Art Appreciation 111-Ch. 2

What is iconography?

A system of images whose meaning is understood by a certain cultural group. The images used in iconography represent concepts or beliefs beyond literal subject matter. Culutral conventions are often carried from one generation to the next through iconography.

How does subject matter differ from content?

An artwork's subject matter is what the image or object literally represents. The content, by contrast, is what the artwork means.

Take note:

Art can be in between representational and abstract

What constitutes an artwork's form?

Form is the overall structure of an artwork. Form includes such aspects of an artwork and its materials and the organization of its parts into a composition.

Representational

Realism, photorealism, and naturalism

What is representational art?

Representational artworks portray recognizable forms. The more the representation represents what the eye sees, the more it is said to be an example of realism.

Three basic styles of art:

Representational, abstract, non-representational

Naturalism

a brand of representation in which the artists retains apparently realistic elements

Photorealistic

an image that is so realistic it looks like a photo

Realism

an image that resembles what the eye sees

Sublime

if in image is captures an immensity so large that it could hardly be comprehended by the imagination

Composition

is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work.

Iconoclasts

literally means "image breakers"

Trompe l'oeil

means fool or deceive the eye

Visual Literacy

the ability to be able to recognize why you like a work of art and how it communicates to you.

Form

the overall structure of a work of art

Subject matter

what the image literally depicts

Content

what the image means

Content

what the work expresses or means