ARTH M100 MID-TERM 1 STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

The 4 components of art - Answer- Function, visual form, content, aesthetics Categories of Visual Culture - Answer- fine art, popular art/culture + kitsch, craft Different stylistic categories - Answer- Impressionism, Naturalism, Surrealism Impressionism - Answer- a style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by color, light, and shadows Naturalism - Answer- a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail. Surrealism - Answer- An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images, taps into self-conscious mind, uses five senses Components of a culture - Answer- technology, symbols, language, values, norms Naturalistic - Answer- term refers to observations made of individual's behavior in an everyday life setting Idealism - Answer- encourages imagination and attempts to realize a mental conception of beauty, a standard of perfection, juxtaposed to aesthetic naturalism and realism. abstracted - Answer- art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures. representational - Answer- art that depicts figures and objects so that we recognize what is represented non-objective art - Answer- art that has no recognizable subject matter stylized - Answer- art that represents objects in an exaggerated way to emphasize certain aspects of the object Expressionistic - Answer- form and color are freely distorted by the artist in order to achieve a heightened emotional impact classical - Answer- the art of ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and proportion were emphasized surreal - Answer- beyond what is real or believable; bizarre Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius. Rome. 1st c. - Answer- Function is asserting the ruler Botticelli. The Birth of Venus. Italy. 13th c. - Answer- Context is showing Venus more realistic Quick-To-See Smith. Genesis. - Answer- Message: Showing how people have killed the Buffalo Grand Mosque. Mali. 20th c. - Answer- Design influenced with cultural preferences Van Gogh and Gauguin. Portrait of Mrs Ginoux. 19th c. - Answer- Style was expressionist, thick paint and strong colors, they demonstrate differences ormal elements - Answer- Line Light and value Color and its organization/schemes on the color wheel (warm, cool, primary, secondary, tertiary, complementary, analogous) Texture (tactile and visual) and Pattern (geometric and natural) Shape (geometric, biomorphic) and Volume (mass) Space and the techniques to create a sense of space (3D) in a 2D setting Time and motion Chance, improvisation and spontaneity Engaging all the senses Principles of composition / organization - Answer- Balance Rhythm Proportion and scale Emphasis (focal point and accents) Unity and variety Principles in Architecture - Answer- Traditional building methods Recent building methods 3 Greek orders Arch, its components, and arcade Line - Answer- creates a direction gesture line - Answer- quick, rough line that captures shape, form, and movement contour line - Answer- connects points of equal elevation Atmospheric/aerial perspective - Answer- nonlinear means for giving an illusion of depth Chromatic - Answer- set of hues showing gradual shift in colors achromatic - Answer- without color Hue - Answer- a particular shade of a given color Shade - Answer- Adding black to a color, Pigment+Black tint - Answer- Adding white to a color, Pigment+White Intensity - Answer- The brightness or dullness of a color Pigment - Answer- Light-absorbing molecule, produces a color Linear perspective - Answer- the tendency for parallel lines to appear to converge on each other 3 types of balance - Answer- symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial 3 types of rhythm - Answer- regular, alternating, eccentric/irregular Medium - Answer- The material used to create a work of art Hieratic scale - Answer- scale determined by social importance Load bearing - Answer- In architecture, construction where the walls bear the weight of the roof Post and lintel - Answer- a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) column/colonnade - Answer- long seque