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