Art Appreciation: Quiz #1 (Chapters 2, 4, 6, 7)
Naturalistic
Being able to visually see and imagine the weight and feel of the objects in the work of art.
Light
Modeling, Value, and Chiaroscuro.
Watercolor
Pigment mixed with water and gum arabic. Transparency, thinly applied, washes.
Physical Components of Painting
Pigment, medium, binder, support, primer.
Encaustic
Pigments with wax or resin. Heated, printed, hardens. Portraits of mummies. Forgotten medium.
Pigment (Painting)
Powdered Paint
Intensity
Purity of the color.
Hatching/ Cross Hatching
Putting lines closer together to create a darker appearance, and lines further apart to make things appear lighter.
Abstract Art
Recognized starting print in visual world. Simplified of exaggerated.
Primary Colors
Red, Yellow, Blue
Visual Texture
Refers to IMPLIED surface quality; or the appearance of texture.
Texture
Refers to REAL surface quality.
Style
Refers to a characteristic or group of characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent (Repetitive characteristics that identify and artist).
Color Value
Running scale of light to dark colors.
Emphasis
Size, color, pigment.
Liquid Media
Smooth, uninterrupted line. Little room for correction. (1.) Ink, (2.) Collage.
Chalk: Color
Soft like charcoal but you are not limited to boac, white, and grey, you can have a range of color.
Representational Art
Something you have seen before. Presents Visible World. Faithful to visual experience (photo). Naturalistic.
Hierarchical Scale
The most important persons shown as the largest. This was used for ancient cultures for people who couldn't read, they were told visually.
Hue
The name of the color.
Form
The starting part for an artist; the building blocks (The way a work of art looks).
Pigment
The physical point put on a canvas, once all the colors are mixed, you get black and you can not un-mix them, making it SUBTRACTIVE.
Crayon: Grease/ Wax Binder
You have the option to have a whole bunch of colors or one color with a lot of detail.
Content
If that work has meaning behind/ with it (What a work of art is about).
Refraction
If you bend light, it breaks off into light. This is the colors of the rainbow. Newton proves that colors are actually components of light; how much light = the color.
Light
It is an ADDITIVE, you can keep adding more to create more colors.
Ink
It is either put on with a pen or a brush. (NOT painting! Drawing with a brush).
Charcoal: Blur Effect
It is softer than pencil and therefor easier to manipulate with your hands.
Pointillism
Laying down prints by making thousands of tiny dots (or points) of pure color next to each other.
Tempera
Like watercolor. Dries hard like oil. Mixture of liquid and animal fat/ egg yolk. Dries quickly, not forgiving. Usually done on wood.
Visual Elements
Line, Shape, Mass, Light, Color, Texture, Shape.
Implied Lines
Lines that can show direction as to were to look.
Contour Lines
Lines that give an object depth of mass.
Ground
A NEGATIVE shape that moves away from you visually.
Figure
A POSITIVE shape that moves towards you visually.
Calligraphic Lines
Making art out of letters, fancy writing.
Graphite
"Economy of line"; Pencil, lead pencil. Complete Fill: The whole work is completely filled with pencil and this is the final product.
Implied Space
2-D (foreground, mid ground, background).
Space
3-D (REAL, takes up space).
Medium
A liquid that holds the particles of pigment together without dissolving them.
Primer
A preliminary coating.
Light Value
A running scale from very light to very dark.
Binder
An ingredient that ensures that the paint, even when diluted and spread thinly, will adhere to the surface.
* Subject Matter
Content begins with the objects or events the work depicts.
*Stylized
Describes representational art that conforms to a present style or set of conventions for depicting the world.
Pen vs. Brush
Detail, sketchy.
Dry Media: Abrasive
Dry on dry, pencil on paper. Ex: Graphite, metal point, charcoal, chalk, crayon.
Outline
Encloses and defines shape.
Context
Environmental influence upon the artist.
Visual Weight
Giving more weight to certain objects, like figure and ground.
Color Properties
Hue, value, intensity, and light vs. pigment.
Subordination
Moved away from your vision.
Non-representational Art
Non-objective art. Essence of art. Intent/ purpose. Shapes, lines, colors (if you don't recognize the art you just recognize the shapes, lines, and colors).
Foreshortening Space
Objects in the distance appear smaller and less clear.
Secondary Colors
Orange, Green, and Violets.
Composition
Organization of lines, shapes, and colors to create art.
Mosaics
Paintings with stone/ glass cubes. Done on floors, walls, or ceilings.
Acrylic
Paints from synthetic plastic resin. Dries to waterproof. Dries quickly, permanently.
Linear Perspective
Parallel lines seem to converge at a vanishing point on a horizon line.
Escher
Patterns
Fresco
Pigment and water is applied to wet plaster, dries, becomes part of surface. Walls and ceilings. Use sketches, only small area per day. Cannot make mistakes.
Oil Painting
Pigment combined with oil (linseed). Used wood, then canvas, portable. Dries slowly, blend or layer easily. Worked easily from thin to thick. Impasto: Very thick.
Support
The canvas, paper, wood pencil, wall, or other surface on which the artist works.
Metal point: Sketch
Used before pencil was around, but the paper is treated (like wax paper) and you drag a metal point through it.
Direction
Used to imply movement.
Chiaroscuro
Using light and dark PAINT to create mass and depth in art.
Modeling
Using light and dark to create mass and depth.
Gouche
Watercolor and white pigment.
Collage
started in the early 20th century (1900's). Place objects onto paper/ canvas. Become essence of cubist art.