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Petroglyph Petroglyphs are images that are engraved, carved, or scratched
into a rock.
Trademark A trademark is a symbol of some kind used by a person, or a company to identify
their products or services they provide, and to distinguish their products or
services from others.
A trademark could be a name, word, phrase, logo, design, image, or a
combination of any or all of them.
Rebus
One of the most basic rebus
made.
Eye + heart + u = I love you
A rebus is a puzzle where you decode a message that could be a
word or a phrase from pictures or symbols from their sounds not
their meaning.
Ligature
A ligature are letters that connect together, mostly used to improve the
appearance of type, and creates a smoother transition from letter to letter.
Illuminated Manuscript Illuminated Manuscript is used to describe books that are handwritten and
decorated with borders, and miniature illustrations
The most strict definition of
Illuminated Manuscript are
books that are handwritten
and are decorated with gold
or silver that glowed when
light hit it.
Carpet Pages Carpet pages are pages usually from illuminated manuscripts that are
highly decorated with very little or no text.
Carpet pages are devoted to ornamentation with colors, active lines and woven
design looks.
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a type of visual art, often called the art of fancy lettering.
Calligraphy flourishes in
the form of wedding and
event invitations.
Logogram
Logograms are visual symbols representing words.
^ Luwian
logogram ^ Mayan Logograms
Arabesque
Arabesque is a form of
fancy decoration
consisting of plain lines
combined with elements.
They are found in Islamic
art. Arabesque is also
named for the Arabic
area where it was
developed.
Woodcut A woodcut is a piece of wood that is carved into to
make a print. The parts that are not intended to be part
of the print is cut out of the wood and the parts that
make the picture stay and get covered with ink then
pressed to paper.
Perspective
Perspective is the art of making 2D images look like 3D. Everything in
the image is related to one certain point to give it depth. That certain
point is called vanishing point and is usually in the middle of the
image.
Foreshortening
Foreshortening is an illusion made on a
flat surface to look like it may go on
forever.