Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
33 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
art criticism
|
-the formalized process of accounting for our responses to art
|
|
|
formalistic/judicial
|
-legalistic approach that is a rigidly framed analysis
-based on analysis of the elements of the artwork, including line, shape, color, texture |
|
|
impressionistic
|
-critic who relies totally on emotional response to artwork
|
|
|
analytical/synthetical
|
-first discrimination is based on parts of the artwork
-syntheis unifies all of the analytical perceptions and occurs through insight |
|
|
popular criticism
|
-offered by the general public
-majority rule -public likes their art digestible and familiar |
|
|
art reviews
|
-should be factually informative
-should summarize -should excite patronage |
|
|
self-adjusting method
|
-revisit the aesthetic situation
-give the art a second consideration |
|
|
style
|
-consistent and characteristic handling of media, elements of form and principles of design
-make it identifiable to a particular culture, region or time |
|
|
cultural style
|
-shared characteristics of style that allow us to identify broad cultural characteristic over a period of time
|
|
|
period style
|
-span of years that exhibits binding style characteristics
|
|
|
regional style
|
-more narrow categories of geographic styles in autonomous regions like Paris
|
|
|
group style
|
-occurs when artists form alliance and exhbit together to promote a distinctive style
-impressionism |
|
|
personal style
|
-traits that will occur only in that master's work
|
|
|
art nouveau
|
-french term meaning "new art"
-characterized by twisting lines and contours |
|
|
pueblo style
|
-regional pottery style of the Pueblo people in new mexico
|
|
|
Impressionism
|
-french style of painting
-depicted scenes of contemporary life, landscape in freely painted, light, colorful manner -degas, manet |
|
|
Spirit spouse
|
-African sculpture depicting the ideal woman
-abstract style |
|
|
Parvati
|
-Indian sculpture with sensuous curves and shows movement in hip, spine, and neck
|
|
|
closed form
|
-self contained form
-doesn't interact with surroundings |
|
|
open form
|
-contour is irregular or broken
-interacts with surroundings |
|
|
one point perspective
|
-all the lines are parallel, yet seem to converge at single vanishing point
|
|
|
atmospheric perspective
|
-non linear means for giving the illusion of depth
|
|
|
isometric perspective
|
-parallel lines remain parallel
-don't converge |
|
|
encaustic
|
- painting pigment is supspended in a binder of hot wax
|
|
|
fresco
|
-pigments suspended in water are applied to damp plaster surface
|
|
|
pigment
|
-any coloring agent made from natural or synthetic substance
|
|
|
binder
|
-material used in paint that causes pigment particles to adhere to one another
|
|
|
vehicle
|
-liquid emulsion used as spreading agent in paint
|
|
|
egg tempera
|
-water based paint that uses egg as a binder
|
|
|
impasto
|
-thick paint applied to a surface in a heavy manner
|
|
|
glaze
|
-thin, transparent layer brushed over another layer over paint
|
|
|
gesso
|
-mixture of glue and chalk applied as a coating to surfaces to prepare them to recieve paint
|
|
|
acrylic
|
-clear plastic used as a binder in paint
|
