Art appreciation vocabulary Flashcards
Work of art
What the artist name or puts in front of us for viewing. The visual object embodies the idea the artist wanted to communicate.
Medium
A particular material along with its accompanying technique; a specific type of artistic technique or means of expression determined by the use of particular materials.
Content
Meaning or message communicated by a work of art, including its emotions, intellectual, symbolic, thematic, and narrative connotations.
Mixed media
Works of art made with more than one medium.
Photomontage
The process of combing parts of various photographs in one photograph
Folk artist
Art of people who have had no formal, academic training, but whose works are parts of an established tradition of style and craftsmanship.
Representational art
Art in which it is the artist’s intention to present again of represent a particular subject, especially pertaining to realistic portrayal of subject matter.
Abstract art
Art that is based on natural appearances but departs significantly from them. Forms are modified or changed to varying degrees.
No-representational art
Art without reference to anything outside itself without representation. Also called “nonobjective” without recognizable objects.
Figurative art
Representational art in which the human form (rather than the natural world) plays a principle role.
Subject
In representational art, what an artist chose to depict. It may be a landscape or a mythological scene, or even an invented subject.
Nonobjective
See nonrepresentational art
Form
In the broadcast sense, the total physical characteristics of an object or event. Usually describes the visual element of a work of art that create meaning.
Content
Meaning or message communicated by a work of art, including its emotional, intellectual, symbolic, thematic, and narrative connotations.
Iconography
The symbolic meaning of subjects and signs used to convey ideas important to particular culture or religions, and the conventions governing the use of such forms.
