Week 01: Definitions nd Functions of Art

Question 1

ability of human capacity to create things of beauty that stir us

Answer 1

Art - Marcos (2006)

Question 2

human ingenuity in adapting natural things to a man’s use

Answer 2

Art - Merriam-Webster

Question 3

From the word “ars” =

Answer 3

Skill, cunning, artifice, craft

Question 4

personal and unanalyzable creative power

Answer 4

Art

Question 5

technical knowledge and efficiency

Answer 5

Skill

Question 6

ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing

originality of concept

Answer 6

Cunning

Question 7

mechanical skill in imitating things in nature

adapted

Answer 7

Artifice

Question 8

expertness in workmanship, cleverness in attaining one’s end

Answer 8

Craft

Question 9

art that springs out of the present day events and the passions of the society

Answer 9

Contemporary Art

Question 10

subject or topic that can be any person, animal, thinhs, orissue described or depicted in an artwork

Answer 10

Subject Matter (Benavidez-Perez, 2016)

Question 11

anything that could ignite an artist’s imagination, promptinghim to create

Answer 11

Subject Matter (Cerbo et al., 2010)

Question 12

2 types of subj matter

Answer 12

Representational (objective) art

Non-representational (non-objective art)

Question 13

message of the artwork

Answer 13

Content

Question 14

Visual aspects and the surface feature of an artwork

Answer 14

Form

Question 15

the instrument an artist uses translating his ideas and feelings into form

Answer 15

Medium

Question 16

how well an artist knows and uses his medium

Answer 16

Technique

Question 17

most fundamental element of art

identifiable path traced by a moving point

Answer 17

Line

Question 18

2D (length and width)
forms when ends of a line meet

Answer 18

Shape

Question 19

3D (length, width, and height)
can be viewed from more than 1 direction)
can be geometric or organic

Answer 19

Form

Question 20

lightness or darkness
amount of light

Answer 20

Value/Tone

Question 21

product of light of different wavelengths reflected off an object

Answer 21

Color

Question 22

3 properties of color

Answer 22

Hue, Value, Intensity

Question 23

distance between, around, above, below, and within objects

Answer 23

Space

Question 24

2 types of space

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Positive and Negative Space

Question 25

surface quality way things feel or look

Answer 25

Texture

Question 26

arranging elements so no part of work overpowers or seems heavier than the other

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Balance

Question 27

relationship of one part to anotger and one part to the whole

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Proportion

Question 28

continuous use of a motif or a repetitive pattern of similar or identical items repetitive, continuous, flowing

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Rhythm

Question 29

makes a creation stand out by giving more attention and importance or dominance

Answer 29

Emphasis

Question 30

give less importance and make it less visually interesting

Answer 30

Subordination

Question 31

coherence of elements at work sense of belonging and relationship "harmony"

Answer 31

Unity

Question 32

diversity of work of art prevent monotony and uniformity in design

Answer 32

Variety

Question 33

"imitation" imitating the model exactly as it is

Answer 33

Mimesis

Question 34

arts that has been passed down from master craftsmen to their apprentices mostly produced in indegenous communities, refecting history and culture

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Traditional Art

Question 35

mechanical manipulated by man

Answer 35

Modern art

Question 36

creations of divine provodence

Answer 36

Natural Divine art

Question 37

darker = hotter lighter = cooler

Answer 37

temperature of color