final Flashcards
How have we seen art used so far
narrative utility worship idolatry metaphor/abstraction
How is Adam using his creative capacity in that one image
He came up names for for these animals
How can we be confident that we have been created to use our human creativity?
says so in the bible, God mandated us to be creative
What are the Hows that we can know about Paleolithic art
How things were made, what they used and how long ago it was made. We can only speculate
Can we know for sure how these images were used in paleolithic art
We know they drew from memory but we can’t know for sure why
How were these official depictions of the cherubim used
As a reminder that God is separated from humans; were used as a type of worship
how did God have Moses use the graven image of the Bronze Serpent
people had to look at it to be healed
What is this picture of a golden bull? What is his name? Where is he from
An Egyptian Deity
Apis
Egypt
What does your brain do before it interprets the world around it
takes in info/gathers data
reflection or emission of lights waves from an object to the light receptors of your eyes
visual perception
5 basic elements of visual perception
line, shape, color/value, texture, form
can we perceive an actual line
no
abstract mathematical concept of an “existent of length without breadth”
line
defined line
can see the line
implied line
imaginary line
visible, distinguishable, and namable wavelength of light emitted or reflected by an object
color
wheel of colors that represent the colors that are perceivable by human beings
color wheel
3 colors that are equally spaced apart on the color wheel. Generally go together
triadic colors
deal w light waves; emitted light waves
additive primaries
Additive primary colors? Why?
red+green+blue
bc they make white
deal w reflected light waves and pigments
subtractive primaries
Subtractive primary colors? Why?
magenta cyan yellow
bc they make black
1 color area or 2 adjacent color areas taking 1 color
monochromatic color
three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, sharing a common color,
analogous color
an oldest known type of glazed ceramic. It was abandoned more than 6k years ago in Egypt
faience
Is faience true pottery
not really bc it doesn’t contain clay but contains major elements of glass
colors that are on the opposite of one another on the color wheel
successful color schemes
contrasting colors
describes the intensity (purity) of a hue.
saturation
how do tints and shades affect saturation?
affects the purity of the color by becoming less saturated
do colors have value
yes
how does one make a tint of a color
adding white to a color
how does one make a shade to a color
adding black to a color
the outline of an area or figure
shape
how we understand what we see
interpretation
what we perceive form light/form
perception
Is the image of The Snail representational or abstract
abstract
relative lightness or darkness of light reflected or emitted from an object(s)
value
perceived surface quality of a work of art. element of 2D and 3D designs and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties
texture
the physical properties of the surface of an object that can be felt through touch
physical texture (3D)
visual properties of an image that translate a physical texture through reflected light rays
visual texture (2D)
What is the media of this lioness piece?
Paint
shape and (physical) volume or perceived volume
form
form for 2D
percpective and/or shading or modeling techniques
form for 3D
depth width and height
creating a 2D space to look 3D by varying the lights and the darks
volumetric form
How is Gioto’s Fides an ex of volumetric form
he varied the lights and darks in a 2D space to make it look 3D
Why isn’t Eqyptian art an example of volumetric form
art is portrayed flat
who is this bronze cat? how was it used and why? is it an idol?
Bast
worship bc it’s a god
yes
what is this blue hippo’s name and was it an idol
William
no
refers to the visual flatness or illusion of depth that is depicted in a visual representation
2D space
refers to the physical environment and how it functions in its particular context
3D space
method utilized to either communicate depth or give the illusion of realistic depth in space
perspective
3 basic types of perspectives in the west
divergent
intuitive
linear
asian culture used what kind of perspective
vertical perspective
everything is diverging away from the eyes
divergent perspective
guessing the perspective
intuitive perspective
horizon line and vanishing point. everything goes into vanishing point
linear perspective
where is the horizon line always going to be in relation to the viewer
eye level
lines parallel to the viewer’s body in linear perspective always remain
parallel
lines vertical to the viewer’s body in linear perspective always remain
vertical
lines perpendicular to the viewer’s body in linear perspective become
horizon lines
works in the sky and the ground
atmospheric perspective
how does overlapping aird in the perception of special depth
helps figure out what’s in fron of the other
artificial perspeciv
meant to be seen in a very specific POV
anamorphic
contains a message that means you die
memento mori
physical environment and how it functions in its particular context
3D space
refers to size compared to another object
scale
bigger than human scale
large scale
smaller than human scale
small scale
really big scale
colossal scale
what 2 primary concerns dominated egyptian art
complex religion system
strong monarchial govt
when is it believed that egyptian conventons for their art were developed
3500 bc
how long did egyptian conventions last
3000 yrs
did egyptian conventions change in that time
not really except once
flat piece of stone that you can grind makeup in
palette
earliest example and made in earliest point in the egyptian dynasty
Cannon of Proportions
represent certain things
pictographs
division of space of lines. everything stands on that line
registers
place where people stand
groundline
one of the oldest goddesses on Cannon of Proportions
Hathor/Horus
takes place of something else
symbolism
what does the bull’s tail represent
strength
servant in afterlife
ushabti
