Art Flashcards
genre
type of art work
portrait
landscape
still life
commision
hiring and paying artist
create artwork
self-portrait
artist paints portrait
herself/himself
art elements
basic ingredients
7
design principles
how artist chooses
arrange and manipulate
art elements
create composition and visual message
highlights
light parts
distort
changing
shape
form
elongate
look longer
than actually is
mass media
communication media
reach many people
trend
general change
happening in society
popular in specific time
popular culture
culture and knowledge
passed through mass media
idealise
make something perfect
better than really is
realistic
make something exactly
what it looks like
veristic
show plain real object
not heroic or amazing
chiaroscuro
creating dramatic contrast
light and dark tones
no middle
modelling
full range of tones
obj looks 3D
pop icon
famous person
people admire
subject matter
main obj of artwork
represent
showing something
particular way
advertising
create awareness
new product
achromatic
using
black
white
grey
polychromatic
including many colors
monochromatic
one colour
lights and darks
analogous
using colors
similar to each other
complementary
colors opposite on colour wheel
desturate
make color
less pure and dull
add black
shades
add black
darker
tints
add white
lighter
colour scheme
specific colours artist choose
include in artwork
warm colors
have yellow and red
mixed in
cold colors
have blue
mixed in
contrast
different things used together
make more interesting
opaque
not see through
transparent
see through
can see layer underneath
bleed
edges of paint stroke
spread outward slightly
painting techniques
large and thin brush strokes sfumato painterly blending planar
acrylic techniques
impasto wash mixed media wet on wet straw blowing
observer
artist look carefully
whats going on
ask questions and looks for answers
understand world on deeper level
contributor
make positive difference in world
using time and talents
social commentator
talk about what’s happening in society
make people stop and think
form opinions on what’s happening
globalization
spreading on global scale
contemporary
producing or existing
at present time
signs
marks, objects
show something
inform us
national symbols
objs recognized by citizens
country has special meaning for them
cultural symbols
special meaning
particular culture
symbols
objects
communicate deeper meaning
represent other things
humanism
man is the centre of all things
believed
people were individuals
determine own future
no one should dominate another
everyone has freedom and personal honor
anthropomorphic
gods took on human characteristics
greek sculpture
marble and bronze
glyptic form- carved
4 periods
geometric
archaic
classical
hellenistic
golden section
achieve
total balance and harmony
Greek ideal
Emphasis on: harmony of proportion, expression and balance. Figures had idealisation and naturalism- combined to make perfect form
Geometric
Geometric designs
Harp player
Kouros
Rigid, monumental frontal pose Hands stiffly at sides,arms straight Hair stylized Eyes large+ almond shaped Large archaic smile Nude
Kore
Chiton Frontal pose Rigid and monumental Arms holing robe Large eyes Archaic smile Hair stylized
Archaic
Show movement
Some parts of sculpture are painted
Calf bearer
Critios boy
Relaxed position Weight is on left leg Shoulders+ hips are tilted to create movement Contrapposto position Life flows through
Charioteer of delphi
Represents passage-Archaic to Classic
Exemplifies balance- stylized geometric representations and idealised realism
Geometric folds overlie body- harmony between realism and idealism
Classical
Idealisation Godlike figures Faces calm and expressionless Bodies showed all emotion and energy Realistic but idealised Males nude Variation of poses Made in the round Awareness of anatomy Dying Gaul
Hellenistic
Extreme movement Exaggerated facial expressions Theatrical quality Overdid display of technical proficiency Laöcoon Group
