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In art, chiaroscuro (English: / k i ˌ ɑːr ə ˈ s k (j) ʊər oʊ / kee-AR-ə-SKOOR-oh, - SKURE-, Italian: [ˌkjaroˈskuːro]; lit. ' light-dark ') is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
The historian of camouflage Peter Forbes comments that the ships had a Modernist look, their designs succeeding as avant-garde or Vorticist art. In 2007, the art of camouflage, including the evolution of dazzle, was featured as the theme for a show at the Imperial War Museum.
Kinetic art is art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or that depends on motion for its effects.
Light in painting plays a decisive role in the composition and structuring of the painting. Unlike in architecture and sculpture, where light is real, the light of the surrounding space, in painting light is represented, so it responds to the will of the artist both in its physical and aesthetic aspect.
Benin art is the art from the Kingdom of Benin or Edo Empire (1440–1897), a pre-colonial African state located in what is now known as the Southern region of Nigeria.
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, comics, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines, such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts, also involve aspects of the visual arts as well as arts of other types.
Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. [1] [8] Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences.
Shakira, Leonardo DiCaprio, Janelle Monáe, Cindy Crawford, and more stars arrived in Florida for the annual event.
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible ...
The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name lanterna magica, was an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs —on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source.