Glossary-B

The letter ‘B’ includes terms from many areas of art—styles, materials, techniques, and historical movements. Some examples:

Balance – A fundamental principle of design.

Baroque – A major European art movement.

Brushwork – A technique important in painting.

Batik – A wax-resist dyeing technique.

Background – A key concept in composition and depth.

Terms that start with ‘B’ are commonly used in both beginner and advanced art education. For example:

Students learning the principles of design will encounter ‘balance‘ early on. Art history courses will cover Baroque or Bauhaus.

The letter ‘B’ offers enough quality terms to support vocabulary-building exercises and visual examples of key terms. The cross-disciplinary connections (e.g., batik in cultural studies) appear often across Artfirst Australia.

We like the letter ‘B’ because it is especially useful as it touches on essential techniques, styles, tools, and historical periods, making it a well-rounded and educationally valuable part of an art vocabulary series.

 

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