midterms Flashcards
French word rooted in the 13th century, which means skills as a result of learning or practice
art
Latin word meaning ability or practice skills.
ars
Art is the human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stir us; it is creativity.
ability
Art encompasses acts
process
Art is the completed work
product
“Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world.”
Plato
“Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind—one that demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form.”
John Dewey
“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known”
Oscar Wilde
“Art is not a thing –it is a way.”
Elbert Hubbard
Art has no limit, and it rises above cultures, races, and civilization.
Art is Universal
Art is artificial because it is just an imitation of reality and nature.
Art is not nature
We can only appreciate art if we spend time to look at it, listen to it, touch it, and feel its presence.
Art involves experience
the act of a person through imaginary, makes something new such as a product, a solution or a work of art that has some kind of value
creativity
it is one able to craft something bold, something new and something better in the hopes of creating something that will stimulate change
imagination
The role of art as a creative work that depicts the world in a completely different light and perspective, and the source is due to human freedom.
Jean-Paul Sarte
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Albert Einstein
the process of making known one’s thoughts or feelings
expression
what an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it.
Robin George Collingwood
it refers to the quality of being a human; civilized
humanity
telos in Greek
purpose
For a thing to reach its purpose, it also has to fulfill its___
function
life of fulfillment and happiness
eudamonia
sensibility and ability to make decisions based on intelligent thinking
rationality
The telos and the function of a thing are both related to that thing’s____
identity
It is being used to provide comfort, happiness, and convenience to human beings.
personal
Art is considered to have social function if and when it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest.
social
Art helps preserve, share, and transmit culture of people from one generation to another.
cultural
Art becomes influential for man to be aware of the beauty of nature.
aesthetic
An artist may create a work of art to reinforce the religious or spiritual support of a culture.
spiritual
art is an imitation of the real that as an imitation of the ideal
Plato
the things in this world are only copies of the original, the eternal, and the true entities that can only be found in the World of Forms
art as mimesis
the aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward significance
Aristotle
Aristotle considered art as an aid to philosophy in revealing the truth.
art as representation
considered the judgment of beauty, the cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity
Immanuel Kant
Making an aesthetic judgment requires us to be disinterested.
art as a disinterested judgment
art plays a huge role in communication to its audience’s emotions that the artist previously experienced
Leo Tolstoy
Art is central to man’s existence
art as a communication of emotion
are the “tools” that artists use to make art
elements of art
is a path that a point takes through space; can be thick, thin, dotted or solid, they can make straight movements, zig-zags, waves or curls
lines
are generally restful, like the horizon, where the sky meets land
horizontal lines
seem to be reaching, so they may seem inspirational like tall majestic trees or church steeples
vertical lines
tend to be disturbing. They suggest decay or chaos like lightening or falling trees
diagonal lines
tend to be found in nature and are very organic
expressive lines
Other lines that are very measured, geometric, directional and angular
constructive lines
is created when a line becomes connected and encloses space
shape
have smooth even edges and are measurable
geometric shapes
have more complicated edges and are usually found in nature
organic shapes
is a shape that has become 3- Dimensional (3-D)
form
shows the thickness of the object
depth
is the lightness or darkness of a color
value
is when you use irregular lengths of parallel lines that cross over each other diagonally
cross-hatching
is the use of dots to create shade
stippling
can add interest and reality to artwork
color
Color is divided into groups based on the way they are placed on the color wheel
color schemes
a complimentary color and the two colors on either side of its compliment
split-complimentary color scheme
uses 3 colors that are equally spaced apart on the color wheel
triadic color scheme
When you use only one color plus its tints and shades
monochromatic color scheme
is a color plus white
tint
is a color plus black
shade
are those that have Reds, Yellows and Oranges
warm colors
are those that have Blues, Greens and Violets
cool colors
is the way the surface of an object actually feels
tactile texture/texture
is the way the surface of an object looks like it feels
implied texture
is used when the artist has objects very close to the viewer
shallow space
may show objects up close but objects are shown far away
too
deep space
is the actual object(s) within the artwork
positive space
is the area in and around the objects
negative space
is when the artist uses a vanishing point on the horizon and then creates a sense of deep space by showing objects getting progressively smaller as they get closer to the vanishing point
perspective
the matter be described or to be portayed by the artist
subject of art
often called as figurative art, because as the name suggests, the figures depicted are easy to make out and decipher
representational art
it is abstract in the sense that it does not represent real objects the real world
non-representational
Next to animals and people and their activites, nature as landscapes has been the common subject of the arts.
nature
All is conditioned by the historical period in which it is created.
history
During the Renaissance Period, poets, painters, and sculptures drew largely from Greek and Roman sources for subjects.
Greek and Roman Methodology
Artists expresses their distinct relationship with a higher controlling power.
religion
Sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam.
sacred oriental texts
the meaning, message, and/or feeling imparted by a work a art
content in art
this pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it may be extracted from the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to one another
factual
It pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using motifs, signs, symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meanings.
conventional
It refers to the individual meaning deliberately and instinctively expressed by the artist using a personal symbolism that stems from his own alliance with past experiences.
subjective
It generally deals with the way the elements of art are composed within the work of art.
principles of art
this principle refers to the distribution of the visual elements in the view of their placement in relation to each other
balance
also known as formal balance; as two equal parts of the pictorial place of an artwork placed like mirror images of each other
symmetrical
also known as informal balance; where elements on either side of a composition do not reflect one another or when several smaller items on one side are balanced by a large item on the other side
assymetrical
balance where all elements radiate out from a center point to all four quadrants of the shape’s constraining plane
radial symmetry
pertains to the size in relation to what is normal for the figure or object in question
scale
size of the components, or of objects in relation to one another when taken as a composition or a unit
proportion
related to the realistic size of the visual elements in the artwork, especially for figurative artworks
natural proportion
refers to the unusual size relations of visual elements, deliberately exaggerating the immensity and minuteness of an object
exaggerated
most common to those that follow the canons of perfection, the size realtions of elements and objects, which achieve the most ideal size- relations
idealized
allows the attention of the viewer to a focal point(s), accentuating the drawing attention to these elements or objects
emphasis
is the disparity between the elements that figure into the composition
contrast
works through juxtaposition and contrast
variety
principle of art that creates cohesiveness by stressing the similarities of separate but related parts
harmony
is the principle of art that gives an artwork a feeling of “oneness”
unity
refers to purposely reducing the amount of potential variety
simplicity
refers to the closeness of different components in a work of art
proximity
this refers to the direction of the viewing eye as it goes through the art work, often guided by areas or elements that are emphasized
movement
