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exam 1
visual art
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
09/15/2015

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define art
Definition
the visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through the use of a medium
Term
painting with toilet
Definition
marcell dunlap
the fountain
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waterworn pebble
Definition
3 million years ago
shows awareness of aesthetic
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women of wilendorf date
Definition
25,000 bce
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three factors that operate when we view art
Definition
1. viewers perception
2. artist intent
3. physical substance
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iconography
Definition
symbols in an artwork that tell a story
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the fleeting nature of life
Definition
vanitas
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pablo picasso guernica
Definition
1. personal expression
2. visual delight
3. commentary

expresses about war
Term
traits of creative people
Definition
associating, questioning, observing, experimenting,networking
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the disasters of war
Definition
francisco goyas
spa ins war, 1808 commentary
Term
romare bearden
Definition
from nc
collages about african experiences
influence: jazz, harlem, parents
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form
Definition
what the art looks like, physical substance
Term
watts towers is by
Definition
simon rodia
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purposes/functions of art (6)
Definition
-commentary
-religious worship
-personal expression
-persuassion
-visual delight
-art for day to day living
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where is the tree of jesse
what does it represent
Definition
chartres cathedral

genealogy of christ reading from bottom up
Term
who is an assembalagist/recycler who learned from watts
Definition
betye saar
Term
who did the kiss's
what do they share
Definition
auguste rodin

constantin brancusi

subject, medium, and title
Term
left brain
Definition
-verbal, words, analytic, symbolic, logical, rational, linear
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right brain
Definition
non verbal, analogic, no sense of time, non rational, intuition, ARTISTS
Term
betty edwards
Definition
author who teaches about use of right brain
Term
elements of art
Definition
1. line
2. shape/mass
3.color
4.value/light
5. texture
6. time and motion

EACH EFFECTS US PHYSICALLY
Term
line
Definition
path left by a moving point
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horizontal, vertical, diagonal
Definition
horizontal- tranquility/ landscape
vertical- suggests strength, assertion, order, buildings
diagonal- death, in motion/running
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death seizes a woman
who is artist
what lines are used
Definition
kathe kollwitz.... GESTURE LINES provide movement and emphasis, directional force, son lost in war
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expulsion from eden
who?
where?
Definition
michelangelo
sistene chapel
Term
the great bathers
Definition
paul cezanne
Term
christ preaching
Definition
rembrandt
uses cross hatching
Term
who is duane preble and what does he focus on
Definition
figure- ground reversal artist

"night life"
Term
the positive shape or _________ shape are in the _______ of artwork
Definition
POSITIVE OR FIGURE, FRONT
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the negative shape or ________ shape are in the _______ of artwork
Definition
NEGATIVE OR GROUND, BACK
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who did the cow
Definition
theo van doesberg
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is edward westons pepper # 30 abstract
Definition
yes
Term
who did "the knight, death and the devil"
Definition
abrecht durer (cross hatching)
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4 ways to create illusion of space`
Definition
1. diminishing size
2. overlapping
3. vertical placement
4. atmospheric perspective
Term
linear perspective
isometric perspective
Definition
linear perspective- depth creation when parallel lines appear to converge at a vanishing point

isometric- parallel lines remain equidistant, asian art/ video games
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"interior of a dutch house"
Definition
de hooch
uses diminishing size, overlapping, and linear perspective
Term
the last supper
Definition
leonardo da vinci
*monestary painting, vanishing point used, linear perspective, directional force
Term
the school of athens
Definition
raphael
Term
low key
high key
Definition
dark
bright
Term
chiaroscuro
Definition
the gradual shading of light to dark
Term
mona lisa datte and artist
Definition
1500, leonardo da vinci
Term
what are the primary colors
secondary?
Definition
red, yellow, blue
orange, purple, green
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analagous colors
Definition
colors next to each other on color wheel
Term
complementary colors
Definition
colors opposite on color wheel
Term
arrival of the normandy train, gate st. lazare
Definition
claude monet
Term
the third of may
represents
Definition
francisco de goya

1808 napoleans invasion of spain
Term
i saw this
Definition
francisco de goya
Term
who does pointillism
Definition
georges serurat "sunday on la grande jatte"
Term
who does starry night
Definition
vincent van goh
shows simulated texture
Term
the absinthe drinkers
Definition
edgar degas
Term
what are the principles of design
Definition
1. unity and variety
2. balance
3. rhythm/ repetition
4. directional forces
5. contrast
6. scale and proportion

C BURDS
Term
"going home"
Definition
jacob lawrence
Term
chariot
Definition
alberto giacometti
Term
jockeys before the race
Definition
edgar degas
Term
"cranes"
Definition
ogatakorin
Term
who made the wrapped islands and the gates in central park
Definition
christo and jeanne claude
Term
who made the tiny self portrait
Definition
rembrandt
Term
who did shuttlecocks
Definition
claes oldenburg
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3 types of art criticism
Definition
formal theories- focus on composition
sociocultural theories- consider art as a product of a cultureand value system
expressive theories- pay attention to the artists attempt to express a personal or world view
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who made the hairy cut and spoon
Definition
meret oppenheim
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