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| Relief | A sculptural technique in which the design is a raised surface on a flat background |
| Repetition | A principle of design concerned with repeated shapes, lines, or motifs to help create movement or rhythm in an artwork |
| Rhythm | A principle of design that involves the repetition of elements of art to create the illusion of movement or a visual beat or tempo; Types of rhythm include regular, alternating, progressive, flowing, random. |
| Sculpture in-the-round | Freestanding sculpture meant to be seen from all sides |
| Shape | An element of art that refers to an enclosed space that is 2-D, or flat, and, therefore, limited to the dimensions of length and width |
| Sketch | Sketch drawings are rough drawings that capture the most important features of chosen subjects and are usually used as preliminary studies. |
| Space | An element of art that refers to an area surrounding objects or figures, both positive and negative |
| Symmetrical | An equilibrium created by identical parts that are equally distributed on either side of a real or imaginary central axis in mirror-like repetition; see formal |
| Texture | An element of art that refers to surface quality of an object or composition (e.g., roughness, smoothness) |
| Value | An element of art that refers to lightness or darkness |
| Visual cultures | The imagery in all kinds of media that encompasses the visual as well as the ideas, beliefs, and other conceptual realms that function in the immediate environment and globally, including all or nearly all of what people experience visually |