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94 Cards in this Set
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Andy Golesworthy
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makes sculptures out of nature, in nature
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visual form
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the materials, formal elements and overall compositions of art
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subject matter
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the physical things we can describe in artwork
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content
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includes the art's imagery, surroundings, and symbolic meaning
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art
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a primary visual media that is used to express ideas about our human experience
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informational equivilance
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what you're seeing, compared to an object in real life
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schema
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images that follow a particular pattern
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How is art created?
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a) visual perception
b) response to the world c) artist's expression of creativity |
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linear perspective
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a ways of showing how objects recede in space
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Who made the artwork, "Scream?"
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Edward Munch
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popular art
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things that are designed by people for others to use
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kitch art
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- have sentimental or vulgar meanings
- a mockery of fine art |
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Four Categories of art
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1) fine art
2) popular art 3) kitch art 4) craft art |
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nonobjective art
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- no direct reference to anything found in the "realistic" world
- NO SUBJECT MATTER |
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abstract art
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- nonobjective
- not completely realistic |
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Three things style is strongly influenced by
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1) culture
2) enviroment 3) history |
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Three things involved in the "language" of art
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1) Formal Elements
2) Principles of Composition 3) Materials/Media |
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outline
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a simple line that describes the 2-D shape of an object
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cross countor line
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line that helps transform a 2-D object into a 3-D form by giving it weight
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hatching lines
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lay one layer of line over another layer, making it more 3-D
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value
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how dark or light a color is
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tint
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adding white to a color
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shade
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adding black to a color
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Subtractive Color System
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goes by pigment
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primary colors
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1) Red
2) Yellow 3) Blue |
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Secondary colors
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1) Orange
2) Green 3) Purple |
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color wheel
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a system of laying out colors
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hue
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color
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Three characteristics of color
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1) hue
2) value 3) intensity/chroma |
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compliment
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the opposite of a color on the color wheel
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relativity of color patterns
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the appearance of colors change with the colors around it
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texture
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surface characteristics
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imposto
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thick layerd paint that Van Gogh used
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shape
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two dimensional art
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volume
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three dimensional art
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space
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where a work of art exists
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depth
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an illusion of space created by shading, or linear perspective
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vanishing point
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where an object disappears on a certain point on an eyelevel line
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one point perspective
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has horizontal AND vertical edges
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two point perspective
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has ONLY vertical edges
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principles of composition
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ways that you use the elements
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balance
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how you visually balance the elements of art in artwork
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rhythem
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- rhythemic patterns
- sequence of elements |
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proportion and scale
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what you expect to see is either confirmed or denied
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scale
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how size compares to the picture
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emphasis
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something that grabs your attention in an artwork
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unity
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holds the work together as a unit
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variety
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differences in art that makes it more exciting
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fluting
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ridges found in the shaft of a column
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capital
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caps off the column
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Four traditional building methods
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1) arches vaulting domes
2) post and lintel construction 3) load bearing construction 4) wood frame construction |
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media
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materials in art
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disciplines
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various branches of art making activity
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ground
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what you're drawing on
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serography
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silk screening
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lithography
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The artist then wets limestone with water. After the limestone is wet, an oil-based ink is applied. The ink is attracted to the greasy substance and repelled by the water. The ink is transferred from the limestone when pressed against paper or canvas
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intalgio
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ink is applied to the grooves
ex) etching |
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relief print
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ink is applied to the raised surface
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monotype
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- allows one print
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monoprint
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- plate can be used over and over
- additions are put into the painting |
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encaustic
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pigment mixed with hot wax
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fresco
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pigment applied to wet/dry plaster
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transluscent
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semipermiable
ex) encaustic |
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acrylic paint
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suitable to flat, broad areas of color
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fat painting
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lots of oil, less terpentine
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lean painting
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more terpentine, less oil
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egg tempera
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tempera mixed with eggwhite
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subtractive sculpture
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take away
ex) pumpkin carving |
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additive sculpture
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add or attatch
ex) ball of clay |
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site specific art
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only temporary
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assembling
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take objects and assemble them in some way to express an idea
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performance art
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live action event that is staged
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craft art
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you know what the end product will be
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archivals
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how a painting holds up over time
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Three things you derive meaning from in art
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1) subject matter
2) content 3) media |
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iconography
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study to understand symbols depicted in works of art
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art criticism
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informed talk about art for the purpose of understanding and appreiating the art object and its social revelance
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description
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answers "what is seen"
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Interpretation of art
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- there are multiple interpretations
- everything in and associated with the artifact contributes to its meaning |
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Formalist Critic
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derives meaning strictly from formal qualities
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ideological critic
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- art is about structure and not about representing any external reality
- person's creativity is a deception |
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consumerist critic
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- looks at art as a consumable item
- wants to convince you to believe what they do |
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psychological critic
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tries to get us to think about ourselves
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ethical criticism
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based on the morality of the art work
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4 Steps of Making art
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1) develop a concept
2) Rendering (game plan) 3) construction 4) Start over? |
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Guild
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- must belong to the guild to be an artist
- wrote rules and regulations |
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Benefits of the Guild
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- high quality was learned
- quality of an art is closley related to the human condition of the person who created it |
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Academy training
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- formal institutions of training and partronage
- very controlled - purpose was to teach and learn FINE ART according to established rules |
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2 Most famous Academies
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1) French Academy of Fine Art (1625)
2) English Academy (1768) |
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creative genius
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being imposed upon by an outside force
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genii
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an attendant spirit of a person
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five things we do with art
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1) performance
2) ritual and prayer 3) entertainment 4) leadership/power display 5) decoration |
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Where is art kept?
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1) Private Collectors
2) Public Museums |
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credit line
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- information about how the work came into the collection
- left number = year - right number = specific number of that collection |
