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65 Cards in this Set
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Art |
conscious creation of something beautiful or meaningful using skills and imagination |
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Ars |
Latin word for art, craft or skill |
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1. Art as Representation 2. Art as Expression of Emotional Content 3. Art as a Form |
Philosophy of Art |
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True |
T or F: It takes an artist to make an art |
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True |
T or F: One may perceive beauty on a daily basis |
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False |
T or F: Nature is a work of art |
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False Not every beautiful thing can be seen or experienced may be truly called a work of art |
T or F: Every beautiful thing can be seen or experienced may be truly called a work of art |
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True |
T or F: Each artwork behold beauty in its own kind, the kind that the artist sees and wants to perceive |
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Creativity |
unique, thinking outside the box, trademark of an artist, innovate something |
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a. Imagination b. Knowledge c. Albert Einstein |
(a)__________ is more important than (b)__________. For (b) is limited to all we now know and understand, while (a) embraces the entire world and all there ever will be to know and understand. - (c)______ |
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artist mind |
_____ is a vast gallery of artwork |
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True |
T or F: An artwork does not need to be a real thing |
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False |
T or F: artwork should not be imaginary |
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Imagination |
______ is not constrained by the walls of norms, but goes beyond that |
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False |
T or F: Expressing emotion = Describing emotion |
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Art as Expression |
people's art is a reflection of their inner self |
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Visual art |
appeal in the sense of sight |
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paintings drawings lettering printing sculpture digital imaging |
Mediums of visual art |
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Film |
art of putting together succession of still images in order to create an illusion of movement |
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Performing art |
live art and the artist's medium is usually the human body |
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Time Space Performer |
Elements of Performing Art |
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Performance Art |
live art that is intangible and cannot be traded as commodity |
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poetry performance |
art from where the artist expresses his emotions through words (combined with movements, tone, volume, and intensity of delivery) |
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1. Integrity 2. Proportion and Scale 3. Radiance |
Philosophical Imports of Art |
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Integrity |
perceived consistency of our actions, values, methods, principles, expectations, and outcomes |
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Integrity |
the quality of being honest having a strong moral principle that you refuse to change |
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Proportion and scale |
give a piece of art balance |
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Scale |
describe the size of one object in relation to another |
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object |
often referred as a whole |
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Proportion |
relative size of parts within a whole |
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symmetrical |
formal balance |
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assymetrical |
informal balance |
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Rule of Thirds |
in photography, not all at the center looks good |
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Radiance |
The clarity of an artwork |
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Subject |
any person, scene, or event described or represented work of art |
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Representational Art |
an artwork that depicts any identifiable object or series of object and their physical appearance in reality |
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Nonrepresentational Art |
compositions which do not rely on representation |
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Nonrepresentational Art |
Abstract, nonfigurative and nonrepresentational that indicate a departure from reality |
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1. Realism 2. Abstraction 3. Distortion 4. Surrealism |
Ways of Representing Subject |
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Realism |
When things are depicted in a way they would normally appear |
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Abstraction |
the process of simplifying and/or reorganizing objects and elements according to the demand of artistic expression |
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Distortion |
the figures have been so arranged that proportions differ noticeably from natural measurements |
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Surrealism |
realism+distortion |
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Visual arts |
representations of what the artist thought and felt about the world they lived in |
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1. Medium 2. Time in which he lives and the patronage he gets 3. Development of Science and Technology |
Factors Affecting His Choice of Subject |
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still life |
Kinds of subject: picture depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects |
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animals |
Kinds of subject: cats, dogs |
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portraits |
Kinds of subject: pictures of people usually showing only the face and the upper body |
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figure |
Kinds of subject: each part of the body is shown as clearly as possible |
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Everyday life |
Kinds of subject: farming etc. |
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history and legends |
Kinds of subject: past |
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religion and mythology |
Kinds of subject: beliefs |
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dreams and fantasies |
Kinds of subject: imagination |
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ugly and tragic |
Kinds of subject: problems |
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motion pictures, animation. computer generated imagery |
Film Techniques |
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Subject |
objects depicted by the artist |
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Content |
what the artist expresses/communicate on the whole of his work |
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Factual Meaning |
the literal statement/the narrative content in the work which can be directly apprehended because the objects presented are easily recognized |
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Conventional Meaning |
Special meaning that a certain object or color has a particular culture or group of people |
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Subjective Meaning |
any personal meaning consciously or unconsciously conveyed by the artist using a private symbolism which stems from his own association of certain objects actions or colours with past experiences |
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1. Aesthetic 2. Utilitarian 3. Cultural 4. Social |
Functions of Art |
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Aesthetic function |
appreciating art for its own sake |
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Utilitarian Function |
It does not only enriches man's life but it improves nature |
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Cultural Function |
It enables to transmit culture from one generation to another |
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Social Function |
Through art, man learns to love and help each other |