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Art Flashcards

1
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symbolism

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when something represents abstract ideas or concepts

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how do artists use culture to express meaning?

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metaphors and plays

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metaphor

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a form of though and language (or symbolizing) that asserts a meaningful link between two expressions from different semantic domains

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play

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let us make believe allows a metaphorical link to reality (vs. religion-let us believe….true reality)

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art is conventionally understood as an

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expression of human creative skill, usually in the form of painting, sculpture, music, or literature.

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from an anthropological perspective, art is a product of

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social relationships

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aesthetic criteria

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the underlying principles that make something appealing or beautiful

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cultural framework

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traditions, value systems, myths and symbols that are common in a given society

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the seven dimensions through which we can examine art

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  • height
  • width
  • depth
  • time
  • power
  • wealth
  • aesthetics
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seven demensions for defining art

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  • the basic elements of height, width, and depth are physical elements that can be measured
  • Time (history) refers to an object’s individual history: where it came from, how interpretations have changed through time
  • power indicates the inequality reflected by objects
  • wealth reflects the fact that objects can be used to display wealth and social status
  • aesthetics is the recognition that different individuals and groups find different patterns aesthetically pleasing
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fine art

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expensive, symbolic value, made for market, trained artist

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folk art

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common, functional, domestic, anonymous

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ethno-esthetics

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local cultural definition of artistic quality and proscriptions

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small-scale society art forms

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  • highly portable
  • embedded in all aspects of culture
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complex societies art forms

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  • some people specialize in art
  • often associated with the elite
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According to the text, art should make a symbolic statement about what is being portrayed. In other words, art should communicate information by being

a) technically skilled
b) transformational
c) creative
d) representational

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d

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18
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art should communicate information by being

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representational

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the power of art and play?

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  • role in the enculturation of children
  • role in cementing social or political control
  • art as a form of resistance
20
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ethnomusicology

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an area of study encompassing various approaches to the study of the many musics around the world that emphasize their cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts instead of or in addition to its isolated sound component or any particular repertoire.

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four major concepts of ethnomusicology

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  • ideas about music
  • social structure of music
  • characteristics of music
  • material culture of music
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ideas about music

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  • how cultures distinguish between music and nonmusic
  • the functions music has for the society
  • whether music is seen as beneficial or harmful to society
  • what constitutes beautiful music
  • on that occasions should music be played
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social structure of music

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  • the social relationships between musicians
  • how a socity distinguishes between musicians on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, or education
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characteristics of music

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  • how the style of music in different cultures varies (scale, melody, harmony, timing)
  • the different musical genres that are found in a society (lullaby, sea chantey, hard rock, and so on)
  • the nature of mucial texts (words)
  • how music is composed
  • how music is learned and transmitted
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material culture of music

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  • the nature of the musical instruments found in a culture
  • who makes musical instruments, and how are they distributed
  • how are musical tastes reflected in the instruments used
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egalitarian societies/simple economics

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  • repititious texts
  • slurred articulation
  • little solo singing
  • wide melodic intervals
  • non-elaborate songs (no embellishments)
  • few instruments
  • singing in unison
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stratified societies/complex economics

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  • nonrepetitious texts
  • precise articulation
  • solo singing
  • narrow melodic intervals
  • elaborate songs (embellishments)
  • large number of instruments
  • singing in simultaneous intervals
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museology

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the study of how to organize museum collections

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appropriation

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the use of borrowed elements in art

30
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cultural tourism

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marketing a cultural image (authentic, primitive, indigenous)

  • art to attract tourism

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