Expressive Studies Flashcards
What is subject matter?
It is the people, places and objects that one sees in an artwork, as well as its theme or symbolic meaning
What is composition?
It is the placement or arrangement of the subject matter
What is the focal point?
Is area(s) within an artwork that command the visual attention of the viewer
What is balance?
Refers to how different elements of the artwork are distributed within the composition
What is unity?
How different elements of an artwork combine to create a sense of wholeness or cohesion
What is variety?
Principle of art that adds interest to an artwork
What is a pose/facial expression?
The position which someone stands or sits
The way the face moves to convey an emotional state
What is viewpoint/perspective?
Position from which the artist or viewer looks at the subject
Things that look bigger up close and smaller from further away
What is proportion?
Relationship of two or more elements in a composition and how they compare to one another
What is the visual element of line used for?
- shape and form of objects
- details of features and patterns
- surfaces and texture
- tone, light and shade
- strength and stability or delicacy and fragility
- sense of direction
- energy and movement
- mood, atmosphere and emotions
What is the visual element of tone?
The ‘value of colour’ - its relative lightness or darkness
What does the visual element of colour do?
Creates the mood or atmosphere of an artwork
How does an artist use colour?
Creating temperature
A colour theme
Creating emotion, mood and atmosphere
Creating depth and perspective
Creating harmony and contrast
Pattern, rhythm and movement
What is shape?
Two dimensional area which has height and width, but not depth
What is form?
Forms are shapes with three dimensions (height, width and depth)
What is texture?
How something feels
What is pattern?
Is a design in which lines, shapes, forms or colours are repeated in a piece of work
What is rhythm?
Occurs where elements or shapes are repeated in a similar way in the artwork combine
What is movement?
Use media in a way which gives the illusion or suggestion of movement
What is the use of space?
area around, above and within an object
What is use of style?
Describes the way that an artists portray their subject matter to express their vision
What is scale?
Refers to overall physical size of an artwork or objects in the artwork
What is media handling and techniques?
Art media simply means the materials that artists use in their work
Media handling refers to the different ways artists use tools and materials to create artworks
What is mood an atmosphere?
Mood in art is the feeling that a work generates
What is symbolism?
Is the practice of using an object to represent something else - an idea, a feeling, a relationship, a mood or an emotion
What are social influences on artwork?
- The artists family and/or community
- The work of other artists within the community
- The artists political views
- Changes taking place in society
- National and/or world events
What are cultural influences on an artwork?
- Art and design movements
- The artists travel and exposure to different cultures
- New and emerging technologies
- Religion and/or belief
- Developments in other fields eg, science, literature and music
What are economic influences on an artwork?
- The artists living conditions
- The artists financial situation
- The nature of the artists work
What are some other influences of an artwork?
- The artists physical enviroment
- The artists personal circumstances
- The artists own health and well-being
