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2d chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstraction (1) | the selection, simplification, and/or rearrangement of the representation of natural appearance |
| abstraction (2) | nonrepresentational work arranged simply to satisfy artists' needs for organization or expression. in varying degrees, this is present in all works of art. |
| aesthetic/s | a branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of the beautiful ... now a compound of the philosophy, psychology and sociology of art. it is no longer solely confined to determining what is beautiful in art, but attempts to discover the origins of the a |
| aesthetics (2) | refers to the concern with artistic qualities of form, as opposed to descriptive form or the mere recording of facts. |
| conceptual perception | creative vision derived from the imagination |
| content | the essential meaning and sig of a work of art. ___ refers to the sensory, psychological or emotional properties a work of art contains, as opposed to its derivative aspects alone. |
| craftsmanship | aptitude, skill or quality workmanship in the use of tools and materials |
| decorative | ornamenting or enriching but, more importantly, emphasizing the 2-d nature of an artwork or any of its elements. |
| decorative art | emphasizes the essential flatness of a surface |
| descriptive (art) | a type of art that is based on adherence to actual appearances |
| design | the underlying plan on which an artwork is based. in a broader sense, this may be synonymous with the term FORM |
| elements of art | line, shape, value, texture and color -- the basic ingredients the artist uses to produce imagery. the use of these produces the visual lang of art |
| expression | the manifestation of thought, emotion or quality of meaning in artistic form - in art, this is synonymous with the term content |
| form - 1 | the organization and arrangement of visual elements that develop unity in an artwork |
| form - 2 | the total appearance or organization of an artwork |
| graphic art - 1 | 2-d art forms, such as drawing, painting, and printmaking |
| graphic art - 2 | the 2-d use of the elements of art |
| graphic art-3 | may also refer to the techniques of commercial art as used in the layout and production of newspapers, books, magazines and web pages |
| mass - 1 | in graphic art, a shape that appears to stand out three-dimensionally from the space surrounding it or appears to create the illusion of a solid body of material |
| mass - 2 | in the plastic arts, the physical bulk of a solid body of material |
| medium/media | the material and means used to bring an artwork into existence |
| naturalism | the spproach to art that attempts a description of things as they appear in nature. pure ____ would contain no personal interpretation introduced by the artist |
| negative area | the unoccupied or empty space in an artwork defined by the positive elements created by the artist |
| nonobjective, nonrepresentational art | a type of art that is entirely imaginative and not derived from anything visually perceived by the artist, and consequently not associated by the observer with any previously experienced natural object |
| objective art | art that is based on physical actuality, optical perception, and the appearance of things as they are. such art tends to appear natural or real |
| optical perception | things as seen through the eye |
| organic unity | a condition in which the components of an artwork -- subj, form and content -- form an interdependent whole |
| picture frame | the outermost boundary of the picture plane |
| picture plane | the actual flat surface on which the artist executes a pictoral image. in some cases this acts merely as a transparent plane of reference to establish the illusion of forms existing in a 3-d space |
| plane - 1 | an area that is essentially 2-d, having height and width |
| plane - 2 | a flat or level surface |
| plane - 3 | a 2-f surface having a positive extension and spatial direction or position |
| plastic art - 1 | the use of elements of art to create the illusion of the third dimension on a 2-d surface |
| plastic art - 2 | three-d art forms, such as architecture, sculpture and ceramics |
| positive areas | the portion of an artwork in which the art elements (shape, line, etc) or their combination produce the subject-- ninrepresentational or recognizable images |
| realism | the style of art that creates an impression of visual actuality without going to extremes of detail, while attempting to relate and interpret universal meanings that lie beneath surface images. as a movement, it relates to painters like honore daumier in |
| representational art | a type of art in which the subj is presented through the visual art elements so that the observer is reminded of actual objects (see naturalism and realism) |
| space | the interval or measurable distance between points or images |
| style | a specific artistic character or dominant trent of form noted during a period of history or during an art movement. it also refers to the expressive use of media that gives an artwork individual character |
| subject | the persons, things, signs, or ideas represented in an artwork that express the artist's inspiration or intention |
| subjective (art, shape, color, etc) | that which is derived from a personal viewpoint, bias, or emotion |
| technique | the manner in which an artist uses tools and materials to achieve an expressive effect |
| three-dimensional | possessing a dimension of depth, in addition to having dimensions of height and width |
| two-dimensional | possessing the dimensions of height and width |
| unity | the result of bringing the elements of art into the appropriate ratio between harmony and variety to achieve a sense of oneness |
| volume | a measurable area of defined or occupied space |
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