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flat 2-D surface
physical feel of the surface
gradation of lights and darks to show volume
something repeated
using angled lines to show depth
using fading in background to show depth
Claude Lorrain was a French painter, draughtsman and engraver of the Baroque era
3-D form with mass or space inside
art for ideas, expression, and beauty (example painting)
Matte paintings from feature films with aerial perspective employed.
solid 3-D form
social environment of art including history
regular bounded form (example square)
making art look beautiful
size as in real life
large is important, small is not
points to something for emphasis
using angles and proportion to show how a figure turns in space
Maurits Cornelis Escher
17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.
The School of Athens, or Scuola di Atene in Italian, is one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael.
meaning in art
GENERAL TERMS
STYLE TERMS
smaller in the background to show distance
irregular bounded form (example
an identifying appearance, Jeff Koons
pigments in water on wall of wet plaster
art for a practical function (example architecture)
Las Meninas by Velazquez
size
Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum Miami tower
not drawn, connect the dots or edges
depicting recognizable things but not realistically
what is depicted in art
additive sculptural process using a mold to form material
subtractive sculptural process that removes material
large is important, small is not
3-D object making,
Hajime Sorayama, Yayoi Kusama
Albrecht Dürer - Melencolia I
depicting recognizable things in the world
how large shapes are organized in a work
MEDIA TERMS
materials and techniques to make art
made perfect
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, oil on oak panels, 205.5 cm × 384.9 cm (81 in × 152 in), Museo del Prado, Madrid
made to look as our eyes see in the real world,
Carole Feuerman
additive sculptural process using materials such as clay
pigments in oil usually on wood or canvas
pigments in egg often on paper or vellum
size relationships as in real life
Sandro Botticelli
from a large or distinct geographic area (example African, Seminole)
depicting no recognizable things, only formal elements
Formalism is the study of art based solely on an analysis of its form – the way it is made and what it looks like
of one specific and distinct artist (example Van Gogh, Kaws)
Line
mark made by a moving point
In art history, formalism is the study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style—the way objects are made and their purely visual aspects.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Definition of PERSPECTIVE
the technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of objects as they might appear to the eye; specifically : representation in a drawing or painting of parallel lines as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance
using an inked plate to make multiple images usually on paper
Guernica is a mural-sized oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completed by June 1937.
goes around something
Katsushika Hokusai The Underwave off Kanagawa, 1829/1833, color woodcut, Rijksmuseum Collection
group style (Example Impressionism),
Pop Art
determined by dates, usually centuries (example Renaissance)
Egon Schiele
actually drawn
2-D picture making using pigments in
ink held in grooves below the surface of the plate
Leonardo da Vinci
ink held on areas raised above the surface of the plate
etching or engraving
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes - The sleep of reason produces monsters (No. 43), from Los Caprichos
woodblock print
The fourth woodcut of the Apocalypse series, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1498)
DATE TERMS
Calendar, 2022:
moving the eye through a work
Hebrew: 30 Av 5782
Muharram 29, 1444 AH
Persian: 28 Muharram (1) 1444 Hijri
Mayan: 2 Zip
Indian Civil Calendar: 1937
Unix time() value: 1431561600
Excel Serial Day Number:42138
Date System (Macintosh): 40676
BCE (BC) : before the common era or birth of Jesus; must be written
CE (AD) : after the common era or birth of Jesus; usually not written
Centuries: 434 BCE is the 5th century BCE; 1801 is the 19th century
visual balance that looks equal on each side (mirroring)
visual balance that looks unequal on each side
size relationships of parts to a whole
FORMAL TERMS
Paul Jackson Pollock, known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting.