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| Encompasses qualities of line, shape, color, light, texture, space, mass, volume, and composition. These qualities are known as formal elements. |
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| An element, usually drawn or painted, the length of which is so much greater than the width that we perceive it as having only length. Can be actual or implied. |
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| Two dimensional (flat) area defined by borders of an enclosing outline or contour. Can be biomorphic, geometric, closed or open. |
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Attributes include:
hue: term is interchangable with color
value: the relative lightness or darkness of a color
saturation: intensity...refers to brightness versus dullness |
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| Tactile quality of a surface. |
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| is what contains forms. Can be actual & 3D, i.e., sculpture & architecture or can be an illusion on a 2D surface |
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| Mass is solid matter that takes up space. |
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| Is enclosed or defined space and may be either solid or hollow. |
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| The organization or arrangement of forms in a work of art. |
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(SPATIAL RECESSION)
Overlapping
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| Partially coverfed elements are meant to be seen as located behind those covering them. |
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Diminution |
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| Successively smaller elements are perceived as being progressively farther away than the largest ones. |
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Vertical Perspective
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| Stacekd elements, with the higher ones intended to be peceived as deeper into space |
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Atmospheric Perspective |
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| Objects in the far distance (often in bluish-gray hues) have less clarity than nearer objects. The sky becomes paler as it approaches the horizon. |
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Divergent Perspective |
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| Forms widen slightly and imaginary lines called orthogonals diverge as they recede in space. |
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Intuitive Perspective
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| Forms become narrower and orthogonals converge the farther away they are from the viewer, approximating the optical experience of spatial recession. |
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(SPATIAL RECESSION)
Linear Perspective
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| Can be one or two point. Images in which all elements are shaped by or arranged along orthogonals that converge in one or more vanishing points on a horizon line. |
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Includes subject matter and or meaning derived from its context, the intention of the artist, it's reception and interpretation.
The study of content is called iconography (the writing of symbols) |
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| is the combination of form and composition that makes a work distinctive. |
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| Refers to the common traits detectable in works of art and architecture from a particular historical era. |
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Are those that describe the appearance of recognizable subject matter in ways that make it seem lifelike.
Realism / naturalism: attempts to represent the observable world accurately
Idealization: strives for physical perfection
Illusionism: highly detailed style using meticulous detail to give the illusion of reality |
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Simplified, stylized, perfected, distorted, elaborated, etc
Nonrepresentational(nonobjective) doesn't aim for recognizable natural imagery.
Expressionism: aspects are exaggerated to draw out a subjective response / feelings
Linear:(both of above) Line is primary means of definition, or can use modeling...an illusion of 3D via shading, usually executed so brushstrokes nearly disappear.
Painterly:vigorous brushstrokes dominate, and outlines, shadows and highlights are brushed freely. |
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| Refers to the material(s) from which a work of art is made. |
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| a process that transforms media into a work of art. examples include drawing, sculpting, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, architecture |
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INCLUDE:
material, shape, size and technique |
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1. Assessing the individual visual elements or formal vocabulary that constitute pictorial or sculptural communication and
2. Discovering the overall arrangement, organization, or structure of an image, a design system that art historians often refer to as composition |
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| The simulation of 3 dimensions though shading |
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| Discovering the conventional meanings of art's subject matter. |
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| the predominant social, political, religious, and intellectual systems and beliefs in a given geographic location, during a given period |
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| aims to interpret art as an embodiment of it's cultural situation, within broad social, political, religious, cultural, and intellectual contexts. |
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