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Term: Line art

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Term: Line art

Definition:
An image that consists of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade or hue to represent two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects.
Category:
Image
Resource:
Line art (Wikipedia article; grayscale illustration is imperfect example)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_art
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