LBST Section 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Approaches to Evaluating Art

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  1. Formal Theories- composition of work and influence from
    Earlier works
  2. Sociocultural (contextual) Theories- art as product of culture or
    Value system
  3. Expressive Theories- artists expression of a personality or
    Worldview
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Purposes of Drawing

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  1. Notation/ sketch
  2. Preparation for greater work
  3. Drawing as an end
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Dry Media

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  1. Charcoal
  2. Conte Crayon
  3. Pastel
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Charcoal

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PROS

  1. Dark drawn quickly
  2. Quick changes
  3. Easy to erase

CONS
1. Easy to smudge/blur

“Fixative”- put over charcoal to seal

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Conte Crayon

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Graphite w/ clay

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Pastel

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  1. Purity of color

2. No change in color over time

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Cartoon

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Prep drawing for a mural. Use Carole to transfer.

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Tooth

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Roughness of support

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Pigment

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Powdered substance that provides color

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Binder

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Substance in which pigment is suspended

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Support

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Surface you work on

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Ground

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What you prep support with (primer)/ make surface receptive to paint

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Vehicle

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Disbursing agent (how you apply/move paint around)

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Impasto

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Very thick paint. Gives texture

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Glaze

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Very thin layer of paint

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Water Color

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  1. Pigment- powder
  2. Binder- gum Arabic
  3. Vehicle- water
  4. Support- paper
    “Not considered serious art form”
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Water color traits

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  1. Luminous
  2. Portable
  3. Dries quickly
  4. Light sensitive
18
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Notable water color artist

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Winslow Holmer. Sloop, Nassau

-made water color cool with more “masculine” scenes

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Tempura

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  1. Binder- egg yolk

2. Vehicle- water

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Tempura traits

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  1. Dries quickly
  2. Allows a lot of detail
  3. No fading
  4. Fragile
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Notable Tempura artist

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  1. Andrew Wyeth. Christina’s World

2. Far Filippo Lipi. Madonna and Child. 1440-1445

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Oil

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  1. Vehicle- turpentine/mineral spirits

2. Binder- linseed oil

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Traits of oil

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  1. Dries slowly
  2. Infinite consistencies
  3. Toxic
24
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Notable oil artists

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  1. Jackson Pollock. Drip paintings

2. Chuck Close. Uses pointillism

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Acrylic

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  1. Binder- polymer

2. Vehicle- water

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Traits of Acrylic

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  1. Dries quickly

2. Vivid colors

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Notable Acrylic artists

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  1. Audrey Flack

2. David Hockney

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Encaustic

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  1. Binder- bees wax

2. Vehicle- bees wax

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Traits of Encaustic

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  1. Color stays the same
  2. Heavy
  3. Fragile
  4. Luminous
30
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Fresco

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  1. Binder- plaster
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Types of Fresco

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  1. Buon Fresco- “true fresco” paint into fresh plaster

2. Secco Fresco- paint onto dry plaster

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Traits of Fresco

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  1. Full bloom 50-100 years
33
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Notable Fresco Artist

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Michelangelo. Sistine Chapel Ceiling. 1508-1512.

Commissioned by Pope Julius II

34
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Sistine Chapel

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Based off dimensions for King Solomon’s Temple (Old Testament)

35
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Favored art medium prior to Renaissance

36
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Traits of Romantic Art

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  1. legitimized nature and imagination as final authority
  2. Mixing of arts (music, art, literature)
  3. Intensely emotional
  4. Emphasis on need to experience an event before depicting
37
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Chuck Close first self portrait

38
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Pioneers of Photography

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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre