Art Appreciation Flashcards
Art etymologically comes from the Aryan root “ar” which means
“to join” or “put together”
Art comes from the latin word ____ which means everything that is artificially made or composed by man
“sars” and “artis”
Refers to the skillful arrangement or composition of some common but significant qualities of nature such as sounds, colors, lines, movements, words, stone, and wood to express feelings, thoughts, imaginations, and dreams in an amazing, meaningful and enjoyable way (Adams, 2002)
Art
deals with man’s internal world
Humanities through the art
provides enjoyment and stimulation, particularly when people try to understand them.
Art
provides people with an image of themselves to enable them to further understand their nature and provide them with a way to showcase their passions and desires, their potentials and their relationship with other people.
Art
studies man and the manner in which he conducts himself from the time of his existence to the present (Martin & Jacobus, 2004),
Humanities
is composed of academic disciplines that make it distinctive in both content and method from the physical and biological sciences and from the social sciences.
Humanities
devoted to understanding the different phenomens within the human cultural contexts.
Humanities
is associated with beliefs about freedom and that human beings are capable of making significant personal choices within the constraints imposed by heredity, personal history and environment.
Humanism
the importance of the individual and specific human needs
Principles of the Humanities
MAJOR PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING HUMANISM
1.) Human nature is inherently good.
2.) Individuals are free and are capable of making choices.
3.) Human potential for growth and development is virtually unlimited.
4.) Self-concept plays an important role in growth and development
“Man is the measure of all things” according to____
Protagoras
Etymologically, Humanities came from the Latin word_____ which means, human, cultured and refined.
Humanus
Humanities comes from the latin word “humanus” which means
Human, cultured and refined
is to show good tastes and manners indicative of good, proper education.
To be cultured and refined
is to show characteristics of rationality, benevolence and care
To be human
Art that serve functions that make man’s life better
Functional art forms
Art that serve purposes far beyond mundane survival functions
Non-functional
3 FUNCTIONS OF ART
1.) The human need for expression
2.) The social need for display, celebration and communication
3.) The physical needs for functional objects
Is the philosophical study of beauty and taste
Aesthetics
It is concerned with the nature of art and used as basis for interpreting and evaluating individual works of art
Aesthetics
was said to have loved and hated the arts at the same time
Plato
PLATO TWO IDEAS OF ART
1.) Art is imitation
2.) Art is dangerous
He stated that the good always presents itself in some action while a thing of beauty may exist even in motionless objects or things. In certain conditions, however, the good may also be considered as beautiful.
Aristotle
considered art as imitation or a representation of nature.
Aristotle
His emphasis was on poetry. He stated that poetry was more philosophic and serious than philosophy itself.
Aristotle
he wrote a treatise on Aesthetics entitled, Observations on the Feelings of the Beautiful and the Sublime.
Immanuel Kant
His main interest was not in art itself but on beauty
Immanuel Kant
does not focus on the properties of the object itself but rather on the pleasure one experiences as he responds to it
Subjective taste
is non-aesthetic and does not consider the beauty of the work or the mastery of the artist, but rather, the artwork is appreciated for what it is.
Universal taste
is a person who exhibits exceptional skills in the visual and/or the performing arts
Artist
is a person who is in a skilled trade that involves making things by hand.
Artisan
7 ART FORMS
1.) Painting
2.) Sculpture
3.) Architecture
4.) Music
5.) Dance
6.) Literature
7.) Theatre
This is best described as the application of pigment to a surface.
Painting
This is an art form that is best described as three-dimensional.
Sculpture
This is the most functional of all the art forms. It involves creating designs for buildings and infrastructures.
Architecture
This is the art of sound expressed through a song, through the use of instruments or a combination of both.
Music
The art of body movements that is attuned to a musical piece. Used as a form of worship
Dance
The art of using words to express thoughts, ideas, and feelings,
Literature
The performance of drama. May be referred to as combined or performing arts
Theatre
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artist and Major Artworks:
Lascaux Cave Painting, Venus of Willendorf, Stonehenge
Stone Age
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Cave painting, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures
Stone Age
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Ice Age ends (10,000 BCE- 8,000 BCE)
New Stone Age & first permanent settlements (8000 BCE-2500 BCE)
Stone Age
The paintings are found on the walls and ceilings of the caves. The paint used were a mixture of grounded colored rocks and organic matter with tree sap and sometimes animal blood as binder.
The Lascaux Caves
This is oldest surviving three-dimensional depiction of human body, approximately 8,000 to 10,000 years older than the images at Lascaux
Venus of Willendorf
This is oldest surviving three-dimensional depiction of human body, approximately 8,000 to 10,000 years older than the images at Lascaux
Venus of Willendorf
This is one of the most famous surviving Neolithic-style structures located in Southern England
Stonehenge
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Warrior art and narration in stone relief
Mesopotamian
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Standard of Ur, Gate of Ishtar, Stele of Hammurabi’s Code
Mesopotamian
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Sumerians invent writing (3400 BCE); Hammurabi writes his law code (1780 BCE); Abraham founds monotheism
Mesopotamian
_______art features a distinctive style in the sculptures.
Mesopotamian
They usually are presented as animals (real or imagined) or animals with human heads.
