VisualArts Terms and The Natural World

Themes

The Natural World

The painter’s inscription situates him in a centuries-old tradition of painterly and poetic meditations

Both Sainte-Chapelle and the Great Mosque at Córdoba

Destruction

They share the same iconography

Bodhisattvas

Afterlife

The bombing of a civilian population

The Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World’s Fair

Depict aspects of everyday life

Robert Rauschenberg

Photograph; print

The Revolution of 1830

Romans

Hokusai

History of slavery; Talking Skull

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Frida Kahlo

His work had a major influence on subsequent artists
There are a limited number of his paintings
He plays a large role in Western art history
His paintings allow the viewer to feel with the artist himself

Form

painting, sculpture, and architecture

1. They create places for human experience
2. extraordinary versions of ordinary objects,
3. record and commemorate,
4. give tangible form to the unknown,
5. give tangible form to feelings and ideas
6. refresh our vision to help us see the world in new ways.

Brut (raw art),
outsider art,
folk art,
naive art

disinterested contemplation

Latin word for “vanity” refers to the fleeting. Nature of earthly life and happiness.

of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed

Branch of philosophy dealing with feelings aroused by the sensory experiences of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

a large stone that forms a prehistoric monument (e.g., a menhir) or part of one (e.g., a stone circle or chamber tomb) “Stonehenge”

A form of representational art that faithfully records light and shadow, color, and space. First communion, Pablo Picasso

A form of representational art that conforms to a present style or convection. Ex: Harthor and Sety, Detail of pillar from tomb of Sety

Uses the appearances of the world only as starting point. Certain points are selected, then exaggerated.
Seated Woman Holding a Fan, Pablo Picasso

Refers to looking beyond the actual, partial, and personal in search of beauty and pleasure

French for “fool the eye” lifelike art. House painter III, Duane Hanson

Work of art meant to be entered, explored, and experienced by the viewer.

is a broad idea or a message conveyed by a work, such as a performance, a painting, a motion picture, or a video game. This message is usually about life, society or human nature.

Art that represents the visible world so that a likeness can be recognized. Ex: First communion, Pablo Picasso

What a work of art is about or its subject matter.

A work of art is closely associated to the life of its creator; the tradition it grows from and responds to; the audience it was made for; and the society in which it circulated.

Identifying, describing, and interpreting subject. Knowledge of a specific time, belief, or culture can help us understand meanings that might have been missed.

Work of artwork created by a nonprofessional artist. Ex: Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations

a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus Christ on her lap or in her arms.

Example: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial or Stonehenge “Creates a place for some human purpose”
Example: Kente Cloth “Crete extraordinary versions of ordinary things”
Example: Emperor Jahagir Resiving his Sons Khusrau”Record and commemorate”
Example: Shiva as Lord of Dance “Give tangible form to unknown”
Example: Starry Night “Give tangible form to feelings and ideas”
Example: Torn Poster “Refresh our vision and help us to see the world in new ways

His work had a major influence on subsequent artists
There are a limited number of his paintings
He plays a large role in Western art history
His paintings allow the viewer to feel with the artist himself

painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry

The destroying of religious arts figures. ex: protestants destroying catholic church

1) politics/social order
2)stories/histories
3)human experience
4)invention/fantasy
5)natural world
6)art & art
7)here and now
8)sacred realms

politics/social order – glorifies violence in service of democracy

politics/social order – protest against spanish civil war after germany bombed guernica

Here & Now – visual impact of life was too great for 1 picture. created collage of conceptually similar images

human experience. – Mexican with two pet monkeys and 2 wild ones. she painted only her own reality

human experience. meaning: shining pearls = temptation. mirror = self knowledge. pregnancy = renewal of life.

The here and now.

