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Chapter 1-3 | ART - Art Appreciation, Quizzes of Art

Class: ART - Art Appreciation; Subject: Art; University: Athens Technical College; Term: Forever 1989;

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TERM 1
Work Of Art
DEFINITION 1
The visual expression of an idea or experience, formed with
skill, through the use of a medium
TERM 2
Art For Social Causes
DEFINITION 2
What we see influence how we think. Artist in many societies
have used their work to criticize or influence public
opinion.Example: Chaz's Global Warning poster
TERM 3
Art For Communicating
Information
DEFINITION 3
Because art can make a statement that can be understood
by many people, it has often been used to impart
information and ideas.Example: stained glass windows and
stone sculptures taught Bible stories to an illiterate
population
TERM 4
Art
DEFINITION 4
the expression or application of creative skill and
imagination, especially through a visual medium.
TERM 5
Medium
DEFINITION 5
the material used, along with its particular technique or
process.
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Work Of Art

The visual expression of an idea or experience, formed with skill, through the use of a medium TERM 2

Art For Social Causes

DEFINITION 2 What we see influence how we think. Artist in many societies have used their work to criticize or influence public opinion.Example: Chaz's Global Warning poster TERM 3

Art For Communicating

Information

DEFINITION 3 Because art can make a statement that can be understood by many people, it has often been used to impart information and ideas.Example: stained glass windows and stone sculptures taught Bible stories to an illiterate population TERM 4

Art

DEFINITION 4 the expression or application of creative skill and imagination, especially through a visual medium. TERM 5

Medium

DEFINITION 5 the material used, along with its particular technique or process.

Art For Day To Day Living

Objects of all kinds, from ancient, carefully crafted flint knives to today's personal music players, have been convinced to delight the we as we'll as to serve more obviously useful functions.Example: the photograph of the motorcycle or pottery dish TERM 7

Art For Worship and Ritual

DEFINITION 7 In many societies, the arts have a spiritual component. People throughout history have used their best skills to fashion beautiful objects to aid in prayer, contemplation, worship, magic, and ceremony.Example: the Nigerian Dance wand, the Beatrice Wood Chalice, or the Stephen Cox marble altar TERM 8

Art For Personal Expression

DEFINITION 8 We all share the basic human needs to know and be known by others. Many artist help meet this need by expressing their personalities or feelings or world views in art; the artwork then becomes a meeting site between the artist and viewer.Example: Rembrants' self portrait, Yong's photograph, or Romare Bearden's collage TERM 9

Art For Visual Delight

DEFINITION 9 Art that is visually attractive and well crafted can "lift us above the stream of life" as one aesthetician put it. Absorbed in contemplating suck works, we forget where we are for a momentExample: the mosaic tile from Spain, the Schapiro's fabric heart TERM 10

Outsider Artist

DEFINITION 10 People with no title or no formal art education who make art.

Iconography

The symbolic meanings of subjects used to convey ideas important to particular cultures or religions, and the conventions governing the use of such forms. TERM 17

Elements of Art

DEFINITION 17 Line, implied lineShapeMass- 2d and 3dSpace- 2d and 3d, implied depth, linear perspective, atmospheric perspectiveTime and Motion, implied motion, actual motionLightColorTexture TERM 18

Line

DEFINITION 18 An extension of a point TERM 19

Implied Lines

DEFINITION 19 Suggest visual connections.They form geometric shapes can serve as an underlying organizational structureExample: Marc Chagall's oil canvas, I and the Village TERM 20

Shape

DEFINITION 20 The expanse within the outer boundaries of a three dimensional object

Geometric Shape

Circles, triangles, and squares...Tend to be precise and regular TERM 22

Organic

Shapes

DEFINITION 22 Irregular, often curving or rounded, and seem relaxed and more informal than geometric shapes. TERM 23

Figure-Ground Reversal

DEFINITION 23 A visual effect in which what is was seen as a positive shape becomes a negative shape, and vice versa.Example: M.C. Escher's Sky an Water I's fish shapes and bird shapes trade places TERM 24

Primary Colors

DEFINITION 24 Red, Yellow and Blue TERM 25

Secondary Colors

DEFINITION 25 Orange: red and yellowGreen: blue and yellowViolet: blue and red