Chapter 1/2/3 TEST Flashcards
Art
A primary visual medium that is used to express ideas about our human experience
and the world around us
Art is the ordering/presentation of an experience
Art is when an object’s aesthetic value outweighs its practical value
Function
Art does a job within a culture (assists in rituals, customs, representing ideas, etc.)
Visual Form
Materials, line, shape, color, texture, mass, shape, space, etc.
Content
Imagery, context (in situ), symbolic meaning, cultural/social/political/historical context
Aesthetics
The branch of Philosophy that deals with Art (and Design), it’s sources, forms, and
effects on both individuals and cultures
Content vs Intent
example: an image contains a skull. This skull is a conceptually loaded image
regardless of the artist’s intent because of cultural context
Perception
Interpretation of meaning/symbolism due to personal/political/social context
Style
Manner of expression. Naturalistic, abstract, representational, idealized, expressive,
surreal, etc.
Line
Actual, implied, line weight, direction
“A line is a dot that went for a walk” - Paul Klee
Light and Color
value, hue, saturation, intensity
Scale
The presented size of an image or object and its proportional relationship to it’s greater
context
Texture
Tactile (a physical surface, example: a piece of sandpaper) Visual texture (an illusionary surface, example: a photograph of a piece of sandpaper)
Pattern
A configuration with repeated visual forms
Shape
A two-dimensional visual entity
Geometric (regular, idealized, timeless?)
Irregular (unique)
Organic, Biomorphic (resembling living beings, plants, animals, trees, etc.)
Anthropomorphic (resembling the human figure or it’s parts)
Linear vs Painterly
Referring to quality of line and/or definition of form(s) in an image)
