Art Appreciation Ch. 5
Visual weight
refers to apparent "heaviness" or "lightness" of the forms arranged in a composition, as guaged by how insistently they draw our eyes.
Proportion
refers to size relationships between parts of a whole or between two or more items perceived as a unit.
Principles of Design
codify, or explain systematically, our sent of "rightness" and help to show why certain designs work better than others
Variety
difference which provides interest
golden section
divides a length into two unequal segments in such a way that the smaller segment has the same ratio to the larger segment as the larger segment has to the whole.
formalism
focuses on the formal elements of a work, especially its style.
composition
in two-dimensional art when the artist organizes all the elements to satisfy his expressive intent.
Subordination
means that certain areas of the composition are purposefully made less visually interesting so that the areas of emphasis stand out.
Emphasis
means that our attention is drawn more to certain parts of a composistion than to others.
design
organizing the elements to satisfy the artist expressive intent within all types of art.
Lorna Simpson.
Easy to remember 2001
Le Corbusier
The Modulor 1945 and Notre-Dame-du-Haut, 1950-55
Joseph Mallord William Turner
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament
golden ratio
1 to 1.618
Edouard Manet
A Bar at the Foiles-Bergere
mood or meaning
As an important aspect of form, balance also helps communicate a ______.
looking
Balance encourages our acive participation in _________.
Gustavv Klimt
Death and Life
Georgia O'Keeffe
Deer's Skull with Pedernal 1936
Rene Magritte
Delusions of Grandeur II 1948
Francisco de Goya
Executions of the Third of May, 1808 1814-1815
Leon Battista Alberti
Facade of Sant' Andrea, Mantua 1470
Kaiho Yusho
Fish Nets Drying in the Sun. 17th Century
Pablo Picasso
Girl Before a Mirror 1932
focal point
If emphasis is on a relatively small, clearly defined area it is called a ________.
Paul Klee
Landscape with Yellow Birds 1923
Henry Matisse
Memory of Oceania
Annette Messager
Mes Voeux
Jospeh Cornell
The Hotel Eden
Claes Oldenburg and Cooseje van Bruggen.
Plantoir 2001
Isamu Noguchi
Red Cube
Jackson Pollock
Shimmering Substance
Paul Cezanne
Still Life with Compotier, Pitcher, and Fruit. 1892-94
Leonardo Da Vinci
Study of Human Proportions according to Vitruvius 1485-90
Henry Ossawa Tanner
The Banjo Lesson 1893
Hans Baldugn Grien
The Three Ages of Woman and Death, 1510
Tawaraya (Nonomura)Sotatsu
The Zen Priest Choka 16th/17th century
Newar Artists Densatil Monastery
Thirteen-Deity Jnanadakini Mandala
Titian
Venus with a Mirror 1555
The Luo Brothers
Welcome the World Famous Brand Name
mandala
a diagram of a cosmic realm. meaning circle in Sanskrit.
unity
a sense of oneness, of things belonging together and making up a coherent whole.
rhythm
based in repetition and it is a basic part of the world we find ourselves in.
scale
size in relation to a standard or "normal" size.
perception
the principles of design are a natural part of
Normal size
the size we expect something to be.
hierarchical scale
the use of scale to indicate relative importance.
balance
when the weight is distributed evenly around a central axis.