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| Glossary of Art Terms |
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| Welcome to USBlackart.Com Glossary of common Art Terms. Here we hope to give you a brief definition of various art terms which might be unfamiliar to you. If you have any questions, comments, or ideas please e-mail us. |
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Kakemono - In Japanese art tradition, a painting mounted for hanging vertically. Return to top |
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Kitsch - Art characterized by vapidly sentimental, often pretentious poor taste. It is typically clumsy, repetitive, cheesy, and slickly commercial Return to top |
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Kern: in typography, to reduce space between two or three characters so those characters appear better fitted together. Is Also referred to as kerning. Return to top |
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Key:-Used to describe the prevailing tone of a painting. A predominantly light painting is said to have a high key. In contemporary mural painting, the key is the result of scratching a walls surface to prepare for final layer of plaster - similar to "tooth Return to top |
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