Artwork
The Visual expression of an idea or experience created with skill
To Perceive
To become deeply aware through the senses of the special nature of a visual object.
Folk Artists
Artists who are self taught and therefore have had little or no form of schooling in artistic methods
Artists
Creative individuals who use imagination and skill to communicate in visual form.
Action Painting
The technique of dripping and splashing paint onto a canvas stretched on the floor.
Symbol
Something that stands for, or represents, something else.
Elements of Art
The basic visual symbols in the language of art.
Name the Elements of Art
Line, Shape, Form Space, Color, Value, Texture
Principles of Art
Rhythm, movement, pattern, balance. Proportion, variety, emphasis, harmony
Subject
The image viewers can easily identify in a work of art
Non objective Art
Art that has no recognizable subject
Composition
The way the principles of art are used to organized the elements of art.
Content
The message the artwork communicates
The credit line
A list of important facts about an artwork
The Credit Line (list)
Name, title, year made, medium, size, location
Medium
The material used to make art
Criteria
Standards of judgement
Aesthetics
The philosophy or studyofthe nature and value of art.
Literal Qualities
Focuses on realistic representation
Formal qualities
Places emphasis on formal qualities
Emotional Qualities
Requires that a work of art must arous a response of feelings, moods, or emotions int he viewer.
Art History Operations
A four step approach for organizing the way you gather information about a work of art.
Individual Style
The artists personal way using the elements and principles of art to express feelings and ideas
Shading
The use of fight and dark values to Create the illusion of form.
Types of Shading
Hatching, cross hatching, blending, stippling
Printmaking
A process in which an artist repeatedly transfers an original image from one prepared surface to another.
The impression created on a surface by the printing plate
Painting Ingredients
Pigments: colored powdersBinders: holds the pigment togetherSolvent: liguify
Reproduction
A copy of a work of art
Sculpture:
A three dimensional work of art. Round: all sides surrounded by spaceRelief: comming out of flat background
Fine Art
Art made to be expierienced visually
Applied art
Art made to be functional as well as visually pleasing.