ARTS Test 1 Slides
art
a form of visual language
foreshortening
a perspective technique that depicts a form at a vary dramatic angle in order to show depth
shades
adding black
tones
adding gray
contextual
artist's art making process with backgrounds of historical, social, biographical, religious
Josef Alber's Theory of Color Deception
color is relative to its surroundings
Additive color wheel
colors produced from light, adding more of these colors results in white, designers use on computer, primary: red, blue, green
subtractive color wheel
colors produced from pigments, adding more of these results in grey, fine artists use in paints, primary: red, yellow, blue
feminist
considers the role of women in an art work as its subject, creator, patron, and viewer
tint
created from adding white
perspective drawing
creating 3D on 2D surface
anamorphosis
distorted representation of an object so that is appears correctly proportioned only from a particular view point
3D works of art have
form, volume, mass, texture
golden section
greeks made it for perfect proportion
relief
high: more depth, in foreground low (bas): less depth, in background
iconographic
identifies objects as historical or religious symbols
scales
large(monumental), small(miniature), hierarchical, distorted
non-objective
non-recognizable
open volume
occupy large space but have a small mass
Artists arrange visual elements in a way that
offers visual experiences, stimulates senses evoking emotions, communicates ideas that may make viewers think
Michel Chevreul's theory of simultaneous contrast
placing two complementary colors side by side make it vibrant
representational
recognizable, similar to original source
progressive rhythm
repetition that regularly increases or decreases in frequency
abstract
semi-recognizable
techniques for depth
size, overlapping, position, brightness of color, intensity of texture, value
stylistic
style of a work or artist
content of art
subject matter (underlying meaning), context (background of artist and art making process), formal analysis (how it is arranged)
contour lines
suggest outer edges as well as volume
balances
symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial
chiaroscuro
the use of light and dark to create the impression of volume
gestalt unity
the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts
formal analysis
through elements and principles
high chroma/ intensity/ saturation
truest form of a color
atmospheric perspective
use of shades of color and clarity to create depth, closer objects have warmer tones and are clear, while further objects are cooler and hazy
linear perspective
uses converging lines to create depth; one point, two point, three point (bird's eye or worm's eye, not all vanishing points are on horizon)
isometric perspective
uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth
principles of art
visual grammar; unity, variety, contrast, emphasis, balance, pattern, rhythm, scale, proportion
elements of art
visual vocab; line, shape, value, volume, form, mass, color, texture space, time motion
