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Making Art Form and Meaning
Chapters 1-3 Select Vocabulary
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
09/11/2013

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Term
Form
Definition
What it looks like
Term
Content
Definition
What it is about
Term
Medium (Media)
Definition
What it is made of
Term
Gestalt
Definition
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When making art, noting can be added or subtracted without a negative effect when gestalt is reached.
Term
Viewing Context
Definition
Where and how the art is placed for viewing, how it is seen.
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Artists Context
Definition
Life history, experiences and time influencing an artists work.
Term
Internal Context
Definition
The juxtaposition of parts within a whole artifact and the meanings they evoke through proximity to one another (GESTALT)
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Social Context
Definition
The time and place in which the art is made.
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Art Historical Context
Definition
The artifact in relation to all other artifacts pas and present in the realm of all art history.
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Representational Art
Definition
Represents the visual.
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Abstract Art
Definition
Derives from the visual
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Non-Representational Art
Definition
Represents only itself.
Term
5 Main Elements?
Definition
Line
Value
Texture
Shape
Color
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