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Leonardo,Vol. 5, pp. 77-78. Pergamon Press 1972. Printed in Great Britain TERMINOLOGY The terms defined below were selected from articles and notes written by artists in the previous number of Leonardo (cf. Ref. 11, below). The terms cannot be found in the art dictionaries consulted or are used in a new sense. Some are terms that have been carried over into the field of art from the natural and social sciences and from technology. The definitions are not presumed to be unassailable. The Editors would, therefore, welcome the comments of readers on the definitions presented. The following references have been consulted : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. TheAdeline Art Dictionary. Jules Adeline, Frederick Ungar, New York, 1967. TheBasic Dictionary of Science. Ed. E. C. Graham, Macmillan, New York, 1965. Britannica WorldLanguageDictionary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago, 1962. A Dictionary of Art and Artists. Peter and Linda Murray, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1959. A Dictionary of Art Terms. Reginald G. Hagger, Hawthorn Books, New York, 1962. A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques. Ralph Mayer, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1969. Dictionary of the Arts. Martin L. Wolf, Philosophical Library, New York, 1951. Dictionnaire polyglotte des termes d’art et d’archdologie. Louis RCau, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1953. Glossary of Modern Art. John O’Dwyer and Raymond Le Mage, The Philosophical Library, New York. The Harper Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. James R. Newman, Harper and Row, New York, 1963. Leonardo,International Journal of the Contemporary Artist, 4, No. 4, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1971. Mathematics Dictionary. Third Edition, James and James, D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1968. Pergamon Dictionary of Art. John FitzMaurice Mills, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1965. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Third Edition, Revised with Addenda, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965 Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary. G. & C. Merriam, Springfield, Mass., 1967. 1. ART 2 computer program (in computer tech- addition to copper and aluminum to impart strength and hardness. Powdered beryllium and its compounds are extremely toxic. ([Ill p. 380; cf. Hackh’s Chemical Dictionary, 3rd edition, J. Grant, Ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1944)) nique)-A modification of the ART I computer program that permits shading on a digital computer drawing by the single over-printing of characters. ([11] p. 365;cf. ART1 computer program, Leonardo 4. 81 (1971))(cf. Statistical shading, below) I , , , \ -. 4. Conceptual art-([ll] p. 309) (cf. Note by 2’ ARTpoveru-The Italian for ‘poor art’, Donald Brook on p. 49 of this issue of Leonardo) was coined by the art critic Celant for art made out 5. Electronic music-A type of music composed of sounds produced by and characteristic of certain electronic devices. ([11l p. 363) of poor materials (broken objects, rubbish etc.) as a and dreary aspects Of human existence. ([ll] p. 309; cf. Review by H. P. Raleigh of Art Povera, G. Celant, Ed.. in Leonardo On the 6. Flakeboard-A kind of wallboard or com3 . Beryllium (in chemistry)-A hard, light, position board composed of compressed resin3 ,478(1970)) (cf. NOlart, below). grayish-black metallic element. It is used as a trace bound wood. ([ll] p. 325) 77 78 Terminology 7. Glyceryl resin (inchemistry)-A plastic material that is the polymer of glycerol and phthalic acid, modified with either drying, semi-drying or nondrying oils. It is one of the group known as alkyd resins. These resins are used in architectural paints, automotive finishes, industrial finishes etc. ([ll] p. 313; cf. A. G. Roberts, Organic Coatings (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968)) 8. Klieg light, kleig light-A carbon arc lamp used in taking motion pictures. ([Ill p. 380; [15]) 9. Maximum (in mat1rematics)-A value of a function that is greater than any value that immediately precedes and follows it continuously. ([ll] p. 369; [3, 151) 10. Minimum (in mathematics)-A value of a function that is less than any value that immediately precedes and follows it continuously. ([ll] p, 369; 11. Monumentalism-The term used by F. Del Drago for the practice of employing contrastingly large and small shapes or areas in visual art works. 12. NO-art-An anti-art manifestation in...

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