Details Title: Arts in Concert Description: exam review Total Flash Cards: 64 Created: 11/16/2008 12:00:47		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 Fine Art Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Why do we have artists? Definition Shows difference between humans and animals. Eg: funerals Term Why do we need artists? Definition We can't understand truth without art. It is the sensual expression of truth. We can't praise God without art. Term Subject Matter Definition the "stuff" of art--aspect of human experience that is of interest Term Artistic form Definition Distinguishes art from objects and events that are not art. Form calls for organization of elements, enriches the subject matter Term Content Definition meaning of artistic form and interpretation subject matter Term artistic appropriation Definition when artists combine mediums but keep a basic medium dominant. eg: opera Term synthesis Definition relatively equal combining of media of one or more arts Term interpretation Definition when a work of art takes another work of art as its subject matter Term texture (music) Definition layers of sound Term Music Definition Sound in time Term Notation Definition Physical representation of sound in time Term Rhythm Definition Temporal relationships of sounds (duration, meter, accents, tempo) Term Melody Definition Group of notes with a perceivable shape Term Theme Definition Melody that undergoes change through a piece of music Term Motive Definition Brief fragment of a theme Term Tonality Definition Allegiance to a tonal center Term Harmony Definition Sounding of tones simultaneously Term Form (music) Definition Shape of music suggests structure (theme and variation, rondo, sonata, etc) Term Timbre Definition unique sound quality of each instrument/voice Term Expressive Elements (music) Definition dynamics, articulation Term "comus" Definition comedy [drama] Term Catharsis Definition effect of tragic drama on an audience; purging of emotional tension Term Golden Age of Greece Definition Drama was combined with other arts Term Role of Shakespeare Definition Globe theater in London had different social levels. Shakespeare touched every social class Term Our Town Definition Example of 20th century play. Won the Pulitzer prize. Commonplace theme--an attempt to find value in everyday moments Term Florentine Camerata Definition informal academy of scholars, artists and musicians interested in reviving Greek Drama "accidentally" created opera. Term Recitative Definition Halfway between speaking and singing; lightly accompanied. Follows natural voice inflection Term Aria Definition "song" Singing--regular rhythm, recognizable tune. Usually most important part of opera Term Comic Opera Definition Uses recitative (often delivers plot) Speaks lines between singing Precursor to Broadway Emphasis on arias, ensembles, ridiculous situations Term Characterization Definition combination of a character in the script with the personality of the actor Term Spatial intelligence Definition ability to accurately perceive the visual-spatial world, sensitivity to line and form. (eg. architects) -Knowing where you are in relation to your spatial surroundings Term Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence Definition ability to express ideas and feelings with the whole body, showing dexterity, balance, and coordination Term Diaghilev Definition Dancer who encouraged multiple art forms in ballet Term Laban Definition developed movement notation (labanotation) Term Line (visual art) Definition Continuous or broken. Used to imply dimensions and direct visual movement Term shape (visual art) Definition area with identifiable boundaries-organic or geometric Term mass (visual art) Definition negative/positive space-solid Term form (visual art) Definition shape/structure Term color Definition perception produced by light. primary and secondary Term value (visual art) Definition lightness/darkness in an area of color Term texture (visual art) Definition appearance/feel of a surface Term Winckelmann Definition father of art history Term 3 properties of color Definition hue, value, saturation Term impressionism Definition revealing play of sunlight on color Term expressionism Definition intense expression of states of mind (agitated strokes, intense color) Term cubism Definition highlighting geometric shapes ("order in disorder") Term dadaism Definition rejection of tradition (painting style) Term sculpture in the round Definition designed to be viewed at any angle Term relief sculpture Definition attached to a background. sunken, low, or high relief. not free standing, linked to architecture Term subtractive (sculpture) Definition removing material that has natural solid mass--stone, wood, marble. size is limited by size of original material Term monolith (sculpture) Definition single great stone/massive structure Term additive (Sculpture) Definition shaping material that has no natural solid mass (plaster, wax) not size limited Term representation (visual art) Definition illusion. Represents something (eg: portrait of someone) Term presentation (visual art) Definition allusion. not trying to represent something else. is what it is. (eg: abstract art) Term William Eggleston Definition born 1939, father of color photography Term pictoralism (photography) Definition using achievements of painting to realize photography as art Term documentarist (photography) Definition thought artistic merit was in being historic Term Shot (film) Definition basic tool in film. What is seen within the frame of one camera shot Term Mise-en-scene (film) Definition what is in a scene/frame Term discobulus Definition Greek belief that the human body is the most perfect symbol of physical and spiritual beauty Term movement Definition basic to our human existence. it is a form of knowledge, of understanding reality Term choreography Definition from the Greek words "khoros" (dancing) and "graphia" (writing) Term subject matter of dance Definition combination of moving visual patterns, feelings, states of mind, narrative Term art as mimesis Definition imitation of reality, mirroring of the appearances of the real world.