Test 1 Study Flashcards
mimesis
art that reflects reality
aesthetics
contextual beauty
institutional theory
art is art because the art community says so
convention
an agreed upon way of thinking, acting, speaking, or acting in a social context
monument
a statue or other structure meant to commemorate a famous person or event
secular
lacking in religious or spiritual content, not bound by religious rule
catharsis
bringing hidden emotion to the surface so that it may be recognized and understood more clearly
gestalt
an approach in which a work of art is experienced as a whole, single and unified, and an institute conclusion is drawn
elements of design
line, shape, mass/volume, perspective, texture, color
gesture
line produced by the artist’s movement
crosshatching
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contour
shape outline or implication
implied line
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psychic line
PROLONGED EYE CONTACT
hard edge
2D
soft edge
3D
organic shape
found in nature
often more complex
geometric shape
easily mathematically defined
follows a clear pattern
positive space
the statue’s form itself
negative space
everything that isn’t the statue
mass/volume
weight/size
closed form
positive and negative space DON’T interact
open form
positive and negative space DO interact
linear perspective
uses a vanishing point, horizon line, and orthogonal lines
intuitive perspective
not rigorously geometric like linear perspective
atmospheric perspective
uses color to mimic the way that things become more faded and blue the further they are from the viewer
impasto
paint layered thick to create real texture
implied texture
done through shading and contour,
2D
hue
the difference between red, blue, yellow, etc.
saturation
white <–>pure color
value
black<–>pure color
local color
the actual color of an object
observed color
the appearing color due to lighting conditions
monochromatic
one color
complimentary
colors that oppose each other on the color wheel
analogous
colors that exist on the same “slice” of the color wheel
principles of design
unity/variety, scale/proportion, balance, emphasis/movement, rhythm/repitition
unity
similarity
variety
difference
scale/proportion
size of elements both standing alone and in relation to others
forced perspective
arrangement of figure and ground that distorts the scale of objects
balance
the presence or lack of symmetry (asymmetry)
emphasis
attention drawn to an object or area of a painting due to use of line or color
rhythm/repitition
a pattern, often used to bring emphasis to a break in the pattern established
drawing
to observe an object’s appearance and transfer to a set of marks
charcoal
compressed coal or burnt twigs
conte crayon
graphite or charcoal with wax or clay
metalpoint
malleable metal on a rough surface
graphite
crystalline carbon mixed with clay for hardness
pastel
ground pigment with a binder
oil pastel
high pigment oil paint
ink
colored pigment with a binder and a liquid
painting
using brushes to apply colored liquids to a support (canvas)
oil paint
binder: vegetable oil
solvent: turpentine
acrylic paint
binder: acrylic polymer (plastic)
solvent: water
encaustic
binder: bees’ wax
solvent: heat
fresco
binder: plaster
tempura
binder: egg yolk
printmaking
pigment from matrix to a final surface
relief print
material removed from matrix, ink added, paper pressed
intaglio
relief, but on metal
planographic
chemically altering final surface to accept or reject water (typically done with stone)
water color
binder: gum arabic
solvent: water
stencil
passing inks through a fine porous mesh matrix
original prints
handmade
reproductions
mechanically produced
giclee
digital inkjet
freestanding
“in the round”
relief (sculpture)
projects from a background surface
modeling
additive process using clay or plaster
armature
rigid inner support of wire
carving
subtractive process using stone or wood
casting
substitutive process to make metal sculptures, uses a mold of clay and wax
assembly
mixed media and found objects attached to each other, a 3D collage
collage
mixed media; paper, text, cloth, photos
