lesson 1 MT Flashcards
It is the primary stage of engaging with art. For most art forms, the beginning of engagement is through looking at the artwork. The eyes play a big role in mechanically making a vision possible.
perception
The awareness in the process of looking where_______ is essential in navigating through the artwork
Subjectivity
is illustrated in the way that selective perception renders one or two details more prominent than others, prompting the viewer to focus on some details as essential or as standouts. Even the disposition or mood of the viewer, his education, his background, and his exposure to varying contexts contribute to what information is taken in and how they are interpreted.
Subjectivity
What are the 3 basic components of art
Subject
Content
Form
the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork
Subject
the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork.
Content
What are the types of subject
Representational Art
Non-Representational Art
the development and configuration of the artwork– how the elements and the medium or material are put together
Form
these types of art have subjects that refer to objects or events occurring in the real world. Often, it is also termed figurative art, because as the name suggests, the figures depicted are easy to make out and decipher.
Representational Art
“MONA LISA” done by Leonardo da Vinci is an example of _________ art since there is a consensus that this painting is based on a real person.
Representational Art
These are often favored because they are easier to recognize. Viewers find a greater degree of comfort when what they see registers as something familiar.
Representational Works
does not make a reference to the real world, whether it is a person, place, thing, or even a particular event.
Non-representational Art
Jackson Pollock is known for _____
Action Paintings
One source of confusion is the notion that nonrepresentational art is the same as _______
Abstract Art
is in itself a departure from reality, but the extent of that departure determines whether it has reached the end of the spectrum,
Abstract Art
a complete severance from the world.
Non representationality
A proponent of non-representational art was Russian artist _________. Although his chosen art form was paintings, he likened non-representational art to music, an art form that he was also very keen to.
Vasily Kandinsky
He asserted that with sounds, musicians are also able to to evoke imagery in their listeners or audiences.
Vasily Kandinsky
It is therefore not surprising that a lot of Vasily Kandinsky paintings are inspired by music and are titled as _______, __________ and _________.
Impression, Improvisation and Composition.
It is an abstract work of Pablo Picasso (known for his paintings, he also dabbed into other works including sculptures.)
Head of a woman, mougins (1962)
Even with the abstraction of the image, this work is arguably representational
Head of a woman, mougins (1962)
For __________, a higher level of perceptiveness and insight might be required to fully grasp the feeling, emotion, or concept behind the work.
Non-representational Art
It is perhaps easier to infer where the subject matter comes from if the artwork is an example of ______________. From the figures depicted in the artwork, there is already a suggestion as to its inspiration.
Representational Art
One of the possible source of inspiration is the ________.
Nature
What is the source of inspiration when artist explores diverse ways representing it from plants to animals; the qualities of bodies of water and the terrain of landmasses; and even the perceivable cycles and changing of seasons
Nature
He is an artist attuned with nature. Hesaw art and nature as inseparable and found solace and happiness in painting in it
Vincent Van Gogh
These refer to the episodes that transport the viewer to heroic encounters of Achilles and Aeneas; warnings about man’s folly like the vanity of Icarus; the wit and cunning of Odysseus; the beauty of Aphrodite and the athleticism of Myron.
Greek and roman mythology as another reference
It means they have multitude of gods and goddesses.
Polytheism
pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it maybe extracted from the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to one another.
Factual Meaning
Stems from a belief in a lone creator of the universe or what is called as
Monotheism
pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using motifs, signs, symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning. These are established through time, strengthened by recurrent use and wide acceptance by its viewers or audience and scholars who study them.
Conventional Meaning
stems from the viewers’ or audiences’ circumstances that come into play when engaging with art.
Subjective meaning
The subject matter of this artwork suggest that this is an example of biblical art since it involves Adam as figured with an aged God arm stretched and their respective fingers appearing to be fixed at an impending contact.
Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”
This work is asserted by CONVENTIONAL MEANINGS since specific poses of God and Adam allude to the correspondence of the body and the COMMONLY held belief that man was created in the image and likeness of God.
Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”
It can also be found in the artwork as proposed by gynecologist Frank Lynn Meshberger
Subjective Meaning
An image and message were hidden in plain sight. The work can be aptly called “ __________________” for it brought to life that as God’s creation, the most important qualities imparted to man was intellect .This was seen in the painting with how the silhouette of God all seemingly align with the shape of the human brain
“ The Endowment of Adam”
