Visual Lanuage
Visual building blocks of an artwork, such as line, colour and texture
What are art elements?
The maximum light level to display photographs, textiles and works on paper.
What is 50LUX?
Camera setting that controls how much light enters through the lens
What is Aperture?
The difference between a material and a technique
What is 'a material is what the artist uses; a technique is how they use it'?
The gallery professional who select artworks and develops the exhibition's theme
Who is a curator?
This principle describes the difference between light and dark, rough and smooth, or large and small
What is contrast?
45-55% and 18-22 degrees
What is the ideal range of relative humidity and temperature in a gallery space?
Camera setting that controls how long the sensor is exposed to light
A ceramic technique that involves applying a liquid glass-forming coating before firing
What is glazing?
The professional who plans the physical layout, lighting and arrangement of an exhibition.
Who is the exhibition designer?
The difference between an art element and an art principle
What is elements are the visual components; principles describe how those components are organised?
Type of paper place between works in a solander box.
Glassine or tissue paper.
Compositional technique where subjects in an image are placed along grid lines or intersections
What is Rule of Thirds?
Colour photographic print made using chemical processes.
Sculptural works are placed on these structures
What is a plinth?
An element that refers to the surface quality, real or implied, of an artwork.
What is texture?
This document records an artwork's condition before and after an exhibition
What is a condition report?
A sheet showing multiple photographs together so the photographer can select which images to print
What is a contact sheet?
Black and white darkroom photographic print.
What is a silver gelatin print?
145 to 152 cm from the floor
What is the standard ideal hanging height for artworks in a gallery?
The principle/s in which an artist repeats circular shapes throughout an artwork to create a flowing visual effect.
What are repetition/pattern and rhythm?
Materials releasing chemical vapours (VOCs) into the air
What is off-gassing?
The effect that a wide aperture, such as f/2.8, commonly creates.
What is a shallow depth of field, with a blurred background?
Photographic technique that creates an image by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive paper and exposing it to light
What is a photogram?
The fancy gallery word for glass case
What is a vitrine?