Design principles
Balance, contrast, hierarchy, proportion, rhythm, alignment and other design principles.
Areas within Design principles
Visual art
General vocabulary for visual artworks, artistic media and creative practice.
97 wordsPainting and drawing
Painting, drawing, colour, line, composition, media and techniques.
50 wordsSculpture
Three-dimensional art, carving, modelling, casting and sculptural materials.
42 wordsArchitecture
Buildings, architectural design, structure, form and built environments.
178 wordsGraphic design
Layout, branding, visual communication, graphics and publication design.
39 wordsDesign principles
Balance, contrast, hierarchy, proportion, rhythm, alignment and other design principles.
35 wordsArt history
Artistic movements, periods, styles, criticism and historical context.
35 wordsPhotography
Photography, exposure, composition, lenses, image-making and photographic genres.
36 wordsTextiles and fashion
Fabric, textiles, garments, fashion design and decorative surface techniques.
227 wordsTypography
Type, fonts, letterforms, spacing, readability and typographic design.
17 wordsArchitecture
Specialist vocabulary classified under Art and design.
110 wordsDesign studies
Specialist vocabulary classified under Art and design.
4 wordsVisual art
Specialist vocabulary classified under Art and design.
50 words35 featured terms
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the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…
Alignmentnounthe act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
Balancenounharmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the…
Contrastverbto show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
Counterpointverbto show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
Emphasisnounspecial and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
Hierarchynouna series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
Law of proximitynouna Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) ar…
Onenounthe smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…
Proportionnounharmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the…
Proportionalitynounharmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the…
Proximitynouna Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) ar…
Repeatingnounthe act of doing or performing again
Repetitionnounthe act of doing or performing again
Rhythmnoun(architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern
Singlenounthe smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…
Unitynounthe smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch a…
Cambernounthe alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
Conflictverbbe in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
Copyingnounan act of copying
Counterbalanceverbcontrast with equal weight or force
Echolalianoun(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
Foilverbenhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
Iterationnoundoing or saying again; a repeated performance
Monadnouna singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
Monasnouna singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
Opposeverbcontrast with equal weight or force
Redundancynounrepetition of an act needlessly
Reduplicationnounthe act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
Reiterationnounthe act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
Renewalnounthe act of renewing
Replicationnounthe repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion; "scientists will not believe an experimental result until they…
Singletonnouna single object (as distinguished from a pair)
Taxonomynouna classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Topicalizationnoun(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beg…
