PRELIM Flashcards
The conscious creation of something beautiful or meaningful using skill and imagination
ART
Is related to the Latin word “ars” meaning, art, skill, or craft.
ART
Its many variants (artem, eart, etc.) have probably existed since the founding of Rome.”
ART
Art is the representation or replication of something beautiful or meaningful
MIMESIS
Art is the expression of subjective experiences and emotions.
EXPRESSION/EXPRESSIONISM
Art is the arrangement of lines, colors, shapes, and other aesthetic elements.
FORMALISM
Developed the idea of art as mimesis, which, in Greek, means copying or imitation.
PLATO
Holds that true art is a world of its own, with no responsibility to copy or borrow from life.
FORMALISM THEORY
Its purpose and values are uniquely its own
FORMALISM THEORY
The subject matter is of relatively slight importance in relation to what is intrinsic and peculiar to painting
FORMALISM THEORY
Directs that art be analyzed by reviewing form and style.
FORMALISTIC APPROACH
“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.”
Rene Magritte
“Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use.”
Frank Lloyd Wright