Exam 1 - Review Sheet Chap. 1-5

Key Vocabulary: Chapters 1- 5

1. Abstract art

2. Content

3. Iconography

4. Medium (media)

5. Mixed media

6. Folk artist or outsider artist

7. Figurative art

8. Nonrepresentational aka nonobjective art

9. Representational art

10. Implied line

11. Geometric versus organic or biomorphic shapes

12. Figure and ground, figure-ground reversal

13. Closed form versus open form

14. Linear perspective and atmospheric perspective

15. Kinetic art

16. Value

17. chiaroscuro

18. Tint versus shade

19. Primary colors

20. Analogous colors

21. Complimentary colors

22. Actual or tactile texture versus implied texture

23. Unity and variety

24. Pattern

25. Symmetrical balance versus asymmetrical balance

26. Emphasis and focal point

27. Repetition and rhythm

28. Scale and proportion

Key Concepts:

The nature of art and creativity – looking versus seeing

What is the difference between form and content in a work of art?

The purposes and functions of art – 6 areas covered in lesson

What is aesthetics?

What is formal theory?

What is contextual theory?

What is expressive theory?

Censorship – define in relation to the visual arts

Key Visuals: Chapters 1-5

For visual slide identification section be able to: select the title, name the artist (if applicable), identify

vocabulary term, etc.

1. Echelman, Her Secret is Patience

2. Rodia, Nuestro Pueblo

3. Harnett, A Smoke Backstage

4. Chief’s Stool, unknown artist, late 19th century, Cameroon

5. Raphael, The School of Athens

6. Calder, Untitled, 1972

7. Van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait

8. Oppenheim, Object (Breakfast in Fur)

9. Titian, Noli me Tangere

10. Oldenburg / van Bruggen, Shuttlecocks