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| Shows difference between humans and animals. Eg: funerals |
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| We can't understand truth without art. It is the sensual expression of truth. We can't praise God without art. |
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| the "stuff" of art--aspect of human experience that is of interest |
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| Distinguishes art from objects and events that are not art. Form calls for organization of elements, enriches the subject matter |
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| meaning of artistic form and interpretation subject matter |
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| when artists combine mediums but keep a basic medium dominant. eg: opera |
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| relatively equal combining of media of one or more arts |
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| when a work of art takes another work of art as its subject matter |
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| Physical representation of sound in time |
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| Temporal relationships of sounds (duration, meter, accents, tempo) |
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| Group of notes with a perceivable shape |
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| Melody that undergoes change through a piece of music |
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| Brief fragment of a theme |
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| Allegiance to a tonal center |
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| Sounding of tones simultaneously |
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| Shape of music suggests structure (theme and variation, rondo, sonata, etc) |
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| unique sound quality of each instrument/voice |
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| Expressive Elements (music) |
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| effect of tragic drama on an audience; purging of emotional tension |
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| Drama was combined with other arts |
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| Globe theater in London had different social levels. Shakespeare touched every social class |
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| Example of 20th century play. Won the Pulitzer prize. Commonplace theme--an attempt to find value in everyday moments |
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| informal academy of scholars, artists and musicians interested in reviving Greek Drama "accidentally" created opera. |
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| Halfway between speaking and singing; lightly accompanied. Follows natural voice inflection |
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| "song" Singing--regular rhythm, recognizable tune. Usually most important part of opera |
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Uses recitative (often delivers plot)
Speaks lines between singing
Precursor to Broadway
Emphasis on arias, ensembles, ridiculous situations |
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| combination of a character in the script with the personality of the actor |
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ability to accurately perceive the visual-spatial world, sensitivity to line and form. (eg. architects)
-Knowing where you are in relation to your spatial surroundings |
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| Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence |
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| ability to express ideas and feelings with the whole body, showing dexterity, balance, and coordination |
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| Dancer who encouraged multiple art forms in ballet |
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| developed movement notation (labanotation) |
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| Continuous or broken. Used to imply dimensions and direct visual movement |
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| area with identifiable boundaries-organic or geometric |
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| negative/positive space-solid |
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| perception produced by light. primary and secondary |
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| lightness/darkness in an area of color |
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| appearance/feel of a surface |
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| revealing play of sunlight on color |
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| intense expression of states of mind (agitated strokes, intense color) |
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| highlighting geometric shapes ("order in disorder") |
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| rejection of tradition (painting style) |
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| designed to be viewed at any angle |
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| attached to a background. sunken, low, or high relief. not free standing, linked to architecture |
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| removing material that has natural solid mass--stone, wood, marble. size is limited by size of original material |
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| single great stone/massive structure |
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| shaping material that has no natural solid mass (plaster, wax) not size limited |
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| representation (visual art) |
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| illusion. Represents something (eg: portrait of someone) |
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| presentation (visual art) |
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| allusion. not trying to represent something else. is what it is. (eg: abstract art) |
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| born 1939, father of color photography |
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| pictoralism (photography) |
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| using achievements of painting to realize photography as art |
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| documentarist (photography) |
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| thought artistic merit was in being historic |
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| basic tool in film. What is seen within the frame of one camera shot |
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| Greek belief that the human body is the most perfect symbol of physical and spiritual beauty |
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| basic to our human existence. it is a form of knowledge, of understanding reality |
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| from the Greek words "khoros" (dancing) and "graphia" (writing) |
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| combination of moving visual patterns, feelings, states of mind, narrative |
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| imitation of reality, mirroring of the appearances of the real world. |
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