ART APP Flashcards
in art it is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them.
APPROPRIATION
to _______________ means to properly adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects (or the entire form) of
human-made visual culture.
appropriate
__________________ artists deliberately copy images to take possession of them in their art.
Appropriation
the concept that the new work _______________________ whatever it borrows to create the
new work. In most cases the original ‘thing’ remains accessible as the original, without
change.
recontextualizes
The deliberate “borrowing” of an image for this new context is called “____________________________.”
recontextualization
________________________ helps the artist comment on the image’s original meaning
and the viewer’s association with either the original image or the real thing.
recontextualization
aimed to create a new situation, and therefore a new meaning or set of meanings,
for a familiar image.
Appropriation art
A mark with length and direction.
A continuous mark made on a surface
by a moving point.
LINE
Consists of Hue, Intensity, and Value
COLOR
another word for color
HUE
another word for Brightness
INTENSITY
another word for Lightness or Darkness
VALUE
An enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements; 2-dimensional.
SHAPE
A 3-dimensional object; or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-dimensional.
FORM
The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.
S P A C E
Empty areas
Negative
areas filled with something
Positive
Creates Depth
Foreground, Middleground and background
The surface quality or “feel” of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
TEXTURE
ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE, COLOR, SHAPE, FORM, SPACE, TEXTURE
The building blocks or ingredients of art.
The Elements of Art
The way the elements are arranged to
create a feeling of stability in a work.
BALANCE
What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make art.
The Principles of Art
The parts of an image are organized
so that one side mirrors the other.
Symmetrical Balance
When one side of a composition does
not reflect the design of the other.
Asymmetrical Balance
The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out the most.
EMPHASIS
A large difference between two
things to create interest and tension.
CONTRAST
A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement.
RHYTHM and MOVEMENT
Repetition of a design.
PATTERN and Repetition
When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image.
UNITY
The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work.
VARIETY
The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE.
PROPORTION
borrows images from popular culture, advertising, the mass media, other artists and elsewhere, and incorporates them into new works of art.1
Appropriation art
Copyright protects expression but not ideas. Protecting original ideas would involve substantial administrative and enforcement costs.
Protection of Expression
Copyright protects against copying but not independent duplication
Protection against Copying
Copyright gives the creator adaptation rights on his work.
Right of Adaptation
Original works all have in common what economists call a “__________________” to them.
public goods aspect
Creating these original works involve a good deal of time, money and effort (sometimes called the “___________________________”).
cost of expression
Fair use limits the rights of the copyright holder by allowing unauthorized copying in circumstances that are roughly consistent with promoting eco-
nomic efficiency.
Doctrine of Fair Use
is parody protected by fair use?
Yes
