Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WordNet
n. the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting)
Wikipedia
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision. In particular, the art director is in charge of the overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements used, what artistic style to use, and when to use motion.
One of the most difficult problems that art directors face is to translate desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. During the brainstorming process, art directors, co-workers, and clients are engaged in imagining what the finished piece or scene might look like. At times, an art director is ultimately responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agenda and inconsistencies between the various individual inputs.
Usage examples of "art director".
I bought a thousand sheets of blank stationery and a thousand envelopes and had the art director of the ad agency where I was working design a logo and specify the type.
Then Audrey Meek took me through the ritual of the days that she was held captive by the man who called himself the Art Director.
Once he had decided on a story, he would get his artist in residence to draw each scene, which he then gave to the art director, who would call in the studio’.
Once he had decided on a story, he would get his artist in residence to draw each scene, which he then gave to the art director, who would call in the studio's carpenters, plasterers and painters, and the sets would be built.
The whale special effects were created by a number of very talented people, most notably visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston and art director Nilo Rodis from Industrial Light and Magic.
Dannay worked as a writer and an art director for an advertising agency, while Lee wrote publicity for film studios.
They would send an art director-male, but he may not be all that male and he's seen more female bodies unmade-up than an undertaker-and he doesn't touch you.
The moments of terror are no longer terrifying because we empathize with the victim, but are rather fascinating because we want to see what creative new method of mayhem the writer and art director have come up with.
Peter Schwed and Michael Korda of Simon and Schuster, who, together with Helen Barrow (production manager), Frank Metz (art director), Eve Metz (designer), and Sophie Sorkin (copy chief), had to put up with my impossible demands.
A freelance illustrator and designer, she also works as the designer and Art Director of Aurealis, a magazine of Australian fantasy and science fiction.
We went upstairs to see how far the art director and his department had gone with dismantling the Jockey Club enquiry room set, ready to construct an approximation of the Athenaeum dining room in the space.