the graphic arts
21graphic — graphic, vivid, picturesque, pictorial are comparable when they mean having or manifesting a quality or character that produces a strong, clear impression, especially a visual impression. All of these words apply particularly but not exclusively… …
22University for the Creative Arts — Infobox University name = University for the Creative Arts image size = 170px motto = mottoeng = established = 2005 (as the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester)cite web | url =… …
23Outline of the visual arts — Color is an important aspect of many of the visual arts. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the visual arts: Visual arts – class of art forms, including painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and… …
24graphic — [graf′ik] adj. [L graphicus < Gr graphikos, capable of painting or drawing, of writing < graphē, a drawing, writing < graphein, to write, orig., scratch, incise < IE base * gerebh > CARVE, CRAB1] 1. describing or described in… …
25The Descent from the Cross (van der Weyden) — The Descent from the Cross c. 1435. Oil on oak panel, 220cm × 262 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid The Descent from the Cross (or Deposition of Christ, or Descent of Christ from the Cross) is a panel painting by the Flemish artist …
26Artwork (graphic arts) — Artwork (also known as art layout drawing) is a type of drawing that serves a graphical representation of an image for its reproduction onto a substrate via various processes, such as silkscreen, label making and other printing methods. Transfer… …
27graphic — graphically, adv. graphicalness, graphicness, n. /graf ik/, adj. Also, graphical. 1. giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake. 2. pertaining to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like;… …
28graphic — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or relating to the visual or descriptive arts, esp. writing and drawing. 2 vividly descriptive. 3 (of minerals) showing marks like writing on the surface or in a fracture. 4 = GRAPHICAL. n. a product of the graphic arts (cf.… …
29graphic — graph•ic [[t]ˈgræf ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake[/ex] 2) pertaining to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like; diagrammatic 3) of, pertaining to, or… …
30arts, the — also called fine arts modes of expression that use skill or imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others. Traditional categories within the arts include literature… …
