Art chapter 2

Media

Material used

Message

More specific meaning

Installation

A work of art meant to be entered, explored, experienced, and reflected upon

Nonrepresentational/ nonobjective art

Art contains no reference to he natural world as we see it.

Abstract

Art distorts, exaggerates or simplifies the natural world to provide essence or universality

Embodied meaning

Art is always about sown thing

Representational

Art remedies forms found in the natural world. The result is recognizable likeness of objects and forms

Stylized

Artwork that conforms to a preset style or set of conventions for depicting the world

Naturalistic

Artwork that is very faithful to visual experience

Style

Constant recurring coherent traits

Trompe l'oiel

French for "fool the eye"

Subject matter

Genera idea

What do artist do in the past?

In the past, artist typically worked for a client, patron or collaboratively Ina workshop

Outsider/ folk art

Refers to artwork that is created by the nonprofessional artist

Disinterested contemplation

Refers to looking beyond the actual, partial, and personal in search of beauty and pleasure

Composition

The organization of design elements & principles

Iconography

The story of a work of art including symbols or references,people,events ) requires knowledge of specific time, beliefs, culture

Form

The way a work looks

Context

To understand a work of art as created by an artist, at a specific time, and I a particular culture

Content

What a work of art is about or its subject matter