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Definition:

(noun) - An element of art, space refers to distances or areas around, between or within components of a piece. Space can be positive (white or light) or negative (black or dark), open or closed, shallow or deep and two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Sometimes space isn't actually within a piece, but the illusion of it is.

Pronunciation: spays
Examples:
"Space is the breath of art." - Frank Lloyd Wright

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