final Flashcards by Teresa Nguyen

How have we seen art used so far

narrative
utility
worship
idolatry
metaphor/abstraction

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How is Adam using his creative capacity in that one image

He came up names for for these animals

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How can we be confident that we have been created to use our human creativity?

says so in the bible, God mandated us to be creative

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What are the Hows that we can know about Paleolithic art

How things were made, what they used and how long ago it was made. We can only speculate

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Can we know for sure how these images were used in paleolithic art

We know they drew from memory but we can’t know for sure why

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How were these official depictions of the cherubim used

As a reminder that God is separated from humans; were used as a type of worship

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how did God have Moses use the graven image of the Bronze Serpent

people had to look at it to be healed

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What is this picture of a golden bull? What is his name? Where is he from

An Egyptian Deity
Apis
Egypt

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What does your brain do before it interprets the world around it

takes in info/gathers data

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reflection or emission of lights waves from an object to the light receptors of your eyes

visual perception

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5 basic elements of visual perception

line, shape, color/value, texture, form

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can we perceive an actual line

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abstract mathematical concept of an “existent of length without breadth”

line

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defined line

can see the line

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implied line

imaginary line

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visible, distinguishable, and namable wavelength of light emitted or reflected by an object

color

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wheel of colors that represent the colors that are perceivable by human beings

color wheel

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3 colors that are equally spaced apart on the color wheel. Generally go together

triadic colors

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deal w light waves; emitted light waves

additive primaries

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Additive primary colors? Why?

red+green+blue

bc they make white

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deal w reflected light waves and pigments

subtractive primaries

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Subtractive primary colors? Why?

magenta cyan yellow

bc they make black

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1 color area or 2 adjacent color areas taking 1 color

monochromatic color

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three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, sharing a common color,

analogous color

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an oldest known type of glazed ceramic. It was abandoned more than 6k years ago in Egypt

faience

Is faience true pottery

not really bc it doesn't contain clay but contains major elements of glass

colors that are on the opposite of one another on the color wheel successful color schemes

contrasting colors

describes the intensity (purity) of a hue.

saturation

how do tints and shades affect saturation?

affects the purity of the color by becoming less saturated

do colors have value

yes

how does one make a tint of a color

adding white to a color

how does one make a shade to a color

adding black to a color

the outline of an area or figure

shape

how we understand what we see

interpretation

what we perceive form light/form

perception

Is the image of The Snail representational or abstract

abstract

relative lightness or darkness of light reflected or emitted from an object(s)

value

perceived surface quality of a work of art. element of 2D and 3D designs and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties

texture

the physical properties of the surface of an object that can be felt through touch

physical texture (3D)

visual properties of an image that translate a physical texture through reflected light rays

visual texture (2D)

What is the media of this lioness piece?

Paint

shape and (physical) volume or perceived volume

form

form for 2D

percpective and/or shading or modeling techniques

form for 3D

depth width and height

creating a 2D space to look 3D by varying the lights and the darks

volumetric form

How is Gioto's Fides an ex of volumetric form

he varied the lights and darks in a 2D space to make it look 3D

Why isn't Eqyptian art an example of volumetric form

art is portrayed flat

who is this bronze cat? how was it used and why? is it an idol?

Bast worship bc it's a god yes

what is this blue hippo's name and was it an idol

William | no

refers to the visual flatness or illusion of depth that is depicted in a visual representation

2D space

refers to the physical environment and how it functions in its particular context

3D space

method utilized to either communicate depth or give the illusion of realistic depth in space

perspective

3 basic types of perspectives in the west

divergent intuitive linear

asian culture used what kind of perspective

vertical perspective

everything is diverging away from the eyes

divergent perspective

guessing the perspective

intuitive perspective

horizon line and vanishing point. everything goes into vanishing point

linear perspective

where is the horizon line always going to be in relation to the viewer

eye level

lines parallel to the viewer's body in linear perspective always remain

parallel

lines vertical to the viewer's body in linear perspective always remain

vertical

lines perpendicular to the viewer's body in linear perspective become

horizon lines

works in the sky and the ground

atmospheric perspective

how does overlapping aird in the perception of special depth

helps figure out what's in fron of the other

artificial perspeciv | meant to be seen in a very specific POV

anamorphic

contains a message that means you die

memento mori

physical environment and how it functions in its particular context

3D space

refers to size compared to another object

scale

bigger than human scale

large scale

smaller than human scale

small scale

really big scale

colossal scale

what 2 primary concerns dominated egyptian art

complex religion system | strong monarchial govt

when is it believed that egyptian conventons for their art were developed

3500 bc

how long did egyptian conventions last

3000 yrs

did egyptian conventions change in that time

not really except once

flat piece of stone that you can grind makeup in

palette

earliest example and made in earliest point in the egyptian dynasty

Cannon of Proportions

represent certain things

pictographs

division of space of lines. everything stands on that line

registers

place where people stand

groundline

one of the oldest goddesses on Cannon of Proportions

Hathor/Horus

takes place of something else

symbolism

what does the bull's tail represent

strength

servant in afterlife

ushabti

final Flashcards

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