- Chiaroscuro - the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
- Tenebrism - dramatic illumination; style uses very pronounced chiaroscuro; developed to add drama to an image through a spotlight effect; was popular during the Baroque period of painting.
- Analogous - closely related colors; a color scheme that combines several hues next to each other on the color wheel.
- Assemblage - a three-dimensional composition in which a collection of objects is unified in a sculptural work.
- Contour line drawings - drawing that represents the edges and ridges of a form, without tonal variation, shading, etc.
- Elements of art - sensory components used to create and talks about works of art; line, color, shape/form, texture, value, space.
- Expressive content - content expressive of ideas and moods in a work of art.
- Gesture drawing - the drawing of lines quickly and loosely to show movement in a subject.
- Maquette - a preliminary model (as of a sculpture or a building), usually small.
- Motif - a repeated pattern, often creating a sense of rhythm.
- Negative space - shapes or spaces that are or represent the areas unoccupied by objects.
- Nonobjective - having no recognizable object or subject; also, nonrepresentational.
- Principles of design - a design concept describing the ways in which the elements of an image are arranged (i.e. balance, contrast, dominance, emphasis, movement, repetition, rhythm, variation, unity).
- Properties of color - the characteristics of color that are perceived: hue, value, and intensity.
- Subtractive - artistic method accomplished by removing or taking away from the original creative material.
- Visual metaphor - images in which characteristics of objects are likened to one another and presented as that other. They are closely related to concepts about symbolism.
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