Art Appreciation Flashcards
What is Art?
Art or ‘Sining’ is defined as the different manners of expressing human skills and imagination in the creation of aesthetic conditions, objects, and presentations.
What is Painting?
Painting refers to the application of color, pigment, or paint to a surface or support, which may include paper, wood, canvas, metal, or walls.
What is Sculpture?
Sculpture is a three-dimensional artwork made through processes such as carving, modeling, assembling, or casting.
What is Architecture?
Architecture is the art and science of designing spaces and constructing buildings and other environmental features.
What are the Elements of Art?
The elements of art include: DOT, LINE, SHAPES, FORMS, COLOR, TEXTURE, SPACE, DOMINANCE, and BALANCE.
What does a straight line suggest?
Straight lines suggest rigidity.
What do diagonal lines suggest?
Diagonal lines suggest oppositions.
What do vertical lines suggest?
Vertical lines suggest strength.
What do horizontal lines suggest?
Horizontal lines suggest stability and repose.
What do curved lines suggest?
Curved lines suggest movement.
What are Geometrical Shapes?
Geometrical shapes are measurable shapes.
What are Organic Shapes?
Organic shapes are non-measurable shapes.
What is Hue?
Hue is the identity or the quality by which we distinguish colors.
What are Cool Colors?
Cool colors are colors that possess the dominance of blue.
What are Warm Colors?
Warm colors are colors that possess the dominance of red or yellow.
What is Value in color?
Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a hue.
What is Intensity or Saturation?
Intensity or saturation refers to the strength of a hue.
What is a Monochromatic color scheme?
A monochromatic color scheme uses a single color tint in different values or shades.
What is an Analogous color scheme?
An analogous color scheme consists of 3 to 4 neighboring colors with one color in all mixtures.
What is a Complementary color scheme?
A complementary color scheme consists of any two opposite colors on the color wheel.
What is a Split Complementary color scheme?
A split complementary color scheme consists of any three colors wherein two of which are beside the complement of the third color.
What is a Double Split Complementary color scheme?
A double split complementary or tetradic color scheme uses four colors arranged into two complementary pairs.
What is a Triad color scheme?
A triad color scheme consists of three colors that form an equilateral triangle in a color wheel.
What is Symmetry in balance?
Symmetry is the use of equal elements, with no axis or central point.
What is Asymmetry in balance?
Asymmetry is achieved through the use of unequal elements with no axis or central point.
What is Repetition in art?
Repetition is defined as the recurring element in a composition.
What is Contrast in art?
Contrast is defined as differences in form, line, texture, and color.
What does the color Red symbolize?
Red symbolizes bravery and love.
What does the color Blue symbolize?
Blue symbolizes calm and peace.
What does the color Yellow symbolize?
Yellow symbolizes joy.
What does the color Violet/Purple symbolize?
Violet/Purple symbolizes nobility.
What does the color Green symbolize?
Green symbolizes balance and growth.
What does the color White symbolize?
White symbolizes purity and innocence.
What does the color Orange symbolize?
Orange symbolizes comfort.
What is Impressionism?
Impressionism is characterized by outdoor painting.
What is Surrealism?
Surrealism explores the subconscious mind.
What is Social Realism?
Social Realism addresses social problems and is known as ‘Art for the people.’
What is Pop Art?
Pop Art is inspired by familiar images.
What is Realism?
Realism is a naturalistic approach to art.
What is Expressionism?
Expressionism focuses on inner emotions.
What is Abstract art?
Abstract art is characterized by non-figurative imagery.
What is Dadaism?
Dadaism is an (anti) aggressive reaction in art.
What characterizes Medieval Art?
Medieval Art reflects the ‘Dark Ages’ with grotesque imagery and brutal scenery, centered around the Church.
What is Fresco painting?
Fresco painting is a method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster, usually on wall surfaces.
What is Encaustic art?
Encaustic art is a mixture of pigment, wax (beeswax), and resin.
What is Tempera?
Tempera is a fast-drying medium made of pigment mixed with a glutinous material, usually egg yolk.
What are Mosaics?
Mosaics are patterns produced by arranging small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.
What is Stained Glass?
Stained glass refers to glass material that has been colored by metallic oxides during the manufacturing process.
What is Gothic architecture?
Gothic architecture is a European style that values height and exhibits an intricate and delicate aesthetic.
What is Renaissance Art?
Renaissance Art is a period of ‘rebirth’ in arts, science, and culture from 1400 to 1600.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is known as the ultimate ‘Renaissance man’ and epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.
What are some famous works of Leonardo da Vinci?
Famous works include ‘Mona Lisa’ (1503-05), ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’ (1485), ‘The Last Supper’ (1495-98), and ‘Vitruvian Man’ (1490).
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti?
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was the dominant sculptor of the High Renaissance.
