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Module 1and 2 Flashcards

1
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It is an expression or application of human creative skill and imagination

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Arts

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2
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Creations that we can see rather than something like auditory arts, which we can here

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Visual Arts

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Functions of Visual Arts

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The ceremonial purpose
Artistic expression
Functional
Persuasive
Narrative

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It is to celebrate of acknowledge an event or era or to contribute to a ritualistic activities such as dance celebrating one of the season for the people’s flights from captivity or hunger

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The ceremonial purpose

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Refers to the desire or need on the part of artist to express his or her emotions or feelings regarding a particular subject including him or herself

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Artistic expression

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Refers to the creation of artistic objects used as relevant in everyday life

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Functional

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It is to promote ideas or products (advertisements marketing propaganda or ideology)

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Persuasive

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It is to tell stories describe or illustrate experiences, communicate ideas or information and document historical

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Narrative

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List of representing subjects

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Realism
Abstraction
Distortion
Surrealism

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Things or the objects in the work of art are depicted in the way they would normally appear.

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Realism

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Is a process of reorganizing objects and elements according to the demands of artistic expression. The focus is more on rendering the essence of the subject rather than the natural form itself

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Abstraction

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It is when the figures have been disarranged so the proportions differ noticeably from natural measurements usually done to dramatis eyes the shape of a figure or create an emotional

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Distortion

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13
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Realism combined with distortion.
A method where the artist is giving expression as the subconscious composes dreamlike scenes that show irrational arrangements of objects

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Surrealism

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14
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Arts that compromise objects that possesses qualities and were created by skilled makers but do not belong to the general categories of painting sculpture and architecture

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Decorative Arts

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Types of Materials

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Gold work
Medals, arms and armour
Textiles
Woodwork and enamel
Ceramics

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Elaborate objects made of gold serve as the symbol of status in the renaissance. Often decorated with precious stones they reflected the wealth and prestige of their owners

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Gold Work

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Portrait medals made of gold, silver, bronze or lead where popular in the renaissance. particularly in italy, members of the nobility distributed the medals to their friends and supporters inspired by ancient coins the models portrayed distinguish individuals usually in profile and identified ben and inscription.

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Medals, arms and armours

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18
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Tapestry, one of the most splendid art forms of the period required hundreds of hours of skilled labor to produce.

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Textiles

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The art of creating images with pieces of inlaid wood, where italian woodworkers produces benches cabinets and wall paneling feature intricate inlaid pictures

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Woodwork and enamel

20
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It is developed into a high art form artist when spied by glazed pottery from china and muslim regions of the middle east and spain. It involves raising a clay object painting a design on it coating it with a clear glaze, and firing in it

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Ceramics

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Mediums of Visual Arts

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Painting
Drawing
Photography
Filmmaking
Printmaking
Sculpture
Architecture

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Often called the most important form of the visual arts. it is about putting colors on the canvas or a wall. One of the oldest forms of Visual arts

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Painting

23
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It is creating a picture with a variety of tools in most cases pencils crayons pens or markers

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Drawing

24
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Making pictures by letting the lights to the lenses of a camera on a to a film

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Photography

25
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A process of making film of moving images that they turn into films. A very expensive and complicated formal art involving many task for example scriptwriting casting and editing film sequences before they can be shown to an audience.

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Filmmaking

26
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An art that is made by covering a plate with and pressing it on the surface of another object. Plates are often made out of woods or metals.

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Printmaking

27
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A three-dimensional pieces of art that are created by shaping various kinds of materials. Often referred to as plastic arts.

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Sculpture

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A process and the product of planning designing and constructing buildings or any other structures

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Architecture

29
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Different kinds of drawing

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Illustration Drawing
Life Drawing
Emotive Drawing
Analytic Drawing
Perspective Drawing
Diagrammatic Drawing

30
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Are created to present the layout of a particular document

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IlLustration drawing

31
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Also known as the still life drawing. drawing that results from direct or real observations.

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Life Drawing

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Similar to painting emphasizes the exploration and expression of different emotions feelings and moods. These are generally depicted in the form of a personality

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Emotive Drawing

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This are Sketches are created for clear understanding and representation of servation made by the artist

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Analytic Drawing

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It is used by the artist to create a three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional picture plane such as paper

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Perspective Drawing

35
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It serves as active design process for instant ideas so conceived

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Diagrammatic Drawing

36
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3 Types of Visual Arts

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Representational Art
Abstract Art
Non-objective Art

37
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Aims to represent actual objects or subjects from reality. It is the oldest of the three types of art and represents the largest collection of artwork created.

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Representational Art

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Often misunderstood type of art that aims to take subjects from reality but present them in a way that is different from the way they are viewed in our reality. This may take the form of emphasizing lines shapes or colors that transform the subject.

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Abstract Art

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Often mistaken for abstract art although it is entirely different from it. it takes nothing from reality and is created purely for aesthetic reasons.

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Non-objective Art

40
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Relates to the meaning of a painting

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Theme

41
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It is the atmosphere in the painting

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Mood

42
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It refers to the lightness or darkness of a colored used

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Tone

43
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It can harmonize or bring elements together and create a pleasing sensation or it may clash

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Color

44
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Also known as underlying structure of the art refers to the artist spaces subject matter

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Composition

45
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An analysis and evaluation of works of art. it is interpretive involving the effort to understand a particular work of art from a theoretical perspective and to establish its significance in the history of art.

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Art Criticism

Reading Visual Arts (Midterms) (2 decks)

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