Chaps 1-3 Flashcards
(54 cards)
Iconoclasts
“Image breakers” those who wished to destroy images in religious settings
Representational
Portrays natural objects in recognizable form
The more the representation resembles what eye sees the more is said to be an example of
Realism
The less work resembles real things in the real world the more it is said to be an example of
Abstraction
Nonrepresentational/nonobjective
When a work does not refer to the natural or objective world at all
Sublime
If it captured an immensity so large that it could hardly be comprehended by the imagination
Naturalism
A brand of representation in which the artist retains apparently realistic elements but presents the visual world from a distinctly personal or subjective point of view
Subject matter
What the image literally depicts
Composition
The ways in which elements are organized
Form
Overall structure of a work of art
Content
What a work of art expresses or means
Iconography
A system of visual images, the meaning of which is widely understood by a given culture or group
Symbols
Representing something more than the literal meaning
The gates
Christo & Jean Claude
Pat
John Ahern & Rigoberto Torres
Critical thinking photos depicting battered women
Nan golden
Portrait Parris “Le Pont de l’europe & Gare St. Lazerre
Monet
Cocoa pod coffin orange
Kane Kwei
Japanese 1700 theatre kimono
Karaori Kimono
Renzo Piano
Tjibaou Cultural Center & Whitney Museum of Art
God & The Ghent Alpice
Jean Van Eyck
Physical state of seeing/psychological state of seeing
Description/interpretation
Allies Day
Child Hassam
Three Flags
Jasper Johns
