Art Number 1 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Art
Visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through the use of medium, acts as rituals, expresses creativity
Medium
Particular material, along with its accompanying technique
Purpose of Art
-Communication (church has pictures b/c audience was illiterate)
-Day to day living (chairs, clothes, jewelry)
-Spirit (holy place with art structures)
-Personal expression (artists share thoughts/feelings/interests)
-Political/social (propaganda)
-Visual delight (appeal)
The Renaissance
-15-17th centuries
-Period of worldwide exploration
-New scientific approaches to ART
-Quest for representational accuracy
Baroque
-17-18th centuries
-Dramatic use of light / scale / balance
-Intense light & shadow
Neoclassicism
Enlightenment or The Age of Reason
Romanticism
-Wave of emotional expression from 1825-1850
-Emotion & imagination more valuable than reason (humans typically good)
Photography
-Long exposure time
-Daguerre perfected camera
Realism
-Rejected Roman & Neoclassical formulas
-Depicts the ordinary existence without nostalgia, exoticism, & idealism
Impressionism
Show what eye sees vs what mind thinks
Post-impressionism
-Started around 1885
-Reaction against impression, no personal expression
Fauvists
Too much detail would overburden the viewer
Cubism
Study of the subject from various angles, shallow spatial relationships
Futurism
Study of the subject from different angles, sense of motion & space
Surrealism
Creates alternate reality that could communicate with the unconscious- dream influence
De Stijl
-End of cubism
-Reduce canvas to pure visual form, create world of universal harmony
American Painting
Trying to overcome American painting being inferior, believed US couldn’t find their voice
Abstract Expression
-After WWII
-More expressive & inventive
Pop Art
Mass production, challenged cultural assumptions about definition of art
