CHAPTER 3 WORK OF ART: ITS SUBJECT, FORM, AND CONTENT Flashcards
It is the focus in the art
Subject
What are the two types of subjects of art
Representational and non-representational
Appears to be very much like how people see them in the reality
Representational subjects
The process if simplification or alteration or rearrangement
Abstraction
Sources and Kinds of Subjects
- Nature
- People and World Events
- Myths and Legends
- Spiritual and Religious Beliefs
- Ideas Commissioned by Employers
It is the overall organization of the artwork
Form/Composition
Type of art that begins the work on a flat surface called a plane
Two-Dimensional Art
A three-dimensional media where most of the media used are clay, glass, plastics, wood , stone or metals.
Sculpture
- free-standing
- relief sculpture
A three-dimensional media process of constructing a sculpture using different materials
Assembling
A three-dimensional media, additive process where the artist gradually adds more of the material to build the form
Modeling
A three-dimensional media, subtractive process where the sculpture removed, cuts, chips, or drills part of the sold mass to create the form
Carving
A three-dimensional media, manipulative process where materials like soft pliable materials are made into shapes using manual hand force or machine manufactured force
Casting
A three-dimensional media, have utilitarian intentions
Crafts
The technique of capturing optical images on a light-sensitive camera
Photography
DSLR
Digital Single Lens Reflex
First camera ever recorded in history
daguerreotype
series of negatives that intend to show motions of pictures
Films and Videos
Graphic Designers rely on computers and this applications to create art
Computer Art
Artwork also contain emotional or intellectual messages
Content
A credit line consists of
- Name of the artist
- Title of the work
- year/s the work was made
- medium
5.Size dimensions
6 Location of Work
c=circa (about or around)
the process of understanding the meanings of the elements of the art and the symbolism the objects convey.
iconography
psychologists use artistic materials in assessment procedures called
projective technique
ex.
House-Tree-Person Test
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Thematic Apperception Test