LBST Section 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
Factors of viewing art
- Physical substance
- Viewers perception
- Artist intent
Indicators of art impulse
- Ancient marks
- Personal art
- Folk art
Form
How it looks
Content
Message or meaning of art
Iconography
Symbols that tell a story
Aesthetic
Awareness of beauty or quality that raised awareness
Art
Visual expression of idea or experience formed with human skill through medium
Medium
Particular material with accompanying technique
Abstract
Subject matter distorted/ exaggerated
Non representational
No object. Represents nothing
Representational
Truer to actual form
Purposes of art
- Delight
- Commentary
- Worship/ritual
- Commemoration
- Persuasion
- Self expression
- Utilitarian
Contour line
Form outline. Descriptive
Implied line
Incomplete line which we complete in our mind
Horizontal line
Calm or tranquility
Vertical line
Strength
Diagonal line
Motion or depth
Positive shape
Dominant shape. Subject
Negative shape
Background or ground
Geometric shapes
Easily recognizable. Masculine
Organic shapes
Feminine
Elements of art
- Line
- Shape/mass
- Space
- Shapeliness
- Value
- Color
- Texture
- Time or motion
Methods to create depth
- Overlap
- Vertical placement
- Linear perspective
- Diminishing size
- Atmospheric perspective
Methods of evaluating art
- Formal-focus on composition
- Sociocultural- product of culture or value system.
- Expressive- artist intent to express personal/world view.
Principles of design
- Unity and variety
- Balance
- Emphasis and subordination
- Directional forces
- Contrast
- Repetition and rhythm
- Scale and proportion
Color schemes
- Monochromatic
- Analogous- adjacent on color wheel
- Complimentary- opposite on color wheel
Pointillism
Small dots of color. Mentally mix
