Details Title: Art 100 Exam #2 Description: Slides to study for Exam #2 Total Flash Cards: 70 Created: 07/19/2009 19:41:40		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art/Design Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Definition Europe After the Rain by Max Ernst Term Definition Drift 2 by Bridget Riley Term Definition David by Bernini Term Definition Las Meninas by Velasquez Term Definition Public Figures by Suh Term Definition Young Mother, Daughter, and Son by Cassatt Term Definition A Sleeping Woman by Rembrandt   Brush and Wash Term Definition Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol Term Definition Faiyum Portraits Egypt Encaustic Term Definition Primavera by Botticelli Term Definition Sisteen Chapel by Michelangelo Fresco Term Definition Coronation of the Virgin by Quarton Bilateral Symmetry Term Definition Chartes Cathedral by Rose Window Absolute Symmetry Term Definition Adam and Eve by Durer Term texture Definition The surface quality of a work Term actual texture Definition As opposed to visual texture, the literal tactile quality or feel of a thing. Term visual texture Definition A texture on the surface of a work that appears to be actual but is an illusion. Term tactile Definition perceptible to touch Term spatial Definition (from the word SPACE) we experience these works all at once. Term impasto Definition Paint applied very thickly to canvas or support Term subversive texture Definition contradicts our past visual experience by using texture in ways that are unexpected. Term temporaL Definition (from the word TIME) These works unfold over time. Term Op Art Definition An art style particularly popular in the 60's in which line & color are manipulated in ways that stimulate the eye into believe it perceives movement. Term Kinetic Art Definition Art that moves Term design Definition to organize the formal elements of a work of art in a unified whole. Term actual weight Definition THe physical weight of materials. (Comes into play in sculpture). Term visual weight Definition The apparent heaviness or lightness of the shapes and forms arranged in a composition. When both sides have equal visual weights, the composition is balanced. Term Symmetrical balance Definition The two halves of a composition are similar, or exactly the same. Term Asymmetrical balance Definition Compositions that have two halves apparently balances but NOT mirror images of one another. Term radial balance Definition Everything radiates from a central point. Term focal point Definition The area where an artist provides emphasis to draw a viewer's attention to that particular area of the work. Term proportion Definition refers to the relationship between parts of the object and the whole. Term scale Definition The comparative size of a thing in relation to another like thing or its "normal" or "expected" size. Term canon Definition a set of rules laying out ideal proportions of the human body. Term rhythm Definition the orderly repition of progression of the visual elements in a work of art. Term Postmodernism Definition A term used to describe the willfully plural and ecelctic art forms of contemporary art. Term medium Definition Any material used to create a work of art. Plural form, media.   OR In painting, a liquid added to the paint that makes it easier to manipulate. Term metalpoint Definition A drawing techinque in which a stylus with a point of gold, silver, or some other metal was applied to a sheet of paper treated with a mixture of powdered bones and gumwater. Term heightening Definition The addition of highlights to a drawing by the application of white or some other pale color. Term cartoon Definition Any full size drawing, subsequently transferred to the working surface, subsequently transferred or fresco is made. Term pastel Definition A soft crayon made of chalk and pigment. A pale, light color. Term Printmaking Definition 5 Processes: Relief, lithography, silscreen, monotype Term relief Definition Any kind of printmaking process in which the image to be printed is raised off the background (image is in reverse) Term intaglio Definition Any process in which the cut or incised lines in the plate are filled with ink, and that ink transfers onto the paper. (Italian --->engraving) Term lithography Definition means "stone writing" - the printing surface is flat. Very direct process . Term silkscreen Definition used to print on t-shirts Term print Definition Any one of multiple impressions made from a master image. Term woodcut Definition A relief printing process, in which a wooden block is carved so that those parts not intended to print are cut away, leaving the design raised. Term linocut Definition A form of relief printmaking, similar to a woodcut, in which a block of linoleum is carved so as to leave the image to be printed raised above the surface of the block. Term registration Definition In printmaking, the precise alignment of impressions made by two or more blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper, utilized particularly when printing two or more colors. Term engraving Definition An intaglio printmaking process in which a sharp tool called a burin is used to incise the plate. Term etching Definition An intaglio printmaking process in which a metal plate coated with wax is drawn upon with a sharp tool down to the plate and then placed in an acid bath. The acid eats into the plate where the lines have been drawn, the wax is removed, and then the plate is inked and printed. Term ground Definition A coating applied to a canvas or printmaking plate to prepare it for painting or etching. Term drypoint Definition An intaglio printmaking process in which the copper or zinc plate is incised by a needle pulled back across the surface leaving a burr. Term burr Definition In drypoint printmaking, the ridge of metal that is pushed up by the engraving tool as it is pulled across the surface of the plate and that results, when inked, in the rich, velvety texture of the drypoint print. Term edition Definition In printmaking, the number of impressions authorized by the artist made from a single master image. Term Intaglio Paintmaking Definition areas carved, sratched or etched away (low areas, or grooves) hold and print the ink.   engraving etching drypoint Term relief printmaking Definition like a rubber stamp, raised areas on the plate (areas artist did not carve away) will print the ink. Woodcut and linocut are both kinds of relief printmaking. Term Silkscreen Definition the only printmaking process that does NOT print the reverse of the original image (what is on the plate, or screen). So, you don't have to reverse your text for it to come out right. You DO with every other kind of printmaking. Term Lithography Definition This uses a stone "plate" rather than wood or metal. This technique is based on the idea that water and oil don't mix. Term What is unique about printmaking as an art form? Definition it is reproduceable so when it first became popular, artists could communicate ideas, and share work across long distances for the first time.   it is much less expensive to buy an artist's print, than one of his/her paintings. Term pigment Definition The coloring agents of a medium Term support Definition The surface on which the artist works-a wall, a panel of wood, a canvas, or a sheet of paper. Term solvent Definition something that thins the paint, and cleans brushes Term ground (diff meaning thatn in printmaking) Definition a paint like surface treatment applied to a support Term encaustic Definition A method of painting with molten beeswax fused to the support after application by means of heat. Term fresco Definition means "fresh" or "wet" in Italian. Term tempera Definition A painting medium made by combining water, pigment, and usually, egg yolk. Term gesso Definition A painting ground made from glue and chalk. Term Oil paint Definition Pigment mixed with binder of linseed oil.