Unit I Flashcards
(26 cards)
• Nature of Perception (p15):
the most important key to looking at art is to become aware of the process of looking itself
• Aesthetics:
the branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences; also (p25) the branch of philosophy that studies art, also studies the nature of beauty
Representational
To present again the world that we recognize a likeness
Naturalistic
Light & shadow forms, inner structure of bone & muscles, how fabric drapes, how gravity makes weight felt
Abstract
Appearance of the world as only a starting point, then exaggerates or simplifies certain aspects
Trompel’oeil
Fool the eye that they are real
Nonrepresentational or nonobjective
Does not represent or refer to the visible world
Style
To categorize art by it’s own appearance…refers to a characteristic or group of characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent
Ex: if a girl always wears braids gets her hair cut short we say she has a change in style
Form vs content
The way a work of art looks vs what the work is about
Iconography
“Describing images” identifying, describing, and interpreting subject matter in art
Context
Personal & social circumstances surrounding the making, viewing, and interpreting of a work of art; the varied connections of a work of art to the larger world of it’s time and place
Installation
Space is presented as a work of art that can be entered, explored, experienced and reflected on
Line
Path traced by a moving point
Contour line
Contours are the boundaries we perceive of 3d forms, contour lines are the lines we draw to record those boundaries
Direction & movement
Lines that our eyes follow and show direction, movement or action
Implied line
Ex: dots or spaces that implies a line…causes our eye to follow
Shape 2D
Occupies an area with identifiable boundaries ex: square drawn on paper
Mass 3D
Occupies a volume of space
Ex: mass of clay, mass of mountain
Figure & ground
The shape we detach and focus on
Ground is the surrounding visual info the figure stands out from, the background
Implied shape
Partially indicated in way that encourages our mind to complete them
Create sense of order; see art as unified and harmonious whole
Light: model
The way light and shadow give masses a 3D appearance
Values
Shades of light and dark
Hatching
Closely spaced parallel lines
Cross hatching
Additional parallel lines laid across the first