What are some famous works of Michelangelo?
Famous works include ‘Pietà’ (1499), ‘David’ (1501-04), and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-12).
Who is Raffaelo Sanzio da Urbino?
Raffaelo Sanzio da Urbino was the youngest of the three great High Renaissance masters.
What are some famous works of Raffaelo?
Famous works include ‘Sistine Madonna’, ‘Madonna of the Chair’, and ‘The School of Athens’.
Who is Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi?
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (1386-1466) was one of the best-known sculptors of the Renaissance.
What is Donato’s most famous piece?
His most famous piece is the bronze ‘David’, the first free-standing nude statue made since antiquity.
What characterizes Baroque art?
Baroque art (1600-1750) is characterized by grandeur, richness, and stylistic complexity.
Who is Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio?
Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio (1573-1610) was known for realistic religious depictions and dramatic use of lighting in Baroque paintings.
Who is Jose Honorato Lozano?
Jose Honorato Lozano is known for paintings of letras y figuras.
Who is Juan Luna?
Juan Luna is famous for ‘Spoliarium’, which won the gold medal in the 1884 Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Who is Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo?
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo is known for ‘Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho’, which won the silver medal in the 1884 Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Who is Fabian dela Rosa?
Fabian dela Rosa is known for ‘Women working in a Rice Field’ (1902).
Who is Fernando Amorsolo?
Fernando Amorsolo is known for ‘Fruit Gatherers’ (1953) and ‘Sunday Morning going to Church’.
Who is Jose Nepomuceno?
Jose Nepomuceno is known for ‘Dalagang Bukid’ as a movie.
Who is Carlos ‘Botong’ Francisco?
Carlos ‘Botong’ Francisco is known for ‘Harana’ (1957) and artworks seen in Manila City Hall.
Who is Antonio Toledo?
Antonio Toledo designed the Manila City Hall.
Who is Leandro Locsin?
Leandro Locsin is known for the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
Who is Rody Vera?
Rody Vera is known for ‘Ang Post Office: Theater’.
Who is Juan Arellano?
Juan Arellano is known for the Manila Post Office.
Who is Eduardo Masferré?
Eduardo Masferré is known as the Father of Philippine Photography.
Who is Napoleon Abueva?
Napoleon Abueva is known for ‘Judas’ Kiss’ (1955) and is recognized as the Father of Modern Filipino Sculpture.
Who is Victorio Edades?
Victorio Edades is known as the Father of Modern Philippine Painting.
Who is Ramon Valera?
Ramon Valera is known as the Father of Philippine Fashion.
Who is Anita Magsaysay-Ho?
Anita Magsaysay-Ho is known for ‘Fruit Vendors’ using tempera with egg yolk as a binder.
Who is Antonio Velasquez?
Antonio Velasquez is known as the Father of Philippine Comics for ‘Kenkoy’.
Who is Onib Olmedo?
Onib Olmedo is known for ‘Mother and Child’.
Who is Galo Ocampo?
Galo Ocampo is known for his contributions to Philippine art.
Who is Francisco Mañosa?
Francisco Mañosa is known for the Coconut Palace.
Who is Guillermo Tolentino?
Guillermo Tolentino is known for the Bonifacio Monument and UP Oblation.
Who is Hernando Ocampo?
Hernando Ocampo is known for ‘Homage to Tandang Sora’.
Who is Diosdado Lorenzo?
Diosdado Lorenzo is known for ‘Ilog ng Cabiao’ (1970).
Who is Cesar Legaspi?
Cesar Legaspi is known for ‘Gadgets II’.
Who is Jose Joya?
Jose Joya is known for ‘Pagdiriwang’.
Who is Arturo Luz?
Arturo Luz is known for ‘Black Form, White Space’ (1976).
Who is Vicente Manansala?
Vicente Manansala is known for ‘Madonna of the Slums’ (1950).
Who are some National Artists?
National Artists include Agnes Locsin (Dance), Salvacion Lim – Higgins (Design), Marilou Diaz – Abaya (Film and Broadcast Arts), Ricky Lee (Film and Broadcast Arts), Nora C. Villamayor ‘Nora Aunor’ (Film and Broadcast Arts), Gemino Abad (Literature), Fides Cuyugan – Asension (Music), and Antonio ‘Tony’ Mabesa (Theater).
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
Vincent van Gogh is known for ‘The Starry Night’.
Who is Claude Monet?
Claude Monet is known for ‘Water Lilies Impression’.
What is a quote by Edvard Munch?
‘From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.’
What is a quote by Pablo Picasso?
‘Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.’
What is a quote by Diego Rivera?
‘I’ve never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.’
What is a quote by Paul Cézanne?
‘We live in a rainbow of chaos.’
What is a quote by George Rouault?
‘The Head Of Christ.’
