What is Art? Flashcards

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What is the textbook definition for what is art?

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For something to be considered art it has to have human interaction.

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Subject Matter

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the person, object, or space depicted in a work of art

may be visually apparent, given by the title chosen by the artist, told by critics and scholars. Sometimes it may be unclear.

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Composition

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the overall design or organization of a work

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Who is a Patron?

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Someone who commissions a piece.

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Fine Art

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painting, drawing, scultpure, print

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Craft

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ceramics, furnituret, quilts

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Commercial Art

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graphic art, books, magazines, posters, advertising, signs, and social media.

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Who makes art

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In early cultures, art was a communal effort around the theme of cycle of life.

In modern times, artists adress social issues.

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the power and value of art

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Value can mean sale price, ceremonial, political, or spiritual value.

Art has the power to tell us about the human condition.

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censorship of art

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Art can be censored for many reasons such as challenging those in power, pornographic, offends religious beliefs, represents values that others do not share.

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how do we study art

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By subject matter, context, works arrangement of the visual elements and principles.

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representational

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art that depicts figures and objects so that we recognize what is represented

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objective

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art that depicts a recognizable subject

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non-objective

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art that does not depict a recognizable subject

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abstract

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the degree to which an image is altered from an easily recognizable subject

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style

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a characteristic way in which an artist uses visual language to give a work an identifiable form of visual expression.

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formal elements

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importance of color, space, value, shape, implied line

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principles of art

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use of contrast, scale, emphasis, focal point

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icongraphic analysis

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art historians look at the icons or symbols a work to discover the works originial meaning or intent

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icongraphy

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a particular range or system of tupes of image used by an artist or artists to convey particular meanings

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form

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one of the elements of visual art which pertains to the way that a shape or physical configuration occupies space

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context

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factors that surround a work of art or literature but may not be stated explicity

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contextual analysis

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the process of breaking down a complex issue or problem in order to better understand it