Art appreciation vocabulary Flashcards
Work of art
What the artist name or puts in front of us for viewing. The visual object embodies the idea the artist wanted to communicate.
Medium
A particular material along with its accompanying technique; a specific type of artistic technique or means of expression determined by the use of particular materials.
Content
Meaning or message communicated by a work of art, including its emotions, intellectual, symbolic, thematic, and narrative connotations.
Mixed media
Works of art made with more than one medium.
Photomontage
The process of combing parts of various photographs in one photograph
Folk artist
Art of people who have had no formal, academic training, but whose works are parts of an established tradition of style and craftsmanship.
Representational art
Art in which it is the artist’s intention to present again of represent a particular subject, especially pertaining to realistic portrayal of subject matter.
Abstract art
Art that is based on natural appearances but departs significantly from them. Forms are modified or changed to varying degrees.
No-representational art
Art without reference to anything outside itself without representation. Also called “nonobjective” without recognizable objects.
Figurative art
Representational art in which the human form (rather than the natural world) plays a principle role.
Subject
In representational art, what an artist chose to depict. It may be a landscape or a mythological scene, or even an invented subject.
Nonobjective
See nonrepresentational art
Form
In the broadcast sense, the total physical characteristics of an object or event. Usually describes the visual element of a work of art that create meaning.
Content
Meaning or message communicated by a work of art, including its emotional, intellectual, symbolic, thematic, and narrative connotations.
Iconography
The symbolic meaning of subjects and signs used to convey ideas important to particular culture or religions, and the conventions governing the use of such forms.
Aesthetics
The study of philosophy of the quality and nature of sensory responses related to, but not limited by, the conception beauty.
Classical art
The art of Ancient Greece and Rome. In particular
Monochromatic
A color scheme limited to variations of one hue; a hue with its tints and/ or shades.
Prints
A multiple original impression made from a plate, stone,woodblock, or screen by an artist or made under the artist’s supervision.
Impressionist
Painting of a casual contemporary subjects were executed outdoors using divided brushstrokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment and the transitory effects of natural light and color
Painterly
Painting characterized by openness of form, in which shapes are defined by loose brushwork in light and dark color areas rather than by outline or contour.
Idealism
The representation of a subject in an ideal or perfect state or form.
Assemblage
Sculpture made by assembling found or cast-off object that may or may not contribute their original identities to the total content of the work.
Two-dimensional
Having the dimensions of height and width only.
Three-dimensional
Having height, width, and depth.
Line
A long, narrow mark. Usually made by drawing with tool or brush, but may be created by placing two forms next to each other.
Implied line
A line in a composition that is not actually drawn.
Geometric shapes
Any shape enclosed by square or straight or perfect circular line.
Atmospheric perspective
See perspective
Value
the lightness or darkness of tones or colors
Hue
The property of a color identifying a specific, named wavelength of light such as green,red,violet, and so on
