Art 160 Vocabulary

Aesthetics

Field of knowledge about sensory experience combined with feelings

Abstract

Look at the world and paint what you see but move it around

Nonrepresentational

Not using your eyes, using emotional state and how it makes you feel

Traits of creative people

Sensitivity, Flexibility, Originality, Playfulness, Productivity, Fluency, Analytical skill, Organizational Skills

Negative Space

The space a sculptor leaves out.

Style

a characteristic or group of characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.

Line

a path traced by a moving point

Installation

a space is presented as a work of art that can be entered, explored, experience and reflected upon.

Mass

a three dimensional form the occupies volume

Sabi

adds a tone of loneliness and aging

Representational

descriptive work of art that depicts forms in the natural world

Iconography

identifying, describing, and interpreting subject matter in art

Wabi

implies naturalness and simplicity

Subject matter

in representational and abstract art, the objects or events depicted

Iconoclasm

is derived from the Greek word for "image breaking"

Ground

is the surrounding visual information the figure stands out from, the background

Content

is what the work of art is about

Contour Line

lines we draw to record the boundaries of three dimensional forms

Stylized

representational art that conforms to a preset style or set of conventions for depicting the world.

Value

shades of light and dark

Figure

the shape we detach and focus on

Negative shapes

the shapes of the ground

Positive shape

the shapes we perceive as figures

Form

the way a work of art looks

Shape

two dimensional form

Naturalistic

visible world that emphasizes the objective observation and accurate imitation of appearances