Fine arts} unit 1 Flashcards
The analysis of art that concentrates on aesthetics
Formalism
Type of perspective that looks for meaning in the psychologist features of the work or symbolic representations
Psychological perspective
The analysis of art that takes into account the social, cultural, historical and political forces during the time the art was created
Contextualism
The type of perspective that examines the artwork from a woman’s POV
Feminist perspective
This type of perspective is the most encompassing of all the perspectives
Historical perspective
Type of perspective looks for roles and relationships associated w/ wealth in the content of the artwork
Economic perspective
With the religious perspective, even though there are many different religions, religious people generally agree that their beliefs are __________.
ultimate
Dominant idea of a work, the message or emotion the artist intends to convey
Theme
Refers to the systematic procedure whereby a particular creative task is preformed
Technique
Material from which an art object is made
Medium
Combination of distinctive elements of creative execution and expression, in terms of both form and content.
Style
Type of class in which a work of art, literature, drama or music belongs
Genre
An agreed-upon practice ,device, technique or form to create a work of art
Convention
Arrangement of elements in an individual work
Composition
Space around the main subject of a painting
Negative space
Imaginative form of expression using meter, rhythm, or rhyme
Poetry
Ordinary language used in speaking and writing
Prose
A poem, novel, or film that is relatively long recounting of the life of a hero or the history of a person
Epic
A serious play or other work of literature that tries to make you feel exhilarated because the hero’s experience teaches you some profound truth about yourself
Tragedy
play or other work that makes you laugh and reaffirms the values you hold important
Comedy
Short subject poem usually expressing an intense personal emotion
Lyric
Pattern of events in a story, poem or play- Aristotle said it is the “life and soul” of the drama
Plot
Character in direct opposition to the protagonist
Antagonist
Primary character that is changed by the dramatic action of the plot
Protagonist
Character that remains unchanged throughout the story
Static
They tell the story from their POV and seem to know everything that is going on
Narrator
Is the background in which the action takes place
Setting
How centered the main subject of of a compositon is
Balance
How some thing looks
Aesthetic
Is an example of perception w/o conception
New born baby
Is the plural for medium
Media
The element that makes the action possible
Characters
To cause a rebellion
Foment
To mix the media of other art forms with the artist’s ow, but keep their basic media or subject clearly dominant
Appropriation
The relative equally combining of the media of one or more arts
Synthesis
When a work of art takes another work of art as its subject mater (when a book is turned into a movie)
Interpretation
For painting, sculpting, or architexture you use…
lines, color, shape, texture, composition
Tends to be the best suited to using others as their subject matter
Film and Photography
Henri Matisse interprets the _____ or _____ of dance and music in his paintings
Idea, nature
Anne Sexton’s & Robert Fagle’s poems both portray the ______ of Van Gogh’s, Starry Night.
emotion
_____ and _____ appropriate the most from other arts
Opera, architecture
Focuses on form
Descriptive
Focuses on content
Interpretive
Focuses on the relative merits of work
Evaluative
Focuses on form
Descriptive
Focuses on content
Interpretive
Focuses on the relative merits of work
Evaluative
Concentrates on the form of the work of art, describing the important characteristics
Descriptive Criticism
Large portion of a painting Creates structural relationships
Region
Small portion of painting Creates detail relationships
Detail
Jackson Pollock’s ‘Autumn Rhythm’ has no clear cut ____,
but it has lots of ____.
regions, details
The criticism that helps us understand how form transforms subject matter into content (and subjective) is…
Interpretive criticism
To evaluate a work of art on its relative merits is…
Evaluative criticism
An artistic form which everything works together is… (one of the 3 standards)
Perfection
The subject matter is excites us or makes some sort of impact is… (one of the 3 standards)
Insight
