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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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art history is also called ______________

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Art historiography

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historical study of the visual arts, being concerned with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historic development of the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, drawing, printmaking, photography, interior design, etc.

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Art history

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two primary concerns of art historical research

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see notes

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is the study of human expression – visual, but also tactile, spatial and sometimes aural – through history.

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Art history

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are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film making and architecture.

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Visual arts

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this art form can be felt, such as 3D art (sculptures, architectural structures, etc.)

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tactile

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is the area of discipline where student focuses on the environmental aspect of 3-dimensional design in contemporary art practice. Space, form, material, color, texture, light, scale and context all deliver content for such

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Spatial Arts

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is one that is primarily addressed to the ear, and which uses sound as its primary material. It is the universal or only art of sound.

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Aural Art

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*Creations that fall under this category are those that appeals to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature.

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Visual arts

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means that the composition possesses the dimensions of length and width but does not possess depth.

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2 dimensional artwork

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An art form that is visual in nature.

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3D Visual art

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*refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement.

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Film

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*is a live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he or she uses to perform, but also employs other kind of art such as visual art, props, or sound.

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Performance art

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  • is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words.
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Poetry

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15
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is the making of beautiful buildings

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architecture

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16
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is series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.

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Dance

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17
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*a creative art form that allows people to freely express themselves.

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Dancing

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  • goes beyond the usual professional, academic, journalistic and other technical forms of writing.

*It focuses on writing using a unique style, not following a specific format or norm.

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literary art

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19
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*uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience.

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Theater

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20
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  • is incorporating elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetic value.
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Applied arts

21
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ASSUMPTIONS AND NATURE OF THE ARTS

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see notes

22
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Personal functions of art

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see notes

23
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social functions of art

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see notes

24
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Physical functions of art

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see notes

25
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other functions of art

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see notes

26
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is generally defined as the ability to omit an acceptable level of opposing, disrupting, and corrupting values that would otherwise alter an artist’s or entities’ original vision in a manner that violates their own preconceived aesthetic standards and personal values.

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Artistic integrity

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is the principle of art that refers to relative size. The principles of art differ from the elements of art.

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proportion

28
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is one of the most important aspects in creating a great design is the art of clarity. This means that everyone involved in the branding process or design needs to be clear on what they want/need (i.e. goals and objectives), and everything involved in the process needs to make sense.

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Radiance or clarity

29
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refers to art works that show objects existing in reality. These subjects in an art work are in fact representations of what one can see in real life

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Representational Art or Objective Art

30
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is a portrayal or depiction of a person’s appearance whether in painting, photograph or a sculptural work or other medium. It is an art work that aims to portray the likeness of a person in a detailed manner.

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Portrait

31
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it refers to inanimate objects or things that do not have life, such as chairs, fruits, flowers, books, clothes, etc.

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Still life

32
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refers to any work of art that does not portray any recognizable object from the real world. This type of art form may simply show the elements of arts such as lines, colors, or shapes.

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Non-representational art or non-objective art.

33
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refers to the image that one sees on the art form is interpreted as the factual level of interpretation.

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Factual

34
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refers to the universal or special meaning that is attached by a group to a subject.

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Conventional

35
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refers to the artist’s personal interpretation of the subject.

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Subjective

36
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The term humanities comes from the latin word ________________

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humanus

37
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what does humanus mean?

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civilized, refined, cultured, or disciplined

38
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creating meaningful images on flat surfaces using pigments mixed with vehicle

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Painting

39
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designing and constructing buildings for a particular function

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Architecture

40
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forming objects out of tangible materials

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Sculpture

41
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recording experiences in life using words

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Literature

42
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Using sound of varying pitch to compose songs

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Music

43
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communicating ideas using the whole body

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Dance

44
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producing moving three-dimensional images on the screen

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Cinema

45
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The word art is derived from the latin word called ________________

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ars

46
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what does ars mean?

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ability or skill

47
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is a gifted individual who exhibits an exceptional skill in any of the arts

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artist

48
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is the study of beauty

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aesthetics

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