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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
