Useful English words and expressions for international students of art, design, and architecture.
Friday, August 12, 2011
vulnerable
fragile
read as [something]
illustrate by analogy
drop out the background
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drop out the background,
expression
focal image
hidden message
Friday, July 15, 2011
validate
Example:
valid (adj.)
validate (v.)
validation (n.)
The validity of research is judged in the space in which it is located. In physics, for example, other physicists within the context of the laboratory judge it. In the art world, art is validated by artists, critics, curators, and the art educators, using institutional and gallery models. But these may not be adequate or appropriate.
valid (adj.)
validate (v.)
validation (n.)
translucent
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adjective,
translucent,
transparent
transparent
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adjective,
translucent,
transparent
build on someone's comment/idea, etc.
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build on someone's comment/idea,
noun,
verb
subversive
subject matter
Any attempt to extend the subject-matter of art is extremely distasteful to the public; and yet the vitality and progress of art depend in a large measure on the continual extension of subject-matter.
The Soul of Man under Socialism by Wilde, Oscar
in context here
The subject matter of Picasso's Guernica is the horror of war.
The Soul of Man under Socialism by Wilde, Oscar
in context here
The subject matter of Picasso's Guernica is the horror of war.
simultaneous
satirical
The artist George Grosz is famous for the satirical images he created of 1930s Germany.
satire (n.)
to satirize (v.)
rectilinear
reconfigured
otherworldly
one on top of another
objective of the assignment
Most art and design teachers will expect your projects to match the goals of the learning task, or the objective of the assignment.
“The objective of the assignment is to expose the students to a range of Art practice and to start talking about their responses and perceptions around artwork they would normally choose to dismiss,” said Bowes.
non-representational
non-objective
non-figurative
multiple viewpoints
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
interpretation
interpenetrate
interchangeable
inspired by
hierarchical
curvilinear
conspicuous
complementary
cantilevered
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adjective,
architecture,
cantilevered
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