Art 109 1st exam
Complementary
Involve colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel such as green and red
Wabi
Japanese word for concepts such as naturalness, simplicity, understatement, and impermanence
Katachi
Japanese word meaning form and design. The closest word equivalent in the Japanese language to the Western notion of visual art
Sabi
Japaneses word for ideas of loneliness, old age, and tranquility
Robert Rauschenberg
Known for breaking down boundaries between artists mediums. He had a close working relationship with composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham
Model
Light and shape can model an object giving it a three dimensional appearance
Foreshortening
Linear perspective must apply to every form that recedes into the distance including objects and human animal forms
Picture plane
Literal surface
Color harmony (color scheme)
Use of two or more colors in a single composition
Monochromatic
Variations of same hue with difference value and intensity (using 1 color)
Sight
Visual Art
Outline
defines a two dimensional shape
Subjective
everyone's brain interprets a visual situation differently
Selective perception
focusing on important information, relegating everything else in the background
Subject Matter
the object or event upon which a work of art is based
Form
the way a work or art looks
Stippling
uses dots to suggest value through optical mixing into values
Creativity
using our own experiences to enhance life and work
NOT examples of style
1. Sculpture 2. Color 3. Content
Aesthetics
Coined by Alesander Baumgarten. Describes knowledge gained by sensory experience combined with feelings
Analogous
Combination of colors adjacent to one another on the color wheelc
Triadic
Composed of any 3 colors equidistant from each other
examples of style
1. Abstract 2. Naturalistic 3. Historical 4. Representational
Correct order of date of paintings (oldest to new)
1. Lion Panel (Chauvet cave) 2. Stonehedge 3. Jahanir Receives a cup from Khursau 4. The starry night 5. Birds in space 6. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Value
Shades of light and dark
Chiaroscuro
A painting technique, perfected by Italian renaissance painters that employ light and shadow. Contrasts of light and shadow in the natural world
Hozho
In Navajo Philosophy, hozho indicates the beauty and harmony of the world
Vietnam Memorial
Place for human purpose
Shape
2D
Mass
3D that occupies a volume of space
Shade
A color darker than the hues normal value
Tint
A color lighter than the hues normal value
Hokusai
A famous Japanese painter known for his virtuosity in landscape images
Kinetic
Art that moves
Intermediate colors
Blue-Green. Mixing of a primary color and adjacent secondary color
Meta Warrick Fuller
Born in 1877, he sought out themes that would help american blacks reconnect with their African heritage
Constantine Brancusi
Born in Romania - Sculptor who created simple and pure forms
aesthetics (n)
Branch of philosophy concered with feelings around us with sensory experiences
Pryamids
Built for tombs to aid the buried in the afterlife
Liberty Leading the People
Eugene Delecroix. An example of an artist who was free to express the social events of his day
Kente Cloth
Extraordinary version of an ordinary object
Examples for Edward Hoppers "Gas" picture
Form: 1. The work's rectangular shape 2. The dark green color of the trees 3. Size difference between the man and the gas pump Content: 1. Daily american life 2. The solitude of rural america Subject Matter: 1. A gas station attendant at the pump
Color theory
Found my Isaac Newton, found that recombining rainbow colors into white light
Secondary colors
Green and Voilet. Each is made by combing 2 colors
Hearing
Music
Hue
Name of color according to color wheel
linear perspective
Optically convincing space to set forms in
Guernica
Pablo Picasso work on this in response to the brutalities of the Spanish civil war. Finished in 1937 for World's Fair
Wang Jian
Painted White clouds over Xiao and Xiang. Inspired by an earlier similar 14th century work
Vanitas
Paintings from 17th century that deal with fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness
Vanishing point
Pharrell lines receding into distance seem to converge until they meet at a point on the horizon line where they disappear
The statue of Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher king. One of the finest examples of Roman Work
Jahangir Recieves a cup from Khursau
Recording and commemorating
Primary colors
Red and Yellow. Cannot be made by any mixture of other colors
Intensity
Relative Purity of a color
atmospheric perspective
Showing depth by making the distant objects, hazy and bluish
Western Tradition
Style of Art has its roots in European Thought
Figure
The shape we detach and focus on (positive shapes)
Ground
The surrounding visual information the figure stands out from (negative shapes)
Hatching
The use of closely spaced parallel lines to indicate three dimensional objects
Implied Line
a dotted line
Line
a path traced by a moving point
isometric perspective
a system using diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth
Diagonal Line
carries the most energy and sense of movement
Assiocations
interpreting work in a personal manner
Contour Line
records the boundaries of a three dimensional shape
Style
refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent
Peeling Paint on Iron Bench
see the world in new ways
The starry night
tangible form to feelings and ideas
Shiva Natarja
tangible form to the unknown
Content
what a work of art is about