Art Appreciation: Quiz #1 (Chapters 2, 4, 6, 7)

Naturalistic

Being able to visually see and imagine the weight and feel of the objects in the work of art.

Light

Modeling, Value, and Chiaroscuro.

Watercolor

Pigment mixed with water and gum arabic. Transparency, thinly applied, washes.

Physical Components of Painting

Pigment, medium, binder, support, primer.

Encaustic

Pigments with wax or resin. Heated, printed, hardens. Portraits of mummies. Forgotten medium.

Pigment (Painting)

Powdered Paint

Intensity

Purity of the color.

Hatching/ Cross Hatching

Putting lines closer together to create a darker appearance, and lines further apart to make things appear lighter.

Abstract Art

Recognized starting print in visual world. Simplified of exaggerated.

Primary Colors

Red, Yellow, Blue

Visual Texture

Refers to IMPLIED surface quality; or the appearance of texture.

Texture

Refers to REAL surface quality.

Style

Refers to a characteristic or group of characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent (Repetitive characteristics that identify and artist).

Color Value

Running scale of light to dark colors.

Emphasis

Size, color, pigment.

Liquid Media

Smooth, uninterrupted line. Little room for correction. (1.) Ink, (2.) Collage.

Chalk: Color

Soft like charcoal but you are not limited to boac, white, and grey, you can have a range of color.

Representational Art

Something you have seen before. Presents Visible World. Faithful to visual experience (photo). Naturalistic.

Hierarchical Scale

The most important persons shown as the largest. This was used for ancient cultures for people who couldn't read, they were told visually.

Hue

The name of the color.

Form

The starting part for an artist; the building blocks (The way a work of art looks).

Pigment

The physical point put on a canvas, once all the colors are mixed, you get black and you can not un-mix them, making it SUBTRACTIVE.

Crayon: Grease/ Wax Binder

You have the option to have a whole bunch of colors or one color with a lot of detail.

Content

If that work has meaning behind/ with it (What a work of art is about).

Refraction

If you bend light, it breaks off into light. This is the colors of the rainbow. Newton proves that colors are actually components of light; how much light = the color.

Light

It is an ADDITIVE, you can keep adding more to create more colors.

Ink

It is either put on with a pen or a brush. (NOT painting! Drawing with a brush).

Charcoal: Blur Effect

It is softer than pencil and therefor easier to manipulate with your hands.

Pointillism

Laying down prints by making thousands of tiny dots (or points) of pure color next to each other.

Tempera

Like watercolor. Dries hard like oil. Mixture of liquid and animal fat/ egg yolk. Dries quickly, not forgiving. Usually done on wood.

Visual Elements

Line, Shape, Mass, Light, Color, Texture, Shape.

Implied Lines

Lines that can show direction as to were to look.

Contour Lines

Lines that give an object depth of mass.

Ground

A NEGATIVE shape that moves away from you visually.

Figure

A POSITIVE shape that moves towards you visually.

Calligraphic Lines

Making art out of letters, fancy writing.

Graphite

"Economy of line"; Pencil, lead pencil. Complete Fill: The whole work is completely filled with pencil and this is the final product.

Implied Space

2-D (foreground, mid ground, background).

Space

3-D (REAL, takes up space).

Medium

A liquid that holds the particles of pigment together without dissolving them.

Primer

A preliminary coating.

Light Value

A running scale from very light to very dark.

Binder

An ingredient that ensures that the paint, even when diluted and spread thinly, will adhere to the surface.

* Subject Matter

Content begins with the objects or events the work depicts.

*Stylized

Describes representational art that conforms to a present style or set of conventions for depicting the world.

Pen vs. Brush

Detail, sketchy.

Dry Media: Abrasive

Dry on dry, pencil on paper. Ex: Graphite, metal point, charcoal, chalk, crayon.

Outline

Encloses and defines shape.

Context

Environmental influence upon the artist.

Visual Weight

Giving more weight to certain objects, like figure and ground.

Color Properties

Hue, value, intensity, and light vs. pigment.

Subordination

Moved away from your vision.

Non-representational Art

Non-objective art. Essence of art. Intent/ purpose. Shapes, lines, colors (if you don't recognize the art you just recognize the shapes, lines, and colors).

Foreshortening Space

Objects in the distance appear smaller and less clear.

Secondary Colors

Orange, Green, and Violets.

Composition

Organization of lines, shapes, and colors to create art.

Mosaics

Paintings with stone/ glass cubes. Done on floors, walls, or ceilings.

Acrylic

Paints from synthetic plastic resin. Dries to waterproof. Dries quickly, permanently.

Linear Perspective

Parallel lines seem to converge at a vanishing point on a horizon line.

Escher

Patterns

Fresco

Pigment and water is applied to wet plaster, dries, becomes part of surface. Walls and ceilings. Use sketches, only small area per day. Cannot make mistakes.

Oil Painting

Pigment combined with oil (linseed). Used wood, then canvas, portable. Dries slowly, blend or layer easily. Worked easily from thin to thick. Impasto: Very thick.

Support

The canvas, paper, wood pencil, wall, or other surface on which the artist works.

Metal point: Sketch

Used before pencil was around, but the paper is treated (like wax paper) and you drag a metal point through it.

Direction

Used to imply movement.

Chiaroscuro

Using light and dark PAINT to create mass and depth in art.

Modeling

Using light and dark to create mass and depth.

Gouche

Watercolor and white pigment.

Collage

started in the early 20th century (1900's). Place objects onto paper/ canvas. Become essence of cubist art.