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45 Cards in this Set
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The Four levels of vision
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Practical
Curious Imaginative Aesthetic |
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*Derivation of the word STYLE
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Stilus: an instrument used by the ancients in writing on waxed tablets, thus, a distinctive manner or characteristic.
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The Aesthetic Process
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Observation
Selection Perception Interpretation Expression |
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The two statements that are the most important in understanding the concept of ABSTRACTION in art.
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1. All art is abstract. (it all represents something)
2. Some artists abstract more than others. |
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Abstraction degree #1
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Portrays nature
Realism -Rockwell -Wayatt |
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Abstraction degree #2
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Changes/distorts nature
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Abstraction degree #3
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Abandons nature
Non-objective -DeJong |
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Types of subjects in every work of art
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1. Obvious/Outer - what we all see
2. Inner - what the artist tries to say about the obvious; message or interpretation |
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Subject category: Narrative
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telling a story
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Subject category: Literary
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uses sources from books, poems, plays, etc. for ideas
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Subject category: Religious
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depicting the spiritual world
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Subject category: Landscapes
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nature as the dominant theme
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Subject category: Cityscapes
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streets, building, urban life
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Subject category: Historical
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memorializing an important event from the past
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Subject category: Figurative
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visualizing the human body (the nude)
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Subject category: Portrait
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a visual biography
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Subject category: Self-portrait
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a visual auto-biography
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Subject category: Genre
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everyday life situations
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Subject category: Social Commentary
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a visual statement about the society or world; usually negative in nature
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Subject category: Still Life
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an arrangement of objects
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Subject category: Animals
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domestic or wild
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Subject category: Expressionistic
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when the personal and emotional feelings are strongly added into the work of art
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Subject category: Abstract
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when the artist simplifies the reality depicted... for example, leaving out all details of an object... making the object look "less real"
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Subject category: Non-objective Art
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No recognizable objects
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Iconographical Approach
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Looking at the subject and meaning of art
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Morphology Approach
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Composition design, color
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Media: Ground
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surface upon which the medium is placed
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Media: Wash
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the term used to describe the dilution of ink with water
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Media category: Drawing
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-Pencil
-Charcoal -Pen & Wash -Pastel - colored chalk |
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Media category: Painting
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-Fresco - painting with plaster
-Tempra - mix egg in water -Oil -Watercolor -Acrylic |
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Media category: Printmaking
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-Woodcut
-Intaglio -Lithograph -Serigraph (slik screen) - setncil, ink, screen |
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Media category: Sculpture
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-Marble
-Bronze -Wood -Steel |
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Tempra
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Egg
Water |
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Fresco
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1. True/Buon Fresco WET method
2. Dry/Fresco Seco |
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Oil
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Van Eyck
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Intaglio
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BELOW THE SURFACE
1. etching 2. drypoint 3. engraving |
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Etching
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ACID on a metal plate so it EATS AWAY at the surface
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Drypoint
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Sharp pick-like tool to SCRATCH the metal surface
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Engraving
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BURIN is used to carve into the metal plate
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Lithography
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Flat surface - uses the principle of "ink and grease crayon don't mix"
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Serigraph
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Silk screen- stencil, screen, and ink
-Andy Warhol |
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The Practical Level
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Everyone sees the same thing
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The Curious Level
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Concentrates on an object, yet free to look around (children see at this level)
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The Imaginative Level
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Seeing through the mind's eye (day dreaming/visualizing in your mind)
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The Aesthetic Level
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Highest level of vision (seeing and object artistically... for its beauty sake)
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