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Art Appreciation Exam 1
CH. 1-8
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/07/2010

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4 steps in analyzing/critiquing artwork
Definition
1. identify artist, title, date, medium, size
2.identify subject matter ("visual inventory")
3. identify content (what it's saying)
4. identify any personal judgements, like or dislike?
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it is important to evaluate art within ______________.
Definition
historical context-time period and place it was created
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analytic line
Definition
line that is descriptive, delineates edges of a form
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expressive line
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scribbles, convey emotions and/or state of mine
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process of seeing
Definition
reception->extraction->inference
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local color
Definition
the idea of a color (candy apple red, grass green), the color that appears under even lighting
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tenebrism
Definition
murky heightened form of chiarosuro
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green architecture
Definition
architectual practice that strives to build more environmentally friendly & sustainable building
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composition
Definition
the organization of formal elements in a work of art
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shape
Definition
2-D area, boundaries of which are measured in hight and width, FLAT.
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mass
Definition
any solid that occupies a 3-D volume
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focal point
Definition
center of visual attention, often different from physical center of work
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Edouard Manet's Dejeuner Sur l'herbe
Definition
rejection of traditional painting techniques, broad visible brush strokes, distorted sense of space. based on Raumondi's "The Judgement of Paris"
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Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial
Definition
insulted soldiers because at ground level, "antimonumental monument"
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Gomez-Pena's performance art
Definition
artists crucified themselves for 3 hrs to make political point about immigration/border issues between CA and MX
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Michaelangelo's David
Definition
sculpture, was meant to symbolize David's triumph over Goliath, represented city's freedom from domination by Medici family
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Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary
Definition
virgin mary with elephant shit and porn images, "wanted to bring together beauty & decorativeness with the ugliness of shit and make them exist within a twighlight zone-you know they're always there together but you can't ever feel comfortable about it."
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Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty
Definition
"earthwork," uses natural environment/elements, man-made landscape art
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Malevich's Black Rectangle, Blue Triangle
Definition
nonobjective/nonrepresentational art, content=form in this type of art
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Nkisi Nkonde
Definition
statues, pursue withches, thieves, adulterers and wrongdoers at night, belief in existance of souls and conviction that the nonhuman can have souls also
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Albert Bierstadt's Rocky Mountain
Definition
content="the essence of the american west," not exactly true
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Triumphal Entry
Definition
from manuscript "Shahnnamah of Firdaws," visually compelling but never representational
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Howling Wolf's Treaty Signing...
Definition
same content as original, HW depicts scene from above with women, figures are identifiable (tribe symbols, etc)
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Yayoi Kasama
Definition
inspired by polka-dots, how big the universe is and how small human beings are
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implied line
Definition
function of line of sight, direction a figure is looking/pointing/facing that guides viewer
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foreshortening
Definition
dimensions of the closer extremities are adjusted in order to make up for distortion created by point of view
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scale
Definition
dimension of art in relation to the original object that it depicts in relation to objects around it
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proportion
Definition
relationship between the parts of an object and the whole, between an object and its surroundings
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hatching
Definition
an area of closely space parallel lines ///
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cross-hatching
Definition
one set of hatches is crossed at an angle by multiple sets...gives lines a sense of volume #
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analogous colors
Definition
mext to eachother on color wheel
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complimentary colors
Definition
across from eachother on color wheel
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2 kinds of texture
Definition
1. ACTUAL: marble is shaped, brush strokes, etc
2. VISUAL is an illusion
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balance
Definition
even distribution of weight in a composition
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symmetry
Definition
same on both sides
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assymetrical balance
Definition
assymetrical but with same amount of visual weight on both sides
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rhythm
Definition
repetition of shapes and colors, used to create unity through works
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representational art
Definition
portrays natural objects in recognizable form
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abstract art
Definition
doesn't always portray objects in recognizable form
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nonrepresentational/nonobjective art
Definition
doesn't refer to any THING
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content
Definition
what the work expresses or mean
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iconography
Definition
system of visual images that are widely understoof by a given culture/group...ie symbols
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mudra
Definition
symbolic hand gestures of Buddha, refer to general states of mind and to specific events that happened in the Buddha's life: mediation, fearlessness, protection, etc
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