Art appreciation Final

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We do not perceive ________ & _________.

Absolutes Relationships

How is it being balanced?

An anchor (pole)

Has 2 sides that do not match ,it is balanced b/c the visual weights in the two halves are very similar.

Asymmetrical Composition

The basic principle of art, refers to the ways in which the elements of a piece are arranged.

Balance

In two dimensional art, this organization is often called _______ Most often called ________

Composition Design

Our attention is drawn more to certain parts of a composition than to others.

Emphasis

___________ & ____________ are complementary concepts.

Emphasis Subordination

What is the type of mirror in the painting?

French Mirror (Psyche)

Ideas from ancient _______ & ____ revived during the ____________ noted that numerical relationships held the key to _________ and perfect human proportions reflected divine order.

Greece Rome Renaissance beauty

Personification of the human soul, she was loved by Eros (god of love) Who forbade her to look at him.

Greek Goddess, Psyche

What is the natural focal point?

Her REAL face!

Use of scale to indicate relative importance?

Hierarchial scale

Example of balance:

Isamu Noguchi, red cube, 1968

Example of unity and variety:

Jackson pollock, convergence, abstract expressionism, page 497

What is Vanitias?

Latin word for vanity

What are the 10 elements?

Line Shape Texture Color Mass Motion Space Time Light Value

Name 5 visual artists:

Manet Monet Van gough Calcote Da Vinci

Girl before mirror was inspired by?

Marie Therese Walter

Refers to size relationships between parts of a whole.

Proportion

Architects use ____________ to create harmonious masses and spatial volumes, the ________ & __________ elements of a building.

Proportion Positive Negative

IT'S ALL _________!!!

RELATIVE

What is being balanced?

Red cube

This is based on repitition.

Rhythm

This is one of the means that artists use to structure our experience. Through reptitition any of the __________ can take on a rhythm.

Rhythm elements

Using __________ they can articulate proportions. Architects use __________ to divide a building into distinct visual units.

Rhythm (2)

Size in relation to a standard "normal" size

Scale

______ & ________ both have to do with size.

Scale Proportion

Forms on either side of the axis correspond to one another in _____, _______, and _________.

Size Shape Placement

Certain areas of the composition are purposefully made less visually interesting, so that the areas of emphasis stand out.

Subordination

This is the implied center of gravity is the vertical axis, an imaginary line drawn down the center of the composition.

Symmetrical Balance

The design is based on what type of balance?

Symmetrically

This is a common term that in this context describes how some people make visual selections.

Taste *& also aesthetics go together*

These must be organized in such a way as to satisfy the artists expressive intent.

The 10 elements of art Line, shape, texture, color, mass, motion, time, space, light, and value.

What are the principles of design most often identified are:

The 8 principles of art

What visually balances the photograph of "red cube"

The darkness of buildings and the multiple shapes help balance

The sense of oneness, of things belonging together and making up a coherent whole.

Unity

What are the 8 principles?

Unity Variety Emphasis Subordination Balance Rhythm Scale Proportion

What is the difference which provides interest

Variety

What is unity based in the elements of shape line and color and so on..

Visual unity

Refers to the apparent "heaviness" or "lightness" of the forms arranged in composition

Visual weight

The _________ or __________ of any form varies depending on its size in relation to other sizes around it.

heaviness lightness

Sometimes the symmetry is so perfect that the two sides of a composition are _______ images of each other.

mirror

Its color in ________ to other colors around it and its placement in the composition in relation to the placement of other forms there.

relation


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