Glossaries

newMediaWiki covers topics in visual art, design, film-making, web UI/UX, art history, theory, and critique. Each area has its own language with unfamiliar jargon. If you’re here, you’ve encountered some! Below is a list of links to area-specific glossaries. Where possible, sites in this list were selected for their:

• Searchability
• Alphabetized listing
• Comprehensiveness
• Conciseness
• Security (HTTPS encryption where available)
• Authorship by a recognized authority in the field

Art

• ART TERMS | By Tate, the national collection of the U.K.

Design

• Design Words | By 0.itemzero with hundreds of graphic design terms

Film-making and media

• Film Terms Glossary | By Tim Dirks at American Movie Classics Filmsite
  
• Media Arts Glossary | By New York State Learning Standards for the Arts
  
• Animation Glossary | By Brush Ninja
  

Web UI/UX

• Glossary | From the Usability.gov archive site

Art history

• Keywords | Glossary by the UK Association for Art History

Theory and critique

• Visual Arts Glossary | By New York State Learning Standards for the Arts
  
• Semiotics Glossary of Key Terms | By Daniel Chandler at Semiotics for Beginners