Chapter 1 and 2 Flashcards
A theory of art that states that art is an imitation of reality
Memetic Theory (Imitationism)
Art comes from the Latin word “ars” which means
Artificially composed by Man
Art is ______, because it utilizes various disciplines
Interdisciplinary
Art ___________ because it involves the skills honed by artists to produce the art.
Involves experience
He said that art is just a vision, and an artist is the one to create a picture of phantasm.
Beneditto Croce
He said that art is the refined and intensified form of experience
John Dewey
He said that art is the reason for making things. Art is patterned on nature.
Aristotle
He said that art is the opposite of practical. He recognized that even an immoral person can make a good work of art.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Art is ____________. It involves the use of art for propaganda and protests.
a product if man’s needs for self expression
This is an art theory that states art is the reproduction of things, people, or objects.
Representationism
A kind of representationism where an aspect of nature is changed.
Physical Alteration
A kind of representationism where an aspect of nature is enhanced.
Selective Modification
A kind of representationism where nature is copied based on the subjective interpretation of the artist.
Perceptual Interpretation
It is highly realistic 3D art on a 2D surface.
trompe l’oeil
Theory of art that uses bold colors or lines to exemplify physical energy or the emotions intended by the artist to be expressed.
Expressionism
Theory of art that combines only perceptual elements using intricate patterns. It does not contain any representations.
Formalism
The theory that states art is the activity or the process done by the artist to make art.
Action Theory
A theory of art that states art is the integration of objects within the art world.
Institutionalism theory (Theory of the Art world)
A social institution composed of people who have been recognized to have influence and power over the production, exhibition, dissemination, and consumption of art.
Artworld
Which of the following are not included in the Artworld?
artists
art critics
art historians/educators
art patrons/curators
art museums/galleries
schools/clubs
art shops/vendors
art awards
recognitions/popularity
art journals
TV/newspapers
Art shops/vendors
Arts that are perceived by the eyes.
Visual arts
Include artistic representation recorded on a flat or two-dimensional surface such as painting, drawing, photography, etc.
Graphic arts
The process that makes multi-reproduction of graphic art.
Printing
The process of adding or applying pigments to a surface.
Painting
The process of representing something by lines and shadings.
Drawing
is the process whereby unwanted portions of design are cut away on the master image. The
Relief printing
is a method of printing from a plate on which incised lines, which carry the ink, leave a raised impression.
Intaglio printing
is the art or process of producing drawings or designs on metal plates covered with wax. The needle penetrates was into the surface of the plate.
Etching
involves drawing directly on a metal plate with a sharp needle and scratches lines, or groove, into the metal.
Dry point
is done on a metal plate with a cutting tool called a barin, which leaves a V-shaped trough.
Engraving
includes all processes in which printing is done from a flat (plane) surface.
Surface printing
is the art or process of printing from a flat stone or metal plate by a method based on the repulsion between grease and water.
Lithography
includes the process of stretching silk over a rectangular frame and unwanted portions in the design are blocked out.
Silkscreen
is a chemical-mechanical process by which images are produced on sensitized surfaces by action of light. Reproductions may be in black or white or in full colors of the original.
Photography
include all fields of the visual arts in which materials are organized into three-dimensional forms.
Plastic Arts
art forms in which artists use their bodies or voice to convey artistic expression. It includes music, dance, opera, drama, or play.
Performance arts
is the art of combining and regulating sounds of a varying pitch to produce compositions, expressing various ideas and emotions.
Music
It is the most direct of the arts for it makes use of the human body as its medium. It springs from man’s love for expressive gestures, and his release of tension through rhythmic movement.
Dance
A form of art that involves the play and the opera.
Drama
a popular addition to the various forms of theater. Through it, a great number of people are able to see dramatic performances every day.
Motion picture
It is a drama set to music.
Opera
She said that art is an expression of thought through a visible medium. It is about looks and appearances.
Anne Airaudi
Art is _______, because it does not die
Timeless
Art is __________, trees and mountains are not examples of art.
Not nature
Art is _______, it is found in every culture, time, location, and era. It is found everywhere. Yet is has no single agreed meaning.
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