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26 Cards in this Set
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Creative |
Intentions through wide range of materials including thought, emotions and feelings |
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Ways to show Art |
Sculpture Film Paint Performance Photography |
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Art is... |
Subjective meaning its personal perspective |
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Form |
use of materials (paint, marbles, film)for overall composition |
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Content |
Stories told with a piece of art *imagery*symbolism*Movement* |
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Aesthetics |
Branch of philosophy related to the ways which visual and artistic experiences are perceived; culture, time, fashion |
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Function |
What is "Art" used for -may have multiple purposes:subjective |
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Active seeing |
everything we see is filtered through our own objective ideas and beliefs , the prejudices, preferences, and desires we inherit through our surrounding influences |
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Seeing is... |
Active |
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Looking is ... |
Passive |
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Abstract |
nonrepresentational, forms, colors, patterns, arranged with out reference to an object |
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representational |
imitates the appearance of the natural world |
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Naturalistic |
very faithful to visual experience |
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Subject matter |
tells a story of what art is about what art depicts |
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Proportion |
harmonious relationship between parts and the whole |
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Focal Point |
where your eye is drawn to in an art work |
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Can Art have multiple focal points ? |
Yes |
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Asymmetrical |
weights are distributed on both sides unequally |
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Symmetrical |
weights are distributed on both sides equally |
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balance/symmetry |
how is visual or actual weight distributed within a work of art |
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Repetition |
forms of imagery are repeated within art work |
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Abstract Art |
can be non objective or non representational. Consist of forms, colors, patterns, shapes, but no observable objects in nature |
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naturalism art |
is a sliding scale of how much or well something imitates observable nature |
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representational art |
objects and images imitate observable nature (they look familiar) |
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Identify / analyze meaning of art by |
*Form *Subject matter *content *Iconography-system of symbols that work together *Theme *Function |
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form begins with description |
*What kind of art is the work?Photo, Sculpture, Painting? *Is art Abstract or representational? *how would you describe art? *How does the artist use formal elements like color, repetition,line,shape |