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Art Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are some of the purposes or reasons why people create art? | Utility, religion, politics, information/history, aesthetics |
| Utility | It describes an artwork's usefulness or function |
| Religion | People have created artwork for ceremonies/rituals (to support religious beliefs and activities |
| Paradigms | Classic examples |
| Politics | For propaganda; often expressive |
| Information/History | To tell history in a narrative way (visual record of history) |
| Aesthetics (why do we create art?) | For decoration; art which is beautiful and thought-provoking |
| Archaeology | The unearthing and study of evidence from past cultures which have been hidden from human eyes for centuries |
| What are the 4 components of art education? | Aesthetics, art history, art production, art criticism |
| Aesthetics (component of art education) | The philosophy of art; refers to personal responses to work |
| Art History | Provides the setting and context for a work of art; reflects the times and cultures of the people who produced them |
| Art Production | The creation of art |
| Art Criticism | Analyzing artwork; explaining and judging works of art |
| Narrative Subjects | Tell a story without words |
| Religious Subjects | Figures from any religion can be the subject of art |
| Literary Subjects | Illustrating scenes from literature |
| Landscapes | Artwork depicting the natural environment |
| Cityscapes | Views taking place in the urban environment |
| The Figure | Artwork depicting the human body |
| The Portrait | Representations of people |
| Self-Portraits | Artists creating artwork of themselves |
| Historical subjects | Artwork depicting historical events |
| Genre Subjects | Artwork depicting normal, everyday activities of ordinary people |
| Social Comment | Artwork depicting visual statements about the artist's society or the world |
| Still Life | A painting of inanimate objects (things that cannot move) |
| Animals | Depictions of birds, mammals, etc. |
| Expression | Artwork depicting feelings or emotions |
| Abstraction | Simplification of subject matter into basic often geometric shapes |
| Nonobjective | Artwork that has no recognizable subject matter |
| Drawing | Pencil, charcoal, ink, pastel |
| Painting | Fresco (painting on wet plaster), tempera (poster paint), oil, watercolor, acrylic |
| Cohage | Cut paper, fabric etc. applied to a surface to create a design |
| Printmaking | Woodcut, intaglio, lino-cut, Lithograph, serigraph |
| Sculpture | Bronze, steel, wood, marble, plastic |
| Crafts | Fibers, glass, clay, furniture, mosaics, metalwork |
| Line | A path traced by a moving point |
| Shape | The general outline of an object (2-D) |
| What can a shape be? | Geometric or organic (free form or irregular) |
| Form | The 3-D equivalent of shape |
| What can form be? | Geometric or organic |
| Texture | The roughness or smoothness of a surface |
| What can texture be? | Simulated (implied) or real (actual) |
| Space | Can be flat or show the illusion of depth or perspective |
| What can space be? | Linear perspective and atmospheric perspective (aerial perspective) |
| Color/Hue | The effect of the reflection of light on the back of the eye or retina |
| What are the primary hues? | Red, yellow, blue |
| What are and how do you make secondary colors? | By mixing two primaries; orange, green, purple |
| How do you make intermediate/tertiary colors? | By mixing one primary and one secondary color |
| Complementary colors | Opposite colors on the color wheel |
| What are the warm colors? | Red, yellow, and orange |
| What are the cool colors? | Blue, green, purple |
| Value | The lightness or darkness of pencil tones or colors |
| Balance | The distribution of visual weight in a work of art |
| Symmetrical Balance | Formal balance is equal on both sides; mirror image |
| Asymmetrical Balance | Not the same on both sides; informal balance |
| Unity | Combines the principles of design and the physical aspects of a painting to create a single, harmonious artwork |
| Emphasis/focal point/center of interest | The first thing your eye sees in a work of art |
| Contrast | Differences in a work of art using art elements |
| Pattern | Repetition of art elements |
| Rhythm | Art elements are repeated to create movement in an artwork |
| Movement | Movement directs the viewer's eyes to the center of interest; shows action in a work of art |
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