Experiencing Art Unit 3
What is a cartoon?
Full sized detailed drawing of what will eventually become a painting
in class only (#5)
Homer
image 7.11: Madonna and Child with the Chancellor Rolin
Jan van Eyck: oil painting
What were the influences on Mary Cassatt's Paintings?
Japanese prints and by casual compositions of late nineteenth century do-it-yourself photography
image 14.17: Crystal Palace
Joseph Paxton: cast iron and glass
image 9.3: First photograph with a human in it
Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre: special circumstances involved
image 8.12: The letter
Mary Cassatt: she scratched the lines in the surface of the plates with drypoint
image 6.12
Pablo Picasso (Guernica)
image 12.18
Pablo Picasso: Bull's Head salvaged fragments of daily life
image 14.9: Nimes, Frances Aqueduct with arches
Pont du Gard: building technique
image 12.4: Corporate wars: Wall of influence
Robert Longo: high-relief
image 6.19: Portrait of a Girl with a Bussola
Rosalba Carriera: pastel
What type of sculpture is assemblage?
Sculpture made by assembling found or cast-off objects that may or may not contribute their original identities to the total content of the work
in class only (#11)
Toulouse-Lautrec
What type of print is a lithograph?
a surface or planographic printing process based on the mutual antipathy of oil and water
In painting, what is a glaze?
a very thin, transparent film of color applied over a previously painted surface
What is gouache?
an opaque water-soluble paint
What are the intaglio printing processes?
any printmaking technique in which lines and areas to be inked are recessed below the surface of the printing plate
What is "site-specific" sculpture?
are created for the great outdoors, sometimes in far-off locations
What kind of sculpture is low-relief?
coins
What do landscape architects do?
design outdoor spaces *MANMADE *LANDFORMS *PLANTS
Are you familiar with the work of Andy Warhol?
he began his career as a commercial artist (Coca-Cola and Campbell's soup)
How are the sculptures of Alexander Calder related to kinetic art?
his art has movement
What is the purpose of an illustration?
is a visualization or a depiction of a subject made by an artist
What is the purpose of pigment in paint?
it provides color, usually in the form of very fine powder
What are the purposes of architecture?
its symbolic
To what does the term "limited addition" refer?
lasting value of prints
Michelangelo
male model used for study, female in final piece
Can you identify the dry drawing media?
pencil, charcoal, Conte crayon and pastel
What type of photography is Muybridge associated with?
persistence of vision
what prominent 20c architectural form is American in origin?
skyscrapers
What is ceramics?
the art and science of making objects from clay
What is typography?
the art and technique of composing printed material from letterforms (typefaces or fonts)
What is the purpose of a camera obscura?
the forerunner of the modern camera, a dark room (or box) with a small hole in one side, through which an inverted image of the view outside is projected onto the opposite wall, screen, or mirror, and then traced
Could you identify a typical painting of the illustrator Norman Rockwell?
the four freedom paintings (Thanksgiving dinner painting)
What do the encaustic portraits done in Roman-Controlled Egypt look like?
the sense of lifelike individuality remains strong, and colors have retained their intensity after almost two thousand years
Why do images on a movie screen appear to move?
time-lapse
What is an armature?
very small pieces with a rigid inner support
Hokusai
waves-block print
In printmaking, what is a proof?
A few prints for the artists record and personal use
What are the advantages and disadvantages of oil paint?
Advantages: oil paint can provide both increased opacity which yields better covering power and when thinned, greater transparency. Slow drying time allowing artists to blend strokes of color and make changes during the painting process. Disadvantage: the binding has a tendency to darken and yellow slightly with age.
image 9.11: Clearing Winter storm
Ansel Adams
in class only (#13)
Bourke-White
in class only (#17)
Calder
What are the Chinese beliefs about the origins of painting as an art?
Calligraphy
image 6.15: Preacher
Charles White: technique represented-cross hatching
image 13.6: Mauve Seaform set with black lip wraps
Dale Chihuly: blown glass
image 7.6: Detroit Industry
Diego Rivera: His style blends European and native art traditions with contemporary subject matter
image 8.6: Sharecropper
Elizabeth Catlett: medium linoleum cut/block print
