints

products

programmatic

project

properties

proportion

proscenium stage

protagonist

psychological characteristic

pyramidal design

quoin

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radial design

range

raissoneur

raked stage

raking cornice

razed

realistic

registration

reinforce

reinforced concrete

relief print

representational performance

retrofit

reverse angle

revival

rhythm

rhythm in music

ritardando

round character

Romanesque

rustication

scale

scene

sculpture in relief

sculpture in the round

secondary

segments

semi-abstract

serial arts

serigraph

shade

shallow focus

shape

shot

skeleton and skin

sketch

social characteristic

social value

soliloquy

stability

staccato

stainedglass

steelframe

straight line

strings

structural analysis

style

sub-plot

subject matter

subjective

subjective point of view

suspension bridge

surface

symbol

symmetry

syncopation

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tableau

tapestry

tempera

temple front

tempo

temporal frame

tensile strength

terracotta

tesserae

texture

texture in music

theatricality

three dimensions

thrust stage

tint

timber frame

timbre

tonality

tracery

transept

transition

triumphal arch

truss

tunnel/barrel vault

two dimensions

unity

urban sprawl

value

vanishing point

vantage point

variety

veneer

verisimilitude

vernacular

vertical line

visual arts

volume

voussoir

watercolor

willful suspension of disbelief

woodwinds

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