Distortion*
Any change made by an artist in the size, position, or general character of forms based on visual perception, when those forms are organized into a pictorial image.
distortion. Condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art, distortion is often used as an expressive technique.
dominance. The importance of the emphasis of one aspect in relation to all other aspects of a design.
distort, distortion - To change the way something looks - sometimes deforming or stretching an object or figure out of its normal shape to exaggerate its features - making it more interesting or meaningful.
Distortion of a clay form caused by uneven stresses during shaping, drying or firing. The process of preparing the warp for beaming on the loom, including measuring, establishing the cross, and chaining.
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Extreme distortion of body characterizes El Greco's last works-for example, the "Adoration of the Shepherds" (Prado Museum, Madrid), painted in 1612-14 for his own burial chapel.
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In addition to incredulity on the part of art historians and critics of modern art, some of the harshest criticism of the Hockney-Falco thesis came from another expert in optics, image processing and pattern recognition, ...
Also see bad art, distortion, fantastic, style, and ugly.
degenerate - Being in decline; having fallen to an inferior or undesirable state, especially in mental or moral qualities. Also, a depraved, corrupt, or vicious person.
caricature - artistic representation of a person with ludicrous or gross distortion or exaggeration of distinguishing characteristics; emphasis of salient features in a portrait or character ...
expressionism The broad term that describes emotional art, most often boldly executed and making free use of distortion and symbolic or invented color.
FORESHORTENING: the technique of distortion in perspective in order for the subject to appear 3-dimensional
FORM: a three-dimensional shape, such as the human form or an abstract form ...
He accomplishes his aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid, jarring, violent, or dynamic application of formal elements.
It is important that it should be reasonably stout; plate glass is best, and it should be of a good quality so that there will be no distortions in the glass to falsify the image created.
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Bold contours and hues, anatomical and spatial distortions, and directness of execution are characteristic of such work. WebMuseum: Expressionism ...
Fauvism The name "wild beasts" was given to the group of early 20th-century French painters because their work was characterized by distortion and violent colors. Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault were leaders of this group.
A larger cone of vision works better and helps to eliminate distortions.
We should also establish a vertical axis. This axis will help us to establish placement of the perspective square in the space.
Expressionism is characterized by distortion and exaggeration in order to create an emotional effect.
"Learning to appreciate distortion is like learning to appreciate olives and clams." (Old Sculplin Gallery) Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism continued the march of Abstraction into the 20th Century.
The word is also applied to any whimsical design or decorative style, if characterized by unnatural distortion, and, generally, to anything ludicrous or extravagantly fanciful. "Grotesque" comes through the French from the Ital.
As a matter of fact, there is no mystery about these distortions of nature about which we still hear complaints in discussions on modern art. Everyone who has ever seen a Disney film or a comic strip knows all about it.
The term expressionism is used to signify the use of distortion and exaggeration in the interests of emotional effect.
A term used to denote the use of distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect, which first surfaced in the art literature of the early twentieth century.
Distortion - Distortion presupposes a norm or order from which to depart and in representation it must have a recognisable reference to the norm which is distorted for example a distorted circle ...more info ...
One seeks a proper tone of reverence without awe, feeling without sentimentality, truth without dogma, distortion without anarchy, repetition without cliché.
Emotion is expressed through distortion and exaggeration of colour and shape and surface texture - aiming for maximum emotional impact.
abstractionism, coloring, deformation, distortion, exaggeration, false coloring, falsification, garbling, hyperbole, inaccuracy, injustice, litotes, miscoloring, misdrawing, mispainting, misquotation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement, ...
All the colour has undergone an equal distortion and keying up. The terracotta of flowerpots and the rusty red of masts and furled sails become a blazing Indian red: the reflections of the boats, ...
Arts principles and/or conventions include: unity, balance, harmony, distortion, abstraction, juxtaposition, contrast, space, hierarchy, level, scale, symmetry/asymmetry, proportion, cropping, repetition, relationships, pattern, sequence, emphasis, ...
In Mannerist painting, this was expressed mainly through severe distortions of perspective and scale; complex and crowded compositions; strong, sometimes harsh or discordant colors; and elongated figures in exaggerated poses.
Emphasizing abstraction, distortion, and simplification by use of geometric shapes and intense colors, the movement derived these characteristics from the avant-garde painting styles of the early twentieth century, including Cubism, Constructivism, ...
It is characterised by artificiality, elegance, sensuous distortion of the human figure and often outright sensuality.
French for, "wild beasts", an early 20th-century group of French painters whose work was characterized by distortion and violent colours; A style 20th-century Parisian painting characterized by areas of bright, ...
Descriptions of it (the color wheel or color solids, for example) are all necessary distortions.
Abstract - forms which depict the essence of an object through simplification or distortion.
Representational- resembles forms in a manner similar to how the senses perceive them (naturalistic).
The realistic presentation of subject matter in an artwork, along with the elements of art found in it; avoiding distortions, exaggerations, or embellishments. This aesthetic quality is favored by imitationalism.
Realism
The depiction of figures, objects or scenes with minimal distortion or stylization. Realist artists depict subjects with objectivity and accuracy, rather than interpretation.
Fisheye LensA very wide angle lens. May produce distortion in the image as straight lines appear to curve around the center of the image.
Foreshortening is when an object appears compressed when seen from a particular viewpoint, and the effect of perspective causes distortion. Particularly effective when well rendered on the picture plane to create the illusion of a figure in space.
Realism:- a style of painting which depicts subject matter (form, color, space) as it appears in actuality or ordinary visual experience without distortion or stylization.
abstract/abstraction - Abstract means the modification of a (usually) natural form by simplification or distortion. Abstraction is the category of such modified images. (See also non-objective.) ...
Expressionist paintings are often boldly executed and use distortion and symbolic colour to convey the artist's response.
Literal Qualities - The realistic presentation of subject matter in a work of art; avoiding distortions, exaggerations, or embellishments. Return to top ...
The result, particularly in Marxist thought, is a distortion of reality to maintain authority over it. Various applications of this sense of the word can be found in feminist and other types of critical activity, often very politically oriented.
Paintings like this are devices of pure design and color to sensitize and play tricks on the eyes: vibrating color combinations, perspective dislocations, moiré-like patterns, illusory distortions of form caused by alternating positive and negative ...
Realism a style of art in which the subject matter is portrayed as it appears in actuality and without distortion or stylization ...
An early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and marked by the use of bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors. It was essentially an expressionist style, characterized by bold distortion of forms and exuberant ...
A style that developed in the sixteenth century as a reaction to the classical rationality and balanced harmony of the High Renaissance; characterised by the dramatic use of space and light, exaggerated colour, elongation of figures, and distortions ...
One thing that is not evident in the central photo is the curved surface on which it is painted. Michelangelo's mastery of perspective and forshortening allows the viewer to see the figure at a distance without the distortion that a lesser painter ...
 See also: Painting, Movement, Expression, Sculpture, Composition
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