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ID: 300056332
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300056332

 

Record Type: concept
distortion (<visual and representational concepts>, formal concepts (artistic concept), ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: The quality or state in a painting or of an object due to the use of optical illusions, manipulated surfaces, or discordantly juxtaposed images.
 
Terms:
distortion (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
vervorming (visuele concepten) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
distorsión (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities>
........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of artistic concepts
............ artistic concepts (G)
Hierarchy of formal concepts (artistic concept)
................ formal concepts (artistic concept) (G)
Hierarchy of <visual and representational concepts>
.................... <visual and representational concepts> (G)
Hierarchy of distortion
........................ distortion (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... De kwaliteit of staat in een schilderij of van een object door het gebruik van optische illusie, gemanipuleerde oppervlakken of naast elkaar geplaatste strijdige afbeeldingen. 
Spanish ..... La cualidad o estado en una pintura o de un objeto debido al uso de ilusiones ópticas, superficies manipuladas, o imágenes discordantemente yuxtapuestas. 

Sources and Contributors:
distorsión............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.......................  Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) I:1022
distortion............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Arnheim, Art and Visual Perception (1969) 244
.......................  Jewett, Glossary for Recording the Condition of an Artifact (1980s)
.......................  Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969) 113
.......................  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary [online] (1997-2002) "Distortion" Accessed 8/16/00
.......................  Ocvirk et al., Art Fundamentals (1981) 10
.......................  Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 318
vervorming (visuele concepten)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP]
.....................................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.....................................................  Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary [online] (1997-2002)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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