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Chapter 1
From "A World of Art" by Henry Sayre
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
01/24/2014

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Creativity
Definition
the ability to "respond to the unexpected, the chance occurrences or results that are part of the creative process"
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Cubism
Definition
A style of art pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges
Braque in the first decade of the twentieth century, noted for
the geometry of its forms, its fragmentation of the object, and
its increasing abstraction. (page 499)
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Aesthetic
Definition
a pleasing appearance or effect
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Critical Thinking
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a way of deciding whether a claim is true, partially true, or false.
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Representational (art)
Definition
Any work of art that seeks to resemble the
world of natural appearance. (page 26)
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Abstract
Definition
In art, the rendering of images and objects in a stylized
or simplified way, so that though they remain recognizable,
their formal or expressive aspects are emphasized. Compare
both representational and non objective art. (page 26)
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Creative Process
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Genre Painting
Definition
painting of scenes from everyday life, of ordinary people in work or recreation, depicted in a generally realistic manner.
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visual literacy
Definition
in order to understand how a work of art is put together and how the elements and principles of art function, you must know the language of art. We call this recognition, understanding, and communication of art, [TERM]
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convention
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form
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[TERM] is what we see
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content
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the interpretation of what we see
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abstract art
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nonobjective art
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A work with no reference to an image or object from the word of our experiences
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ethnocentric
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illusionistic
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[TERM] or trompe l'oeil ("fool-the-eye") works of art are sometimes indistinguishable from those objects in the everyday world
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naturalistic
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composition
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iconography
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wabi-sabi
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a beauty of things unconventional, modest and humble. The artist finds beauty in everyday objects and occurrences, and takes pleasure in accidents or chance operations in the art-making process.
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