Composition in visual art
Aerial perspective in art
The aerial perspective and atmospheric perspective is the method with which one occurs sense of depth in a painting, to…
Trompe-l’œil
Trompe-l'œil (French meaning for "deceive the eye") is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion…
Complementary colors
Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined, cancel each other out. This means that when combined, they produce…
Fourth dimension in art
New possibilities opened up by the concept of four-dimensional space (and difficulties involved in trying to visualize it) helped inspire…
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point…
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro is an oil painting technique, developed during the Renaissance, that uses strong tonal contrasts between light and dark to…
Silhouette
A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single…