Introduction Definitions

Question 1

Composition

Answer 1

The overall arrangement organizing, or structure of a work of art

Question 2

Iconography

Answer 2

Identifying and studying the subject matter and conventional symbols in works of art

Question 3

Medium

Answer 3

Material form which a work of art is made

Question 4

Narrative

Answer 4

Telling a story in the ‘art’ form

Question 5

Symbolism

Answer 5

Movement suggesting ideas through symbols and emphasizes the meanings behind the forms, lines, shapes, and colours

Question 6

Technique

Answer 6

Skill used to create the ‘art’ effect

Question 7

Art

Answer 7

Quality production expression, or realm of what is beautiful, or more than ordinary significance

Question 8

4 Types of Investigation

Answer 8

1. Physical Properties
2. Formal Structure
3. Iconography
4. Cultural Context

Question 9

Iconology

Answer 9

Interpreting works of art as embodiments of cultural situation by placing them within broad, social, political, religious and intellectual contexts

Question 10

“Still Life Painting”

Answer 10

Picutres of inanimate objects and fruits or flower taken out of their natural contexts

Question 11

Vanitas

Answer 11

Image where all objects symbolize the transcendent of life

Question 12

Dendrochronology

Answer 12

Seeing how old a tree is by counting it’s rings

Question 13

Altar Piece

Answer 13

Panel placed at back, infront, or behind an altar

Question 14

Panel Painting

Answer 14

Any painting on a wood support

Question 15

Perspective

Answer 15

System of representing 3D space, on a 2D surface

Question 16

Modeling

Answer 16

Creating illusion of 3D on 2D surface, using light and shade

Question 17

Formal Analysis

Answer 17

Visual Character artist bring to their work using line, form, colour, and light, through it’s overall structure or composition

Question 18

Axis

Answer 18

Implied line around which elements are composed or arranged

Question 19

Physical Properties

Answer 19

Shape, size, materials, and technique

Question 20

Formal Structure

Answer 20

Discovering composition (what kind of axis is used in painting)

Question 21

Iconography (Subject Matter)

Answer 21

2 meanings.

1. Perceive “natural subject matter” by recognizing forms and situations that we know from our own experience
2. Use iconography to identify conventional meanings as bearers of narrative or symbolic content

Question 22

Cultural Context

Answer 22

Natural Subject Matter, iconography, iconolgy