Invention/fantasy

Natural world

Art & art. – Reflects Hokusai: “edgier in…province” with photographs depicting modern life.

sacred realms

stories/histories

Stories/histories

Which is NOT a task for artist according to the text

According to the author the most important meaning of an artwork is

tim harkinson’s work of art, incorperates

The most famous of Maya Lin’s works is

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel are

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to

the most famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called

no society that we know for has lived without some form of art. the impulse to make and respoend to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the abilty to

the sculptor Constantin Brancusi spint his life searching for forms that were

Which are methods used by prehistoric painters

the nature of perception suggest that the most important key to looking at art is

Wheel of Fortune was created by

Vanitas paintings meditate on

involves identifying, describing, and interpreting subjsect matter in art

during the _______________the term “art” ws used roughly in the same sense as “craft”

if a work of art is faithful to our visual experience. its style is

Ann Hamilton’s Mantle is an example of

according to the author, Leonardo da Vinci MOna Lisa dazzled his contemporarient because

Van Gogh’s paintings are of high value because

when discussing the size, shape, material, color, and compostiion of a work of art we are discussing its

Rebecca Purdum’s chin up and KAndinsky’s swinging have what in common

our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about

to discover why the sculptor of the AMida Nyorai depicts the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures and a bun atop his head requires the use of

Fisherman’s Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by

the term for extreme optical fidelity

after much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that

Robert Smithson’s THe Spiral Jetty is an example of

Jeff Wall’s A sudden Gust of Wind is a _____that refers to a _________.

Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the south are similar in all these except

often created equestrian statues of the emperors

according to the author, can a work a art have more thatn one theme

artist Frida Kahlo is well known for her

whereas the christian image by Cimabue depicits the central figure surraounded by angels,t he buddhist image in this cha[ter shows central figure surrounded by

the Egyptians imagined teh _____ as resembling earthly life in every detail.

Iconoclasm means the ____ of images based on the religious beliefs

the pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as

themes of art

a blacka-nd -white photograph of a scene eleiminates the hues and intensities oft he scenes colors but captures the____of the colors

whicho f the visual elements can best be described as “the path of a moving point”

common issues facing those who work to conserve works of art

the vanishing point in Leonardo da vinci’s the Last Supper

in the additive process of mixing red light, greenl ight and blue light combine to produce ____light

Which artist uses light itself as teh main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world

a necessary feature in pattern

during the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art

Charles White Untitled illustrates the technique of

mixing two primary colors produces a ____color

in albercht durer’s woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nudethe, draftsmani s using a devicet o help him achieve the effects of

“Passive Pink” refers to the color that

the 18th century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and other watching musicians and the acrobats utilzes teh two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are

rather that depend solely upon visual unity,artist will sometimes create____ unity by unifying the ideas is a work of art

the ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create inages of the “correct” or “perfect” hman, as have many cultures both ancient aand modern. this set of proportions was created using

which workof art uses hierarchical scale

the architect Le Corbusier designed the Modulor,a tool he used for calculating human proportions, based on

Henry Ossawa Tanner’s THe Banjo Lesson creates emphasis through

_____collaborated with Cleas Oldenburg to create the sculpture Plantoir

in a two-deminional work witha summetrical balance, the appearance is achieved by

Edouard MAnet’s A bar at the Folies-Bergere invites us to consider points of view in it subject and compostion. Interpertations of this painting include _____approaches

the use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as____scale

in art, the design principle of balance functions to

the Thirteen-Deity JNanadakini Mandala uses_____to suggest that there is a hidden orderin the universe

what part of the pen convey the ink to the drawing surface

the style used by Georges Seurat in Cafe’-concert is

Edgar Degas drew a grid over his study of a dancer in order to

because this 20th century artist dated most of his drawings over the course of hisl ife, we have nearly a complete visual record of his mind at work

_______is among the materials besides paper that have provided support for drawings

the coloring material in vertually al drawing media in known as

de VINci used drawings to explore in

Raymond Pettibon

the _____are credited with the invention of paper around 5ce

the difference inthe color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to

the predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the renaissance is

the metalpoint, lines are drawn witha silver____onto a suface coated with preliminary coating of paint

Which 20th century atist panted the fresco mixtec culture

in fresco paintings, a drawing called a _____is transfered to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment

what is pigmentin paint

the first artist to understand and exploit oil painting was

watercolor’s primary characteristic is its

one of the advantages of oil paintings is that is drives slowly. this allows for

pisacco and braque, working side-by-side, glued bits of paper and other objects onto canvas to create

_____is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it

pope jullius II employed with 2 itlaiian renaissance artist to paint fresco for him

considered oneof the leading figures in teh 20th century american art. the painter____studied as the harlem Art Workshop and wason e of many prominant artist to work for the WPA during the Great depression

a nonaqueous paint is one that

afterb uilding canvas and before painting it, a painter generally applies a coat of

in oil painting, linseed oil acts as a

in buon fresco, or true fresco pigment ism ixed with water and applied to

which of the followingis a example ofa nonaqueous medium

by the 1950’s , this new paint would challenge oils as the principal painting medium

2 ancient painting media that are still used today

the 20th century master of the fresco technique who created the work MIxtec Culture is

reproduce

the Paleolithic Period.

