Test 1 Flashcards
(38 cards)
Visual Literacy
The ability to recognize why a visual is liked and what it communicates to the viewer
Subject Matter
What an image actually depicts
Content
What an image means
Representational
A portrayal of natural objects in recognizable form
Abstract
Works that are among the least recognizable of the real world
Nonrepresentational
Works that do not refer to the natural or objective world at all
Sublime
Works that capture an immensity that cannot be comprehended by the imagination
Naturalism
Works in which the artist retains a realistic brand of representation
Composition
The format, elements, and organization of a work
Form
The overall structure of a work of art
Performance Art
Includes physical space and human activity in that space. Popular in the late 1960s
Installation Art
Indoor environment
What is the most powerful kind of implied line?
Line of sight
What is the artist’s most basic tool?
The line
A shape is flat, but a form has __
mass
What is positive and negative shape?
Positive: An object that is perceived first
Negative: Space around the perceived object
What has linear perspective done for art?
It has helped artists to know how to depict more realistic 2-D spaces
Foreshortening
Dimensions of the closer extremities are adjusted to make up for distinction created by the point of view
Chiaroscuro
The balance of light and shade in a picture and how it is used in a curved surface from light to dark
Light/dark of the sphere - Label the 5 parts in order
Light, highlight, core of shadow, reflected light, cast shadow
Value
The relative level of lightness or darkness of an area or object
Visual Literacy: The ability to __ why a visual is __ and what it __ to the viewer
recognize, liked, communicates
Subject Matter: What an image actually __
depicts
Content: What an image __
means
