LSE 1 Flashcards
Study of the elements and principles of art or designs; their applications to all things made by man
Art Education
Ability to interpret or understand man-made arts and enjoy them
Art Appreciation
Deals with learning or understanding and creating arts and enjoying them
Art Education & Appreciation
Examples of earliest known art
Sculptures
Paintings on rocks (using fruits as ink)
The oldest art objects in the world
series of tiny, drilled snail shells (about 75, 000 years old) (found in a South African cave)
It began when ancient civilizations developed a form of written language
Ancient Art
Ancient civilizations that influenced the foundation of art
Ancient Egypt Mesopotamia India China Ancient Greece Ancient Rome
In Byzantine and Gothic art of the Middle Ages, the dominance of the church insisted on the expression of biblical truths
Medieval Art (5th to early 15th century)
Return to valuation of the material world; humanism, realism and searching for human emotion art
Renaissance Art (14th to 17th century)
The birth of different art movements
Modern and Contemporary Art
8 different art movements
Impressionism Expressionism Fauvism Cubism Dadaism Surrealism Modernism Postmodernism
“have bright and lively colors” kind of art movement
Fauvism
“More of shapes and sides” kind of art movement
Cubism
Kind of art movement that focuses on the Impression; effect on light and color
Impressionism
Political way of art movement
Dadaism
“Art with feelings, experimental” kind of art movement
Modernism
More on intermedia kind of art movement
Postmodernism
“All about the environment and reality” kind of art movement
Surrealism
“Seeks to express expressions” kind of art movement
Expressionism
2 Sources of Beauty
Nature
Art
3 things common in all artworks
☁must be man-made
☁must benefit and satisfy man
☁must be expressed through a certain medium
or material
What is the religious significance and is still the Imperial color today in China?
Yellow
Color that believed to have protective powers in Greece and Rome?
Red
Color that was restricted to use by the nobility in Greece and Rome?
Purple
Who adorned walls of tombs and temples with brilliant colors of blue, tangerine and green?
The Egyptians
The Egyptians adorned walls of tombs and temples with brilliant colors of?
Blue
Tangerine
Green
In the Italian Renaissance, colors were vibrant ______, ______, ______, and _______.
Reds
Golds
Greens
Blues
In this period, tastes became very feminine, colors became less vibrant.
Rococo Period
18th century French art and interior design is a part of this period
Rococo Period
There was great elegance. Colors were rich, showing a strong Chinese influence in the use of red and gold.
18th Century England
There was a great Eclecticism known for it’s abundance of “things”.
During the Victorian Era
Colors were mostly dull reds, greens, browns and mauves.
During the Victorian Era
Not quite pink, not quite purple…“ish”
Mauves
Colors were Monochromatic. There were sleek surfaces and strong contrasts with black, gray, silver, brown, beige and white.
In the early 20th Century
All white interiors became popular which gave way to delicate pastels with bright accents.
In the 1920’s
✳Light colors were preferred
✳American interest turned to Mexico and a shift to bright colors with bright contrasts.
In the 1950’s
✳Regal gold, blue and red were used. Southwestern remained popular and Victorian was being revived.
✳Ivy league also becomes popular with forest greens and cranberry reds.
In the 1990’s
Where does color come from?
A ray of light is the source of all color.
Refers to the quality or kind of light that reflects from the surface of the object.
Color
The 3 properties of color
Hue
Value
Chroma
Identifies a color by name. Every color falls into a definite hue category as indicated by the spectrum color name on the color wheel.
Hue
Lightness or darkness of a hue achieved by adding white, gray or black
Value
If white added to a hue creates what?
Tint
If gray added to a hue creates what?
Tone
If black added to a hue creates what?
Shade
Refers to the degree of intensity, strength, saturation or purity of a color. Refers to the dullness or brightness of color.
Chroma
Also called as advancing colors, are those that resembles fire and heat. Appear closer and are more eye catching than cool colors.
Warm Colors
Also called as receding colors, are associated with peace and calm. Tend to visually recede and look smaller. They are not easily seen from a distance.
Cool Colors
Psychological effects of warm colors
Cheerful
Aggressive
Exciting
Psychological effects of cool colors
Calm
Restful
Depressing
There are 12 hues in the spectrum of color. They are divided into 3 categories.
The color wheel
3 categories of Color Wheel
Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Tertiary Colors
Consists of Red, Yellow and Blue. These colors cannot be combined from mixing any colors together.
Primary Colors
Consists of Green, Violet and Orange. Made by combining the Primary colors.
Secondary Colors
Consists of Yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange. Made by combining a primary and a secondary hue. Named by the primary color first.
Tertiary Colors
Color represents a harmony arrived at through variation in the value and intensity dimensions of a single color.
Monochromatic
Colors consist of related colors that are adjacent on the color wheel. They usually include only one primary color. Allows one color to dominate and others to enhance.
Analogous
Harmony features colors directly opposite on the color wheel.
Complementary
Combining one color with two colors on either side of its direct complement results in a _______________.
Split Complementary
Harmony involves 3 colors equally spaced on the color wheel.
Triadic
“Brings life in harmony with beauty of the world”
Plato
“Whole spirit of man”
Ruskin
“Mingling of nature and human nature”
Van Dyke
“Meduim by which artist communicates himself to his fellows”
Charleton Noyes
“Anything made or done by man that affects or moves us so that we see or feel beauty in it”
Collins & Riley
“Way of life, of doing, of thinking, of feeling, of making choices, of living in a fine way”
Arthur Dow
“Man’s response to his experiences with his environment through materials”
Margaret Mathias
“Satisfying quality imparted to a thing through the skillful application of design principles”
C.R. Wallace
“An attidude of spirit, a state of mind”
John Dewey
“Conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects”
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
Functions of Art
Aesthetic
Utilitarian
Cultural
Social
Function of art for visual enjoyment; for decorative purposes
Aesthetic
Function of art for man to live comfortably
Utilitarian
Function of art to preserve culture, knowledge and traditions; also to broaden man’s cultural background
Cultural
Function of art to foster, to promote cooperation within and among nations
Social
Classification of arts
Fine
Practical
A classification of art for aesthetic enjoyment, meant to be enjoyed thru visual & auditory senses
Fine
A classification of art for practical use; for everyday utility
Practical
Forms of Fine Arts
Music Painting Sculpture Architecture Literature Drama Dance
Harmonious combination of sounds
Music
Visual art expressed by the elements of art
Painting
Elements of art
Line Form Shape Color Texture Value
“plastic art”, can be form into different shapes
Sculpture
“frozen music” because of rhythmic patterns/features
Architecture
written artistic creations
Literature
Acting to directing; includes stage setting and lighting
Drama
Coordinated movement based on sound/music
Dance
Forms of Practical Arts
Industrial art Applied/Household art Civic art Commercial Graphing art Agriculture Distributive art Fishery art
deals with changing of raw materials into some significant/useful products
Industrial art
Involves cooking, flower arrangement and dressmaking
Applied/Household art
City or town planning; parks or farms beautification
Civic art
Business propaganda (publicity)
Commercial
Engraving (screen printing)
Graphing art
Agricultural art; agronomy, horticulture and farming
Agricultural
Deals with packaging, labeling & shipping of goods or products
Distributive art
Fish culture, fishing 🐟
Fishery art
The path of a point moving in space; a dot that moves
Line
All art begins with line
TRUE
Types of lines
Horizontal Vertical Diagonal Dotted/broken Zigzag Curve Jagged
Suggests uprightness and stability (Psychological Effects)
Vertical Line
Suggests calmness, peace and orderliness(Psychological Effects)
Horizontal Line
Chaos and disorder (Psychological Effects)
Dotted/broken line
Strength and rigidity (Psychological Effects)
Heavy Lines
Weakness (Psychological Effects)
Light Lines
Feminity and movement (Psychological Effects)
Curve Lines
Instability and weakness (Psychological Effects)
Diagonal Lines
An area that has 2 dimensions (2D). It has length and width but not depth
Shape
Types of shapes
Organic -natural
Geometric -man-made
Refers to an object with 3 dimensions (3D)
Form
Types of Form
Geometric -man-made
Free Form -natural
Give the impression of spaciousness and superiority (Psychological Effects)
Large Forms
Crowding and inferiority (Psychological Effects)
Small Forms
Feeling of stability (Psychological Effects)
Horizontal Rectangle
Dignity and uprightness (Psychological Effects)
Vertical Rectangle
Simplicity and continuity (Psychological Effects)
Circular Forms
How things feel/look as though they might feel if touched
Texture
Determining textures with our eyes
Visual Texture
Determining textures with our hands
Tactile Texture
Strength, endurance and low price (Psychological Effects)
Coarse or rough texture
Delicateness, excellent, finished and high price
Fine or smooth Texture
