SU26 ART 1113-VB3 - Art Appreciation : Proc 1

Definitions of art vary between different cultures

True -- definitions of art change depending on cultural conventions, time periods and social constructs.

Which of the following is not an artistic medium?

Style

Form is defined as

Physical and visible characteristics of a work of art

Content is defined as

Meaning derived from a work of art

Ideas of 'good' and 'bad' art are not based on cultural information and beliefs

False - These ideas are based on cultural beliefs

A subjective level of looking at art involves

emotional reactions - subjective level involves our emotional responses and biases towards a work of art

The objective level focuses on the work's physical characteristics only.

True - objective analysis centers on the object itself, not any emotional response from the viewer.

Artistic roles include

Description, Enhancing our surroundings, Narrative, Spirit, myth and fantasy (All the above)

Three common artistic styles

Abstract, Non-objective, Naturalistic

Cultural styles often change within short periods of time.

False

Support networks for artists include

Materials suppliers, Museums, Galleries, Critics

Some artists don't actually make their own work

True

Two historical learning models used in art education

Apprenticeships, Art school degree programs

In terms of community, what kind of art does it represent?

Art as a social activity

Negative

A shape adjacent to a more significant object or form.

Contrast

A large difference between two things

Shape

A flat area created by line, color or value. Can be positive or negative.

Value

An element of art that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

Line

A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.

Space

The empty or open area between, around, above, below and within objects.

Complimentary

Colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. When mixed together, they make a neutral gray or brown.

Analagous

nother name for related colors. Found next to each other on the color wheel.

Color

Element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes.

Texture

The element of art that refers to the surface quality or feel of an object.

Figure/ground relationship

The visual reaction between a mark and the surface it’s created on.

Point

A singularity in space.

Implied

Line created by the visual connection between two or more areas.

Expressive

A curved line.

Plane

A surface area in space.

Form

A shape or three-dimensional volume that has or gives the illusion of having weight, density or bulk.

Spectrum

Visible bands of the sequence of colors.

Secondary

A color created by mixing two primaries.

Additive

A color created by mixing light.

Perspective

Geometric pictorial construct using a single vanishing point to give the illusion of receding space on a two-dimensional surface.

Monochrome

The use of variations of a single hue.

Split Compliment

Color scheme using three colors, two of which are on both sides of the first color's complement on the color wheel.

Split Compliment

Color scheme using three colors, two of which are on both sides of the first color's complement on the color wheel.

Triadic

A color scheme using three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel.

Equiluminance

Visual effect when two colors are next to each other and share the same intensity.

Subtractive

A color created by mixing paints or inks.

Primary

A color that can’t be created by mixing.

Cool

A color ranging from green to violet on the color wheel.

Saturation

The purity or intensity of a color.

Warm

Colors ranging from yellow to red on the color wheel.

Vanitas painting is defined by:

Issues of mortality and impermanence

Structural

based on language, communication and preconceived ideas

Deconstructive

More than one meaning attached to a awork of art. Used to remove stereotypes to uncover understanding.

Formalist

Meaning is inherent in materials and process.

Ideological

Meaning derived through relationships between art and structures of power including political and social issues.

Psychoanalytic

Meaning rests on personal expression

Feminist

Meaning derived through issues of gender bias -- now extended to underrepresented groups

List the four levels of meaning you may find in a work of art

Context, Formal, Subject, Iconography

One traditional role of drawing is to:

make a sketch for a larger composition

Traditional Chinese painting uses:

water - based inks and pigment

Painting mediums are extremely versatile because they

all of the above

The three basic ingredients of paint are:

pigment, binder and solvent

In painting, a glaze is a

thin layer of color

Name four examples of dry pigment drawing materials

pastel, charcoal, pencil, chalk