Portal guardians
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb paintings: massive, monumental structures
Egyptian
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Imhotep’s Step Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Temple of Rameses, the Great Sphinx
Egyptian
This is the most recognizable statue associated with ancient Egypt and among the most famous in the world. The sculpture, of a recumbent lion with the head of an Egyptian king, was carved out of limestone on the Giza plateau.
Great Sphinx of Giza
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Greek idealism: balance, perfect proportions; architectural orders (Doric, lonic, Corinthian)
Greek and Hellenistic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Parthenon, Myron, Phidias, Polykleitos, Praxiteles
Greek and Hellenistic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Athens defeats Persia at Marathon (490 BCE); Peloponnesian
Greek and Hellenistic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch
Roman
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Augustus of Primaporta, Colosseum, Trajan’s Column, Pantheon
Roman
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Julius Caesar assassinated (44 BCE); Augustus proclaimed Emperor (27 BCE); Diocletian splits Empire (CE 292); Rome falls (CE 476)
Roman
was a favorite material of the Romans
Marble
In this arena were held gladiator fights, naval battles and even prosecutions to the delight of the emperor and the crowd.
Colosseum
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World
Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Gu Kaizhi, Li Cheng, Guo Xi, Hokusai, Hiroshige
Hindu, Chinese, Japanese
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Birth of Buddha (563 BCE); Silk Road opens (1st century BCE); Buddhism spreads to China (1st-2nd centuries CE) and Japan (5th century CE)
Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like design
Byzantine and Islamic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Hagia Sophia, Andrei Rublev, Mosque of Córdoba, the Alhambra
Byzantine and Islamic
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Justinian partly restores Western Roman Empire (533 CE-562CE); Iconoclasm Controversy (726 CE-843 CE); Birth of Islam (610 CE) and Muslim Conquests (632 CE-732 CE)
Byzantine and Islamic
is about religious expression and more specifically about church theology translated into aesthetic forms.
Byzantine art
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Celtic art, Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque, Gothic
Middle Ages
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
St. Semin. Durham Cathedral, Norte Dame, Chartes, Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto
Middle Ages
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Viking Raids (793- 1066); Battle of Hastings (1066): Crusades 1-IV (1095-1204); Black Death (1347-1351); Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Middle Ages
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Rebirth of classical culture
Early and High Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Ghiberti’s Doors, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
Early and High Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Gutenberg invents movable type (1447); Turks conquer Constantinople (1453); Columbus lands in New World (1492); Martin Luther starts Reformation (1517)
Early and High Renaissance
literally means rebirth and describes the revival of interest in the artistic achievements of the Classical world (of Greece and Rome)
Renaissance
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
The Renaissance spreads north- ward to France, the Low Countries, Poland, Germany, and England
Venetian and Northern Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks
Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Dürer, Bruegel, Bosch, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden
Venetian and Northern Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Council of Trent and Counter- Reformation (1545-1563); Copernicus proves the Earth revolves around the Sun (1543)
Venetian and Northern Renaissance
was famous for its advanced techniques in oil painting, realistic, expressive altarpiece art, wooden panel paintings, woodcuts and printmaking
Northern Renaissance
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art that breaks the rules; artifice over nature
Mannerism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Tintoretto, El Greco, Pontormo, Bronzino, Cellini
Mannerism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Magellan circumnavigates the globe (1520- 1522)
Mannerism
paintings and compositions can have no focal point and space can be ambiguous
Mannerism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Splendor and flourish for God; art as a weapon in the religious wars
Baroque
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Popular Artists and Major Artworks:
Reubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Palace of Versailles
Baroque
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Significant Historical Events:
Thirty Years’ War between Catholics and Protestants (1618-1648)
Baroque
describes something that is elaborate and highly detailed
Baroque
This technique refers to the interplay between light and dark, often used in paintings with dimly lit scenes to produce a very high-contrast, dramatic atmosphere
Chiaroscuro technique
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Art that recaptures Greco-Roman grace and grandeur
Neoclassical
involved an emphasis on austerelinear design in the depiction of classical events, characters and themes, using historically correct settings and costumes
Neoclassical
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
The triumph of imagination and individuality
Romanticism
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting
Realism
WHAT AGE AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
Capturing fleeting effects of natural light
Impressionism
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
A soft revolt against Impressionism
Post-impressionism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics
Harsh colors and flat surfaces (Fauvism); emotion distorting form
Fauvism and Expressionism
Is a term used to denote the use of distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect
Fauvism
is an artistic style in which the artist attempts to portray not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him.
Expressionism
WHAT AGE PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Pre-and Post- World War I art experiments: new forms to express modern life
Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl
It employs geometric shapes in depictions of human and other forms
Cubism
is an Italian art movement that took speed, technology and modernity as its inspiration.
Futurism
WHAT ART PERIOD AND MOVEMENT?
Characteristics:
Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious
Dada and Surrealism