Slides 1 Flashcards by Braelyn Cole

Art is…

a vehicle for feelings and emotion

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Art is a form of communication

that uses a visual vocabulary

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20th century

no physical representation

abstract

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1956 art is

mimicking a photographic eye

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We are living in an age where

art is a representation of our emotions

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Comprehensive term describing creative activities, including (but not limited to) music, theater, writing, movie

The Arts

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Why do human beings like to create?

We all have a creative side
Man and Nature relationship
Nature provides and challenges you

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Some art works leaves us

cold

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Who lived in the 1900s?

Fraud

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Huge art is used to

show off power

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The Michelangelo age is when artists became

famous/ stars

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In the Mich. age artists were as successful as

movie stars

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Artists in the M. age focused on

human existance

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Cave drawings were the

1st drawings

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What distinguishes us as human beings?

Creative Drive

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Artistic Medium in the M. age

oil pastels, etc.

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Art is a form of communication that uses a

visual vocabulary

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Who is the guy that cut off his ear

Vincent van Gogh

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NEVER USE THE EXPRESSION

a “piece” or “piece of art” when referring to a work

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The Origins of Creativity

Relationship Man-Nature
Religion
Sexuality and Sexual Drives (Freudian theory)
Display of power and authority
Demarcation of hierarchies and social rank
Capturing the magnificence or greatness of human existence

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Classical antiquity/ Renaissance

pursuit of human perfection

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Academic discipline concerned with the historical contexts of works of art

Art History

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Sub-discipline of Philosophy concerned with the nature of how we process and assess what we perceive; originally, aesthetics tried to define the nature of beauty

Aesthetics

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Iconography

form verses content

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Ingredients for Transparent Watercolor are:

Powered pigment Binder= gum Arabic Thinner= Water

Opaque watercolor (Gouache) adds:

Chalkdust

Pioneer in watercolor painting and northern renaissance artists

Albrecht Durer

of relatively recent invention (second half 20th century) | pigments suspended in acrylic

Acrylics

color perception is but the wavelength

Scientific color theory

artworks that exist in multiple identical copies, executed in media that lend themselves to reproduction

Multiples

printing occurs with the raised parts of the plate; those parts that have not been cut away

Relief processes

Linoleum cuts and woodcuts are examples of

Relief processes

crevices in the plate hold the ink; the untouched part of the plate is wiped and doesn't hold ink

Intaglio techniques

commercial process in the 1800s

Lithography

commercial process in the 1830s

Photography

method specific to cast metal, especially bronze

Lost-Wax Casting Method

forms may or may not have symbolic meanings

Form verses content

a prominent form of talking about modern, contemporary art

Formal analysis

formal qualities of a work of art that can typically be associated with a historical period and geography

Style

Rembrant van Rijn

Golden Age artist

The beginnings of civilization

river valley cultures: tigris and euphrates

Extension of the dot Indicate direction, motion, boundaries of shapes and spaces Can imply volumes of solid masses

Lines

Means: Tonal variations/ Shading and Hatching/Cross-hatching

Lines

``` oil fresco tempera encaustic (hot wax) acrylics ```

Types of paint

canvas, board, copper, paper

Types of support for painting

A basic substance - (powdered pigment) A binder A thinner (watercolor and gouache do not need thinner)

All paints consist of two or three ingredients:

Encaustic paint has as its ingredients:

Powdered pigment Binder = beeswax Thinner - no substance thins encaustic paint, instead HEAT is the thinner Used since ancient times (think of mummy portraits, and ancient Egypt)

Fresco paint has as its ingredients:

Powdered pigment Binder = lime in PLASTER Thinner = water

Fresco paint is

Used since ancient times (in some Egyptian tombs that | are at least 5,000 years old!)

Fresco

Name comes from the Italian word for “fresh”

True Fresco MUST be painted on

fresh, wet plaster

``` Tempera paint (traditionally: egg tempera) has as its ingredients: ```

Powdered pigment Binder = egg yolk Thinner = water

Tempera painting | “behaves” like a

watercolor

Tempera painting was pioneered by

Flemish painters

Flanders

Northern Belgium

Oil paint has as its ingredients:

Powdered pigment Binder = linseed oil Thinner = turpentine (a sap from a pine tree)

Oil on canvas was

first used in the 15th century (the Renaissance)

First artist to explore oil on canvas:

Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, but the Italians perfect it and use it extensively

consistency of paint can

greatly influence the character of a painting

Oil Glazes

Thin, transparent layers of paint that are built up on the surface of a painting Jewel-like surface quality Extremely smooth surfaces Time-consuming technique

Impasto Paint

``` Italian expression meaning thick (literally: paste-like) application of paint Creates texture (term describes characteristics pertaining to the surface of a painting, sculpture, etc.) ```

Diaphanous paint

the opposite of oil glazes Relief-like, three-dimensional quality of paint that sits on the surface

Powdered pigment Binder = gum Arabic Thinner = water

Ingredients for Transparent Watercolor are

Opaque watercolor (Gouache) adds

Chalk dust

The pioneer in watercolor painting was ____________, | a Northern Renaissance artist

Albrecht Dürer

Acrylics

Of relatively recent invention (second half 20th century) Pigments suspended in acrylic polymer medium Transparent “films” of color Dry fast High degree of color intensity

Warm colors

seem to advance, while cool colors seem to recede

Colors of the spectrum are also called

hues

Primary colors:

red, yellow, and blue

Secondary colors (obtained by mixing):

green, violet, orange

Complementary colors:

orange/blue, red/green, violet/yellow

In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton discovered that a prism can

break white light into its component part; birth of the idea of the color spectrum

Collages

Cut and glued pieces of paper (French “coller” = to glue)

Prints

Engravings, Etchings, Lithographs, Silkscreen prints, etc.

Multiples

are artworks that exist in multiple, identical copies, executed in media that lend themselves to reproduction:

Multiples

``` Cast sculpture (bronzes, etc.) Prints Photographs, etc. ```

Relief processes

Printing occurs with the raised parts of the plate; those parts that have not been cut away Examples: linoleum cuts (linocuts), woodcuts (or woodengravings)

Intaglio techniques (from Italian intagliare = to cut into, right)

The opposite is true for intaglio techniques: crevices in the plate (engraved or etched with acid) hold the ink; the untouched part of the plate is wiped and does not hold ink Examples: engravings and etchings

Sculpture

Cast metal: bronze, iron, rarely precious metals (e.g. silver or gold)

Direct carving typically involves

stone or wood (unique works of art)

Mosaic

Small pieces of colored glass, stone, or ceramic tile called tessera, are embedded in a background material such as plaster or mortar Used since at least the days of ancient Greece

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