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