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READING VISUAL ART TERMINOLOGIES

Multimodal texts- include picture books, text books, graphic novels, comics, and posters,
where meaning is conveyed to the reader through varying combinations of visual (still
image) written language, and spatial modes.

The visual arts- are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as
ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film
making and architecture.

Cultural literacy -means being able to understand the traditions, regular activities
and history of a group of people from a given culture. It also means being able to
engage with these traditions, activities and history in cultural spaces like museums,
galleries and performances.

Cultural trajectory- Cultural transformation is all about bringing changes to a culture, whether
it be gradual evolution or shifts in cultural ideologies and practices or it be a planned mission for
cultural cleansing or uplifting. Culture is not static whether we analyses it in micro, mezzo or
macro levels. An individual’s shifts in his thought patterns, belief systems, manners and
practices, the changes in group dynamics and culture and the transformation of value system or
thinking and working patterns all depict the reflection of culture in the state of flux at different
times.
Omission- a person or thing that has been left out or excluded.
Hierarchy- a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other
according to status or authority.
Dissect- methodically cut up (a body, part, or plant) in order to study its internal parts.
Visual literacy- Visual literacy concerns how meaning is made in still and moving image
texts. It is addressed in the Victorian Curriculum: English through the mode of 'viewing'. Visual
literacy involves closely examining diverse visual texts across a range of text types.
Seeing and sense – What is seeing in visual arts?
 Seeing involves recognizing or connecting the information the eyes take in with your
previous knowledge and experiences in order to create meaning. This requires time
and attention.
 The five human senses – taste, smell, sight, hearing and touch – belong to the most
varied and most appealing subjects of European painting.
 Though we may not actually be able to feel or hear the objects and scenes depicted in a
painting, artists often invite us to use a variety of our senses when we explore a work of
art—encouraging us to imagine the textures, smells, and even tastes of what is
depicted.

Visual saturation- Color saturation refers to the intensity of color in an image. As the saturation
increases, the colors appear to be more pure. As the saturation decreases, the colors appear to be
more washed-out or pale.
Linguistic turn- A change in emphasis in the discourse of the humanities and social sciences
reflecting a recognition (beyond the bounds of linguistics itself) of the importance of language in
human meaning-making.
Semiotics- the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation. Semiotics is the study
of the use of symbolic communication. Semiotics can include signs, logos, gestures and other
linguistic and nonlinguistic communication methods. As a word, semiotics derives from the
Greek sēmeiōtikós, which describes the action of interpreting signs.
Peculiar- strange or odd; unusual
Etymologically- in a way that relates to the origin and history of words, or of one particular
word: English is the most etymologically varied language on earth. The word "pagan"
etymologically means "of the countryside"
Prerogative- a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
Discretion- the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or
revealing private information.
Sensate- relating to or apprehending or apprehended through the senses. Preoccupied with
things that can be experienced through a sense modality.

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