| A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional, i.e. produced on a flat surface. |
sculpture, an artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects.
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| The term usually refers to the arts that rely more on line or tone than on color, especially drawing and the various forms of engraving; it is sometimes understood to refer specifically to printmaking processes, such as line engraving, aquatint, drypoint, etching, mezzotint, monotype, lithography, and screen printing (silk-screen, serigraphy). |
Graphic art mostly includes calligraphy, photography, painting, typography, computer graphics, and bindery. It also encompasses drawn plans and layouts for interior and architectural designs.
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| Graphic art further includes calligraphy, photography, painting, typography, computer graphics, and bindery. |
Graphic art typically is two-dimensional and includes calligraphy, photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, lithography, typography, serigraphy (silk-screen printing), computer graphics, and bindery.
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| It also encompasses drawn plans and layouts for interior and architectural designs. |
Floor plans are essential to any interior design or architecture project. With a floor plan, you can see everything in your space as if you took the ceiling off and were looking down. Think of yourself as a giant looking at the plan from a bird's eye view. |
| Throughout history, technological inventions have shaped the development of graphic art. |
In 2500 BC, the Egyptians used graphic symbols to communicate their thoughts in a written form known as hieroglyphics |
| In 2500 B.C., the Egyptians used graphic symbols to communicate their thoughts in a written form known as hieroglyphics. |
The use of hieroglyphic writing arose from proto-literate symbol systems in the Early Bronze Age, around the 32nd century BC (Naqada III), with the first decipherable sentence written in the Egyptian language dating to the Second Dynasty (28th century BC).
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| The Egyptians wrote and illustrated narratives on rolls of papyrus to share the stories and art with others. |
In ancient Egypt, texts could be written on papyrus in hieroglyphs, hieratic script, or Demotic script, and later papyrus was used in Greek (09.182. 50), Coptic, Latin, Aramaic, and Arabic documents.
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| During the Middle Ages, scribes manually copied each individual page of manuscripts to maintain their sacred teachings. |
A scribe wrote the text for a book, and an artist, called an illuminator, painted the pictures and decorations. Scribes and illuminators made each book by hand. Manuscripts (handmade books) were often written and illuminated by monks in monasteries. Books were written on parchment made from the skin of sheep or goats. |
| The scribes would leave marked sections of the page available for artists to insert drawings and decorations. |
Lines often define the edges of a form. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin. They lead your eye around the composition and can communicate information through their character and direction.
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| Using art alongside the carefully lettered text enhanced the religious reading experience. |
Text is one of the strongest visual elements because it can tell the viewer exactly what you want them to see or think, but, if used correctly, it can also make the viewer question (him/herself, the artwork, a concept, the world) in new ways.
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