ART APP

ART STYLES

• CLASSICISM

  • ancient Greek and Roman artists

  • Elegant and refined; order and symmetry

  • Dignified and simple

  • Michelangelo, raphael, leonardo

• REALISM

  • “Real”

  • Represent figures and objects exactly as they appear in life

• MANNERISM

  • Exaggerated and elongated

  • Contorted twisting poses

• SURREALISM

  • “Surreal”

  • Dreamlike

  • Realm of dreams and the unconscious

• CUBISM

  • Geometric shapes

  • two-dimensional

• IMPRESSIONISM

  • Light and colour

  • Broken brushtrokes

  • “impression”

• POST-IMPRESSIONISM

  • Variety of artists who were influenced by impressionism but took their art in different directions

• EXPRESSIONISM

  • “Express”

  • Subjective feelings and emotions

• FAUVISM

  • Violent colors, bold, unnatural

• POINTILLISM

  • Style of art using only dots

  • Optical blending

• ART NOUVEAU

  • Detailed patterns of curving lines

• SYMBOLISM

  • A reaction against naturalism and realism, symbolism favors spirituality, imagination and dreams

• DADAISM

  • ‘Nihilistic”

  • Rejecting all moral values; rebellious

DAIJ

• DESCRIPTION

  • Describing exactly what is shown

• ANALYZATION

  • Analyze the elements used by the artist in the painting

  • Color, texture, balance, rhythm, any of the elements of art

• INTERPRETATION

  • Interpret what the art could be implifying

  • What emotions does it convey? What story is it telling

• JUDGMENT

  • Own take on the artwork

  • Is it meaningful and effective?

MEDIUMS FOR PAINTING

• Fresco

  • “Fresh”

  • Oldest known method of painting

  • Buildings n shi

• Tempera

  • Pigments is carried in an egg, casein, gum, or glycerine solution in water

• Oil Painting

  • Oil-based color

  • thick

• Watercolor

  • Pigments dissolved in water

  • Thin

• Mosaic

  • Surface decorations composed of variously colored small pieces of glass, stone, ceramics, or other materials

• Stained Glass

  • Small panels of dyed and painted glass

• Encaustic

  • Dry colors with heat-softened wax and resin

• Acrylic

• Tapestry

  • Handwoven textile or cloth weave

RENAISSANCE

• French for “rebirth”

• Began in Florence, Italy in the late middle ages

• Artists

  • Boticelli

  • Donatello

HIGH RENAISSANCE

• The ‘birth’ of new interest in the Classical Greco-Latin world

• Matured

• Explosion of creative genius

• Harmony balance and construction

• Artists

  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • Michelangelo

  • Raphael

  • Titian