Art 1107 definitions

style

A basic and distinctive mode of expression.

analysis

A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.

Abstract expressionism

An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors, lines and shapes.

representational art

Any work of art that seeks to resemble the world of natural appearance.

composition

Arrangement of formal elements in a work of art

visual culture

Art criticism that integrates and studies all of the visual components of contemporary culture, including fine art, television, advertising, and so on.

Formalist Criticism

Description of the form of the paint and other materials on the canvas this approach to literature that focuses on the formal elements of a work, such as its language, structure, and tone.

gesture

It is action, emotion, movement, and expression all rolled together into one cohesive motion usually with brushstrokes

formal art

Total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work Includes materials, color, shape, line, and design

criticism

a serious examination and judgment of something

deconstruction

a type of critical postmodern analysis that involves taking apart or disassembling old ways of thinking, many meaning

Rhythm

arrangements of formal elements in art such as smoothness, repetition, irregularity etc

Psychoanalytic criticism

art criticism that holds that art should be studied as the product of individuals who are shaped by their pasts, their unconscious urges, and their social histories

non-objective art

art that does not depict a recognizable subject

kitsch

art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.

hue

color shades

spectrum

colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism

craft

distinguished from art like the culture or etc

design elements

factors that define a product (line, color, light, shadow, space, texture)

Post-structuralism

focused on photography, which copies things and can be produced in multiples.This fits the Postmodernist idea that there is no original, only copies.

content

ideas associated with art and communicated through imagery, surrounding, and meaning

aesthetics chiaroscuro

its creative sources, its various forms, and its effects on individuals and cultures. such as light and darkness

feminist

late 1960s and 1970s feminist movement. Feminist art highlights the societal and political differences women and those of other gender identity experience within their lives.

perspective

one way of looking at things

fresco art

painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints such as mural

time

period that viewers study and absorb artwork

context

surrounding area, includes history, and society

media

the actual material substances used to create an artwork (singular: medium; plural: media)

Structuralism

the analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind

classical art

the art of ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and proportion were emphasized

scale

the size of an object or artwork relative to another object or artwork

proportion

the size of one part in relation to another within the work of art

semiotics

the study of signs and symbols

Iconography

the visual images and symbols used in a work of art within their cultural or historical context

subject matter

what the image literally depicts