Anthony Caro.

Shiva.

The Starry Night.

all of these: simple, pure, and timeless.

what it means to the viewer.

Audrey Flack.

All these answers are correct.

used natural pigments and charcoal.

All these answers are correct.

Renaissance

All these answers are correct.

Claude Monet.

All these answers are correct.

iconography.

visual characteristics.

the artist and the audience.

were felt to provide pleasure.

Pietà

naturalistic

form

painting, sculpture, and architecture

they still debate the work’s iconography.

All these answers are correct.

installation

multiple silkscreen images.

The artist intended the work to be viewed by everyone as a message of redemption.

All of these answers are correct.

a work of art may fall into more than one theme.

all of these: Sainte-Chapelle, the Great Mosque at Córdoba, and the Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan

they share the same iconography.

bodhisattvas

tombs

depict aspects of everyday life.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Romans

the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World’s Fair.

Holocaust; Altar to the Chases High School

The Oxbow.

No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the ability to

The famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to

According to the author, the impulse to create art comes from basic human interests in

“All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone” was said by

The most famous of Maya Lin’s works is

The 10th-century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of “giving tangible form to the unknown.” The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity

Which are tasks for artists, according to the text?

Although Vincent van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as

The list of traits that creative people seem to possess, given in this chapter, include all of the following

Tim Hawkinson’s work of art, pictured in this chapter, incorporates

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were

The nature of perception suggests that the most important key to looking at art is

According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is

Vanitas paintings meditate on

Wheel of Fortune was created by

Which are methods used by prehistoric painters?

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel are

Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh’s

We owe our access to Vincent van Gogh’s thoughts and feelings about many of his paintings to

complementary

line

palette

overlapping

organic

value

outlines, contour lines

chiaroscuro

vanishing point

time and motion

white

stippling

tactile

refraction

horizon line

positive

ground

shade

triadic

picture plane

visual

triangle

isometric

repetition

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A color lighter that the hue’s normal value.

A color darker than the hue’s normal value.

Any decorative, repetitive motif or design.

Art the incorporates real or apparent movement.

Limited to a few colors and their mixtures.

All colors are permitted to be used.

The relative lightness or darkness of a hue, or of a neutral varying from white to black.

The perceptual phenomenon whereby complementary colors appear most brilliant when side by side.

The bending of a ray of light, for example, when it passes through a prism.

The literal surface of a painting imagined as a window.

In linear perspective, the point on the horizon where parallel lines appear to converge

The “family name” of a color, independent of its particular value or saturation.

The information that is perceived as secondary in a 2D image.

In 2D images, the relationship between a shape we perceive as dominant.

The range of colors used by an artist, or a surface used for mixing paints.

The visual phenomenon whereby an elongated object projecting toward or away from a viewer appear shorter than its actual length, as though compressed.

Italian for “light-dark”. In 2D, non representational art, the technique of using values to record light and shadow, especially as they provide information about 3D form.

Lines that do not exist, but the viewer perceives.

An image that persists after the visual stimulus that first produced it has ceased.

Shapes and masses that approximate the regular, names shapes and volumes of geometry.

Shapes and masses that evoke the living forms of nature.

A dividing line that delineates the ground from sky.

Gives us 3D shaping of an object.

Defines a 2D shape.

A line that guides the eyes.

The suggestion of motion in a work of art.

The extent of space.

Doesn’t actually exist.

Mass or Quantity.

Single and Across lines (create values)

Single lines (create values)

Creating the illusion of a 3D object on a 2D surface by using highlights and shadows

2D light that doesn’t actually exist, it’s an illusion.

Tiny dots (create values)

The arrangement of colors in a circle.

