Visual Communication (Ch.2) Flashcards
Subject Matter
What the artist is trying to convey
Media
The tool and materials the artist used to create the work
The ability to make useful objects attractive
Craftsmanship
The grammar or structure of a visual language
Design
Art that tells a story
Narrative Subjects
Any religious figure from any religion can become a subject of work of art like biblical paintings to Hindu scriptures
Religious Subjects
Use of a literary source in the creation of art such as the Bible or famous myths and legends for inspiration
Literary Subjects
Paintings of the natural environment — one of the most popular subjects for artists through centuries.
Landscapes
Paintings of views of city streets, plazas courtyards buildings and activities taking place in the urban environments
Cityscapes
Using the human form, usually nude, in artwork like paintings and sculptures.
Figure
Paintings of people other than the artist
The Portrait
Paintings of the artist by the artist
Self Portrait
Painting of important events in history
Historical Subjects
Normal everyday activities of ordinary people, usually painting
Genre Subjects
Visual statements about the artist society or the world
Social comment
A painting of inanimate objects.
Still Life
An artwork based on or of an animal
Animals
Or artwork based on how an artist is feeling
Expression- paintings
The simplification of subject matter into basic shapes
Abstract
Art that does not represent anything specific but more of ones feelings
Non objectives
Clean lines, most versatile drawing media. The modern day pencil that we know was created by Conte, a French inventor, using lead and clay
Pencil
Soft grainy quality. This particular media can be compressed into sticks, wrapped in wood like a pencil, and/or left natural. The first charcoal used charred wood from twigs or from vines
Charcoal
Used primarily by Asian cultures, when undiluted is solid black. The more water added the lighter gray it became, this is called a wash.
Ink
A dry material similar to colored chalk, but can blend together to create a painterly surface
Pastel
One of the oldest painting methods. This is when an artist paint over a fresh, but rough, layer of plaster
Fresco
Paint created using egg yolks as a binding agen to secure pigment to a widen panel. Dries quickly and usually painted with small brushes un multiple layers to create a luminous surface
Tempera
Pigments bound with gum Arabic, the transparent color can be layered onto paper. Gouache is an opaque version of water color
Oil
Relief print— an image that sticks up from, the surface is then inked and pressed onto paper to create mirrored image.
Woodcut
Prints created from crevices in the plate rather Han from raised surfaces on the plate.
Intaglio
Similar to woodcut but uses linoleum block instead of wood
Linocut
An image drawn or a limestone slab using greasy crayon or ink. Water is then spread over the slab and only sticks to where there is no greasy crayon. Every layer needs its own stone
Lithogen
Or silkscreen printing, a silk screen is stretched over a wood frame and then a stencil onto the printing surface.
Serigraph
Casting of Molten metal and hardening liquid into a mold bearing impression designed by the artist mastered by ancient Chinese, Egyptian and Greek cultures
Bronze
An additive process of welding sheet of steel together
Steel
Can be carved, nailed, drilled, sanded and/or given
Wood
Can be polished to glasslike finish or left rough and textured
Marble
Casting with resins acrylics, fiber glass, or using plastic fiber strips to shape around an object or person as a mold
Plastic
Weaving of fabric that can range from household items to sculptural artworks
Fibers
Originally used by Egyptians in jewelry, can now reach into household items
Glass
Vessels created by being thrown on a wheel, coil built, or slab built.
Clay
Expertly crafted to be simple and sleek or to be detailed and complex
Furniture
Can be glass, colored marble, ceramic tile, bits of wood or paper that cover an area with an image or design
Mosaics
Working with gold, silver copper, bronze, iron, steel, aluminum etc. To create a variety of art forms from jewelry to sculptures to housewares
Metalwork
Elements
Line
Value
Texture
Form
Color
Shape
Space
Principles
Balance
Contrast
Pattern
Rhythm
Unity
Emphasis
Movement
Colors that cannot be be recreated R,Y,B
Primary
When 2 primaries and secondary mix O, G, V
Secondary
When a primary and secondary mix YO, RO, RV, BV, BG, YG,
Tertiary
A color + White
Tint
A color + gray
Tone
A color + black
Shade
Opposites
Complementary
Three equals on a wheel
Triad
3 or 4 that touch, warm or cool.
Analogous
One color, shade and tint
Monochromatic
Two colors that touch the opposite
Split Complement
Black, White, Grey
Achromatic
