PRELIMS - FINALS Flashcards
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Conscious use of skill and creative imagination.
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Art
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Art is an imitation of the real world.
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Mimesis (Plato)
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Avoided making marks that resembles a recognizable object.
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Jackson Pollock
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He excluded art that does not represent objects
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Plato
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Russian novelist author of the great novel war and peace.
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Leo Tolstoy
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The reason why Leo Tolstoy’s theory failed.
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Unverifiable and spectator dependent
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Art is a communication of feeling.
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Leo Tolstoy
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Art is a significant form that brings us aesthetic pleasure.
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Clive Bell
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Collection of elements that rises to the level of your awareness.
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Significant form
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Theory about who has the power to decide what is art and what is not.
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Artworld Theory
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Introduced artworld theory.
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George Dickie and Arthur Danto
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Appeals to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature.
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Visual Arts
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A creative art form that allows people to freely express themselves.
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Dance
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An art performance that usually follows a script.
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Theater Art
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An art form where the artist expresses his emotions through words in a live audience.
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Poetry Performance
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Making of beautiful buildings.
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Architecture
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Use words to express themselves and communicate emotions to the readers.
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Literary Art
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Series of movements that follow the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
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Dance
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Elements of Architecture
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Plan, Construction, and Design
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Threefold Aspect of Visual Arts
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Artist, Presentation, and Viewer
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An active and creative process.
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Reading
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Reading of arts is based on the elements present, excluding subjective meaning.
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Context-Dependent
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Three Mainpoints in Seeing as Reading
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See things we are actively engaging with our environment rather than simply reproducing everything within our line of sight.
Every act of looking and seeing is also an act of not seeing.
The extent to which we see, focus on and
pay attention to the world around us.
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Refers to a general familiarity with, and an ability to use the official and unofficial rules, values, genres, knowledge, and discourses that characterize the cultural field.
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Cultural Literacy
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Techniques of Seeing as Reading
Selection and Omission
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The building blocks of art, It must be visually detectable and separately identifiable.
Elements of Visual Arts
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What are the elements of visual arts?
Line, Shape, Form, Space, Value, Color, and Texture
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A mark with length and direction.
Line
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Line for emphasis and advances.
Thick Line
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Line that recedes
Thin Line
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Mechanistic and dynamic and rarely found in nature.
Straight Line
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Line that conveys energy
Curved Line
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It suggests comfort and ease
Curved Line with no Sharp Angles
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Conveys turmoil, chaos, and even violence.
Curved Line with Sharp Angles or Twisted Lines
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Line that conveys action and excitement.
Zigzag
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Gives movement and dynamism to a composition.
Diagonal Line
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Line that suggests height and strength. It also has a spiritual connotation.
Vertical Line
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Line that suggests stability, calm, and repose.
Horizontal Line
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Stability and Solidity
Horizontal and Vertical Combined
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Two dimensional that have height and width
Shape
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Shapes that are mathematical
Geometric Shapes
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Shapes that are natural, irregular, or freeform
Organic Shapes
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Represents the space where the objects exist
Positive Shapes
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Represents the space between those objects
Negative Shapes
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A three dimensional object that encloses volume - height, width, and depth.
Form
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Two types of Forms
Geometric and Organic
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The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within an object.
Space
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Kinds of Space
Positive Space and Negative Space
Three-dimensional Space
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Uses of Space
Overlapping, Placement, Size, and Detail
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The surface quality or “feel” of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
Texture
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Texture you can see, but can’t feel.
Visual Texture or Implied Texture
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Texture you can actually feel.
Actual Texture
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Brightness or Darkness of a color
Value
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Values from light to dark
Value Scale
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Optical Illusion
Trompe L'oeil
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Tonal Values
High Keyed and Low Keyed
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The visual property of the pigment of an object that is detected by the eye.
Color
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Another word for color.
Hue
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Intensity of color measured by boldness or dullness.
Chroma/Saturation
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Primary Colors
Red, Yellow, and Blue
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Found directly opposite to one another on a color wheel.
Complementary Colors
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Colors that are next to each other to create harmony and unity due to same hues.
Analogous Colors
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Colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.
Triad Colors
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Four colors arranged into two complementary pairs.
Rectangle ( Tetrad ) Colors
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Four colors evenly spaced around the color wheel
Square
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Color that represents passion, desire, and energy
Red
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Enhances human metabolism and increases respiration rate
Red
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Color of Man
Brown
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Color that represents seriousness, dependability, and resilience.
Brown
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Honesty and Stability
Light Brown
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Mature and Dull
Dark Brown
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Color of Nature
Green
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Color that represents growth, harmony, and fertility. Beneficial to the mind - tranquility and calmness.
