art Flashcards
(24 cards)
What are the elements of art?
Line, shape, form, colour, texture, space & value/tone.
What are the elements of art for?
They’re the building blocks used for describing the creation of art.
When creating gradients should you start from lightest or darkest?
Lightest.
What are the art principles?
balance, contrast, repetition/pattern, proportion, unity & movement
What are the materials used to create an oil painting?
Canvas, ground layer, oil paint, medium & solvent.
What’s the ground layer?
The layer used to prepare a canvas before oil paint is added.
What’s oil paint?
A type of slow drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil.
Which oil is commonly used for oil paint?
Linseed oil.
What does a medium do?
It alters the texture of oil paint & drying time.
How do you use a medium?
Mix it with the oil paint.
What’s a solvent used for?
Used to break down paint to clean brushes & work surfaces.
What should you look for when analysing art?
Principles, elements, techniques, materials, meaning & message.
What’s still life?
A work of art depicting & focusing on inanimate matter.
What’s subject matter in art?
The topic or focal point an art piece is built around.
Why’s it important to know the subject matter?
To understand the meaning of the overall piece.
What are the aesthetic qualities of an artwork?
The way that art elements, principles, materials & techniques work together to influence the feeling, mood or meaning of an artwork.
What are the materials required for etching/printmaking?
Etching needle, acetate, ink, printing press & reference image.
What is collage?
Combining different forms to create a new whole. These forms can be works of art.
Describe the process of collage.
Collecting many different visual elements & arranging them in a way to convey a theme, meaning or message as one unit.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
A French African American artist who rose to success during the 1980s Neo-expression movement.
What elements are dominant in JMB’s artworks?
Contrasting colours, lots of organic shapes, lots of texture, curved different types of line.
What is acetate in dry point etching?
The plastic sheet that’s carved into.
What are the dominant principles in JMB’s artworks?
His paintings have a lot of variety, they all combine into one unit, a lot of emphasis is placed on the subject matter etc.
What ideas are dominant in JMB’s artworks?
Suggestive dichotomies (wealth vs poverty, integration vs segregation)
Symbols of themes (race, identity, social inequality, politics etc)
Assemblage & collage (using everyday objects like wood, clothing, newspaper clippings).
