STUDIO ARTS - DEFINITIONS

Question 1

DEFINITION: AESTHETIC QUALITIES

- MFM

Answer 1

• How the artist has used art ELEMENTS and art PRINCIPLES
• Influence and create the mood, feeling or meaning of an artwork
• Experienced by the viewer

Question 2

DEFINITION: ART FORMS
- MTP
* Drawing
* Painting
* Printmaking
* Sculpture
* Multimedia
* Photography
ETC.

Answer 2

• Classifications of artworks
• CONVENTIONALLY established form
• Artistic composition
• This is determined by the use of Materials, Techniques and Processes

Question 3

DEFINITION: ANALYSE

Answer 3

• Study / examine art in detail
• Identifying components and the relationships between them
• HELPS understand the meaning of the artwork

Question 4

DEFINITION: CULTURAL CONTEXT

Answer 4

• Reference to a particular gender, culture, language or period of time
• Influenced the makings of an ARTWORK

Question 5

DEFINITION: HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Answer 5

• Reference to a particular date and event form HISTORY
• Informed the MAKINGS of an artwork
• WORLD WAR 1 and 2

Question 6

DEFINITION: DISCUSS

Answer 6

• The ability to IDENTIFY issues

- Provide points For and/or AGAINST

Question 7

DEFINITION: IDEAS AND MEANINGS

Answer 7

• Messages that are communicated

- This includes the ARTIST’S use of symbols and metaphors

Question 8

DEFINITION: INFLUENCES

• Artistic
• Personal
• Social
• Political
• Religious or cultural

Answer 8

• Artist’s personal and artistic influence

- Impact on the making of artworks

Question 9

DEFINITION: INTERPRETATION

- Appreciation of meaning

Answer 9

• The way the artist has chosen to convey MEANING

- Or their perception of the SUBJECT MATTER

Question 10

DEFINITION: MATERIALS / TECHNIQUES / PROCESSES

Answer 10

MATERIALS

• Physical substances
• Used in the creation of a work of art

TECHNIQUES
- A method of using materials to achieve a specific EFFECT

PROCESSES

• Specific art-making method
• Foe Example: Etching: Involved in the printmaking process.

Question 11

DEFINITION: STUDIO PRACTICE

• II
• SM
• CP
• M
• T
• P
• AF

Answer 11

• Range of characteristics

- INCLUDES: Individual ideas, subject matter, conceptual possibilities, materials, techniques, processes and art forms.

Question 12

DEFINITION: STUDIO PROCESS

• E
• D
• R
• R
• P

Answer 12

• STAGES in production of artworks

- Explore, Develop, Refine, Resolve, Present

Question 13

DEFINITION: STYLE

Answer 13

• Visible / distinguishing characteristics in an artwork
• Either: artistic (Generalized) or individual (Distinctive)
• Connected to an established artistic style
• Connected to personal styles/mannerisms

Question 14

DEFINITION: SUBJECT MATTER

Answer 14

• What is depicted or shown
• This can be either LITERAL or CONCEPTUAL
• EXAMPLES: Portrait, Landscape, Still life
• EXAMPLES: Figurative, Semi-abstract, Abstract

Question 15

DEFINITION: VISUAL LANGUAGE

Answer 15

• Communication of ideas through experiences, images and objects
• Used to communicate the exploration, development and resolution of artworks