ART APPRECIATION 1301 STUDY GUIDE FOR UNIT I
Introduction and Chapter 1:
Read the text and be able to define or visually identify the following:
Purposes of Art (What is Art?)
Consider Role of Artist vs. Role of Viewer: creativity, visual perception, aesthetics, beauty, experience
Art: representational, trompe l’oeil, abstract and nonrepresentational, non-objective, expressionistic
Still life, landscape, portrait / self-portrait, narrative (historical and religious), genre
Form, Content, Iconography, Style, Formal Criticism, Composition
Style: Artist, Cultural, Period, Movement/School
The Language of Art: Visual Elements and Principles of Design
You will be using this vocabulary in your assignments on formal criticism! Be able to define AND visually identify
the following:
2 Dimensional (2D) includes painting, drawing, the graphic arts, and photography. Width, height and
illusion of depth on flat surface (see diagram below)
3 Dimensional (3D) includes sculpture, architecture, and most of the decorative arts. Width, height and
depth
Still life, landscape, portrait, narrative (religious, history, etc), genre,
Visual Elements—see text elements and principles document for subcategories
Line: actual, implied, characteristics, functions
Shape (2D), Mass (3D), Volume: geometric, organic
Light and Value: Chiaroscuro
Color: Properties: hue, value, saturation/intensity, color wheel, color
schemes, shades and tints, achromatic, local color, optical color
Texture: actual/tactile, simulated/visual
Space: overlapping, relative size, linear perspective, atmospheric
perspective; illusion of 3-D in 2-D, positive and negative
Motion: actual/kinetic, implied
Principles of Design—see text or elements and principles document for
subcategories
Unity and Variety
Balance
Emphasis and Focal Point
Rhythm/ Pattern
Scale
Proportion
Contrast
ARTISTS AND WORKS Be able to identify and discuss these artworks!
Special emphasis will be placed on these famous artworks and artists—know them. However, you will also
need to be able to identify visual elements and principles using any of the images from the Unit I chapters.
Warhol – Four Marilyns Chagall – I and the Village
Duchamp – Fountain Mondrian – Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow
Van Gogh – The Night Café Bernini – Apollo and Daphne
Polykleitos – Doryphoros Da Vinci – Proportion of the Human Form
Abakanowicz – Backs Magritte – Personal Values
Oldenburg – Clothespin The Parthenon
Hepworth – Two Figures Wood – American Gothic
David – Oath of Horatii Van Eyck – Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
Hamilton – Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?
Brandt – Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B with Four Red Squares and Two Planes
Introduction and Chapter 1:
Read the text and be able to define or visually identify the following:
Purposes of Art (What is Art?)
Consider Role of Artist vs. Role of Viewer: creativity, visual perception, aesthetics, beauty, experience
Art: representational, trompe l’oeil, abstract and nonrepresentational, non-objective, expressionistic
Still life, landscape, portrait / self-portrait, narrative (historical and religious), genre
Form, Content, Iconography, Style, Formal Criticism, Composition
Style: Artist, Cultural, Period, Movement/School
The Language of Art: Visual Elements and Principles of Design
You will be using this vocabulary in your assignments on formal criticism! Be able to define AND visually identify
the following:
2 Dimensional (2D) includes painting, drawing, the graphic arts, and photography. Width, height and
illusion of depth on flat surface (see diagram below)
3 Dimensional (3D) includes sculpture, architecture, and most of the decorative arts. Width, height and
depth
Still life, landscape, portrait, narrative (religious, history, etc), genre,
Visual Elements—see text elements and principles document for subcategories
Line: actual, implied, characteristics, functions
Shape (2D), Mass (3D), Volume: geometric, organic
Light and Value: Chiaroscuro
Color: Properties: hue, value, saturation/intensity, color wheel, color
schemes, shades and tints, achromatic, local color, optical color
Texture: actual/tactile, simulated/visual
Space: overlapping, relative size, linear perspective, atmospheric
perspective; illusion of 3-D in 2-D, positive and negative
Motion: actual/kinetic, implied
Principles of Design—see text or elements and principles document for
subcategories
Unity and Variety
Balance
Emphasis and Focal Point
Rhythm/ Pattern
Scale
Proportion
Contrast
ARTISTS AND WORKS Be able to identify and discuss these artworks!
Special emphasis will be placed on these famous artworks and artists—know them. However, you will also
need to be able to identify visual elements and principles using any of the images from the Unit I chapters.
Warhol – Four Marilyns Chagall – I and the Village
Duchamp – Fountain Mondrian – Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow
Van Gogh – The Night Café Bernini – Apollo and Daphne
Polykleitos – Doryphoros Da Vinci – Proportion of the Human Form
Abakanowicz – Backs Magritte – Personal Values
Oldenburg – Clothespin The Parthenon
Hepworth – Two Figures Wood – American Gothic
David – Oath of Horatii Van Eyck – Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
Hamilton – Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?
Brandt – Mondrian Variations, Construction No. 3B with Four Red Squares and Two Planes
