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