Green
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Color for inner reflection
Blue
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Color that represents communicative, warm, and compassionate.
Blue
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Stimulates mental activity and generates muscle energy.
Yellow
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Color that represents rejuvenation, communication, happiness, and attraction
Orange
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Color for Gentle love and childhood sweetness
Pink
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Color of Woman
Pink
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Color for tenderness, vulnerability, and optimism.
Pink
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Color for royalty, nobility, and luxury.
Purple
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Color that is highly versatile
Black
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It refers to the visual weight of the elements of the composition. It is a sense that the painting feels stable and "feels right."
Balance
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It is the positioning of opposing components in a work of art. It occurs when two or more related elements are strikingly different.
Contrast
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Color for purity, wholeness, and innocence
White
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It’s used when an artist wants to draw attention to a specific feature or area of a painting by giving it dominance and making it stand out.
Emphasis
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It gives the artist control over what the viewer sees next. Using this principle, the artist can create the path our eyes will travel as we look at art.
Movement
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This is the harmony produced by all the elements in a design piece.
Unity
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It refers to the different elements of arts in a composition.
Variety
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Objects are mirrored across the central axis
Symmetrical
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Is “heavier” or “lighter” in some areas
Asymmetrical
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Arranged around a central point
Radial Balance
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Used to create variety, visual interest, and drama in an artwork
Contrast
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Contrast through Color
Complementary colors
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Contrast through Movement
Fast vs. Slow
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Contrast through Shape
Organic vs. Geometric
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Contrast through Space
Positive vs. Negative
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Contrast through Size
Large vs. Small
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Contrast through Temperature
Warm vs. Cool
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Contrast through Texture
Rough vs. Smooth
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Contrast through Value
Light vs. Dark
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How to achieve emphasis?
Color, Shape, Size and DOminance, Detail, Contrast, and Isolation
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How to achieve movement?
Repetition and Rhythm
Diagonal
Vertical
Horizontal
Curving
Flowing
Progressive
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Also known as harmony
Unity
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How to achieve variety?
Color, Shapes, Lines, Size, Perspective, and Textures
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Any material or tool used by an artist in translating his or her thoughts and
emotions into an artwork.
Art Medium
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These are dryly
applied materials
Dry Media
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The most basic of medium
Graphite Pencil
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To cover large areas on a surface.
Powdered Graphite
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Same as graphite, but it's softer in nature that creates darker values.
Charcoal Pencil
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5 Dry Media
Graphite Pencil
Charcoal Pencil
Colored Pencil
Chalk Pastel
Oil Pastel
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They have a softer color and are ideal for creating delicate blends.
Chalk Pastels
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The result is a rich, creamy crayon that gives artists the ability to create
vibrant colors that can be easily blended together.
Oil Pastels
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These are coloring materials in liquid form
Wet Media
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6 Wet Media
Oil Paint
Drawing Inks
Pen and Ink
Watercolor
Watercolor Pencils
Acrylic
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Can do things that no other medium can do.
Oil Paint
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Can be used as both wet and dry media.
Watercolor Pencils
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A combination of two or more wet and dry media in a single artwork.
Mixed Media
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Visual elements are combined to create a new
image that conveys a message or idea.
Collage
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Three-dimensional elements that are combined
Assemblage
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Book is taken as a base to create art.
Book Alteration
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It can be wood, wire, glass, metal, or found objects
Sculpture
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4 Mixed Media
Collage, Assemblage, Book Alteration, and Sculpture
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Method of using a medium in creating an artwork.
Art Techniques
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Using brush and other tools to flick, throw, or drip paint onto a painting surface.
Splattering
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Put colors together to create a greater visual
Coloring
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A technique used in painting, the paint is laid in very thick layers and strokes are visible
Impasto Painting
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Hot waxing painting, it involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments are added
Encaustic Painting
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Transforms walls and ceilings into canvases for creative expression
Mural Painting
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Common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas
Oil Painting
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Author's Meaning
Expert's Meaning
Artist's Meaning
Visual Thinking
Critical Viewing
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Audience's Meaning
Visual Language
Constructive Meaning
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Expert’s perspective
Expert's Meaning
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Lens of an artist and background.
Artist's Meaning
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Visualizing how the artist created the artwork.
Visual Thinking
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Using questions and critical thinking
Critical Viewing
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Artwork's message, code, symbols, elements, and design
Visual Language
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Using one's experience and perspective.
Constructive Meaning
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Levels of Visual Analysis
Literal Description, Comprehensive Feeling, Formal Analysis, and Interpretation of Meaning
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Essay Outline
Introduction, Body, and Conclusion
