COMPOSITION

Composition

In the visual arts—in particular painting, graphic design, photography, and sculpture—composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art.

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composition

Noun

  1. The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
  2. The general makeup of something.
  3. An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.
  4. An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling.
  5. an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
  6. A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
  7. An essay.
  8. The formation of compound words from separate words.
  9. A work of music, literature or art.
  10. typesetting.
  11. Applying a function to the result of another.


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