The colors on the blue-green side.

Red, Yellow, Blue. Cannot be dividing into two or more colors. Base Colors.

Created by combining two primaries. Green, orange, purple.

Creating by combing a primary and adjacent secondary. Ex. blue-green.

The colors on the red-orange side.

Three colors adjacent to one another.

Two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel. (simultaneous contrast)

One color plus shades/tints.

Three colors equally spaced apart on the color wheel.

The viewer’s eyes will blend colors placed side by side.

Points of pure color applied to a support and allowing the viewer’s eyes to mix or blend those colors.

Textures we experience through the sense of touch.

Textures that are created to look lie something other than a flat painted surface.

Looking at broad, receding landscapes.

The illusion of depth on a 2D surface.

Looking down from above.

Visual depth.

Forms seem to get smaller as they recede from us. Parallel lines converge on the horizon line where they disappear.

To cover and extend beyond.

Arrangement of objects.

Line
Shape and Mass
Pattern and Texture
Light
Color
Time and Motion
Space

Horizontal-Passive, No Movement
Vertical- Potential For Movement
Diagonal- Movement

Linear
Atmospheric
Isometric

Hatching
Cross-Hatching
Stippling

Placement/Position
Overlapping

Monochromatic
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic

No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse and respond of art appears to have the ability to.

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans back to the.

All art is basically Paleothic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on.

The 10th century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work on an artist performing the role of “giving tar unknown”. The unknown in this case physical form of the deity

Although Vincent Van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible from.

The Wheel of Fortune was created by

Theo Van Gogh was Vincent Van Gogh’s

Van Gogh’s paintings are high of value because

The field of philosophy called aesthetics ask the question

Fishermans Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by

What term describes work by nonprofessionals

To discover why the sculpture of the Amida Nyorai depicted the subject with elongated, specific hand gestures head requires the use of

The term style is used to categorize a work of art is

Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about

During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both

Is the name for a standard subject in Christan art, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her son after the cross

If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, it’s style is

When discussing size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ____ came to be regarded as the more elevated of arts.

After much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that

Context is a factor that ties that bind a work of art to the

Ann Hamilton’s Mantle is an example of

Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers

Cimabues Madonna enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the transcendent Buddha of the south are similar in all these

Whereas the Christan image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in the central figure surrounded by

The pyramids of Giza in Egypt where built as

The ____ often created equestrian statues of their emperors

Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for

Which of the visual elements can best be described as ” the path of a moving point”?

During the 20th Century, which of the following became a recognized element of art

Lines are used in art to indicate

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ___ shapes.

Raphael’s The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a

The 18th century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are

A black and white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensifies of the scenes color

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two dimensional forms are defined by ____

In painting and drawing, artists often use the the technique of___ to describe the way shadows and light define.

Charles White’s Untitled illustrates the technique of

Which artist uses light itself as the main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence?

In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light, combine to produce ____ light.

Mixing two primary colors produces a _____ color.

“Passive pink” refers to the color that

A necessary feature of pattern is

The vanishing point in Leonardo de Vinic’s The Last Supper

One common issue facing those who work to conserve work of art is

In Albrecht Durer’s woodcut The Draftman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?

Artist can portray ____ textures that are created to look like something often than a flat painted surface.

In a two dimensional work with asymmetrical balance, the appearance of balance is achieved by

Rather than depend solely upon visual unity, an artist will sometimes create ____ unity the ideas.

In a two dimensional work of art is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is:

The thirteen- diety Jnanadakini Mandala uses ____ to suggest that there is a hidden order to the universe.

Annette Messager’s Mes Voeux and Joseph Cornell’s The Hotel Eden both demonstrate the use of:

The ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create images of the “correct” or “perfect”

Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Deers Skull with Pedermal is a prime example of:

Pablo Picassos Girl before a mirror explores the traditional theme of:

Symmetrical balance, as used by Georgia O’Keeffe, expresses:

Another term for asymmetrical balance is

In art, the design principle of balance functions to:

Henry Ossawa Tanner The Banjo Lesson creates emphasis through:

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen created shock value through use of:

Which word of art uses hierarchical scale?

The ancient Roman Architect Vitruvius associated the perfected male form with the perfect

The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ____ scale.