CAPE ART & Design Art Periods and Movements

Abstract

Describes an artistic treatment of a subject that is not representational or

based on external reality or nature, objects, but explores and portrays it in

a way that does not directly reflect how it looks.

Abstract Expressionism

Describes an art historical term specific to a group of painters working in

New York after the Second World War. The group of artists included

Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Their primary approach to

painting was gestural, and “all over,” a condition in which no single part

of the work is visually predominant.

Aesthetics

The study of principles, visual qualities and appreciation of beauty or good

taste. the branch of philosophy that concerns itself with the definition of

beauty and with considerations of the purposes and value of art.

Appropriation

The intentional use, copying and alteration of pre-existing objects or

images and ideas with little or no transformation applied to them.

Arts and Crafts movement

Informal movement in design and architecture that championed the unity

of the arts, the experience of the individual craftsperson, and the qualities

of materials and construction in the work itself. Emphasis was placed on

simple, functional forms and the use of local materials and time-tested

traditions of construction.

Assemblage

Three-dimensional work of art made from combinations of materials

including found objects or non-traditional art materials.

Art Criticism

An informed discourse about an art piece. The analysis and evaluation of

works of art

Atmospheric Perspective

Using colour to simulate the illusion of space.

Composition

The arrangement of the individual elements within a work of art so as to

form a unified whole; a complete work of art or design, seen in total, not

as individual visual elements.

Comprehensive design or Comps

The final rendering of a graphic idea, short for comprehensive.

Creative Disruption

A break in the pattern of how things are usually done.

Critical Analysis

A detailed examination of an artwork or design that give opinions, make

judgements and draw conclusions.