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