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Refers to objects created and appreciated for thier own merits, for asthetic satisfaction, or for some statement about the human condition. It is experienced and appreciated on an intangible rather than practical level
-painting, printing, sculpture |
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| Refers to what is pleasing to the human eye |
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| Refers to everything about the visual and the phsyical apperance of a work of art |
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are created to serve a fcutnion. The intent is ulitarian. Applied art objects are not created just for aestheirc satisfaction alone, also functional.
architect and design |
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Leonardo da Vinci-Italian Renaissance artist
oil painting on wood pannel
1503-15?
Things were changed in the painting
Da Vinci wrote in script, backwards |
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| soft veiled appearance of the oil painting, invented by Da Vinci |
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| layering up of many thin translucent applications of paint |
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| Art historian, first to write about the renaissance, mona-contraction of Madonna "my lady" |
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| learned from Da Vinci, copied the Mona Lisa |
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| 1987 computer generated theory by Lillian Schwartz |
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| left side of Da Vincis self portrait matched up with Mona LIsa Painted |
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| Identified in his book in 1503 that Lisa del Gocondo was the subject of the Mona LIsa |
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| Japanese National Treasures |
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| most valuable art forms. cannot be taken out of the country |
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| important cultural properties, historical and aesthetic importance |
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| creative endeavors, performing arts, literary arts, visual arts |
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| untrained artists working in rural areas |
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| telephones, typewriters, functional pieces |
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| 2 dimensional art that are mass produced such as logos, magazine and decorative art. |
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| standars of beauty are not universal |
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Foutain
Marcel Duchamp, French Modern Era Artist
original is lost
1917 New York Society of Independent artists
Dada artwork |
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| 1917 exhibition of New York society of independent artists |
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| prestigous group admitted by initiation, every member inthis group could have at least one piece as long as the dues were paid |
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| Signature on the fountain. Penn name for Marcel Duchamp. Looked in NY yellow pages for the name of the owner of the company. |
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| Ready mades- (found object sculptures) |
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| are made from or incorporate already exisiting objects, usually common place objects |
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| an anti art, anti meaning, anti movement. it ias a hilistic art movement, it was anarchistic. |
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| extreme form of skepticism, total rejection of law or tradition |
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| Viewing art is a "tri-part" experience |
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1. look and you really feel
2. feel in response to art
3. seeing art can evoke an intellectual experience |
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Venus of Willendoft, prehistoric sculpture
small (4 1/8) limestone sculpture
once painted a red ocher color |
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| Roman God of Beauty. The Venus Of Willendorf would not have been appreciated without a mythical name |
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| town in austria were the Venus was found |
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is the way a work of art looks. It refers to everything about the visual and physical appearance of the artwork.
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the figures, objects or shapes that are portrayed in a work of art
-narrower meaning of form |
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| the message or meaning of the work of art. Its what a work of art is saying (overall message). Some are more literal and some have more specific meanings |
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| the story within a work of art including the conventional meanings and all levels of symbolic meaning, such as literary, cultural and religious references. |
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| the study of visual symbolism in art |
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| portrait of someone, life size, never worn |
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| worn by the king, necklace |
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1. subject matter
2. a repeated pattern or design |
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| represnted as a mudfish, god of water and wealth, King had special relation with deity . |
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Portrait of a Queen Mother (Pendant Mask)
Edo/Beni
From court of Benin
early 16th century
Benin Culture
Nigeria
Ivory and Iron |
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The Isenheim Alter Piece
Matthias Gruenwald
German Artist
1510-1515
Northern Renasance Period
Polypytch
Large oil paitning on pannels, some carved, wood relief sculpture |
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| work of art made of multiple (4+) images that are traditionally joined together as a united. they are indented to be viewed as one piece of art |
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| Monastery church of the Order of St. Anthony |
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| fungus that effects grain, found in rye bread |
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Solidary Temple
Li Cheng
China
Northern Song Dynasty 950-960 |
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| Style in art refers to... |
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| an identifiable and recognizable set of visual characteristics. The characteristics can be associated with a particular artists, a group of artists in a period of time or within a culture. |
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| Two broad categories of style are: |
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| representational art nonrepresentational |
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| does not attempt to portray a real object or person . There is no recognizable subject matter, but there can be content to some viewers |
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depicts objects or people in some recognizable form
-to some degree objective images portray nature
-nature refers to the visible world of people and things |
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| representational art includes: |
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realism
abstraction
expressionism |
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| celebrating paints of small town and rural art. Art colony started by Wood in Stone City |
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Paul Cezanne
Mont sainte-victoire
Post Impressionist artist
oil painting
1902-1904
60 paintings
15 drawings |
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| Cezanne's influence of art history |
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| regareded as a pivitol modernist painter. He created art that was representational but not a strict realistic depction of nature. Work would come to be seen as the precursor of the antecendent to cubism |
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the portrayal of people and objects as they are seen in nature.
-accurately emphasized
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American Gothic
Grant Wood
Modern American Artist
1930
inspiration- house in Ceder Rapids Iowa |
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| movement that recreated in two dimension the look of photographs and in three dimension used acasting to achieve the utmost fidelity to reality |
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Wheel of Fortune
1977-78
Audrey Flack
Contemporary American Artist
oil over acrylic |
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| baroque still life paintings that used objects to sumbolize the fleeting nature of life and thus the folly of people' s desires for wealth and beauty |
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| a skull is included in the artwork to symbolize the passing of life and thus the futitility of greed and vanity |
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Janitor
Duane Hanson
1973
Modern American Artist
fiberglass and polyester resin, polychrome and mixed media
Both Modern and Super realism sculpture |
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| art rendered with such exacting realism that the viewer can be fooled into thinking the subjects are real rather than painted or sculpted. |
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| depicts figures and objects in simplified, distorted or exaggerated.Color or shape can be changed or exaggerated. |
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| In terms of the two broadest categories of style abstract is.. |
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| abstract art is not synonymous with |
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| nonrepresentational or nonobjective |
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The Red Room
Henri Matisse
1908-09
French Modern Era
large oil on canvas |
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Pablo Picasso
Les demoiselles d'avignon
Modern Era
landmark cubistic painting
1907 |
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| Cubism follows what ____started |
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| Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque collaborated on developing |
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| the visual vocabulary of cubism working together from 1909-1914 |
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| involves the distortion of shape or color to achieve emotional intensification to express some strong emotion or negative psychological state |
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| expressionistic art fits into the broad style category of |
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| expressionistic art could be considered a subcategory of |
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| the distortions of shape and color with expressionistic art's purpose is |
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| communicating strong emotions |
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| has no recognizable subject matter |
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The State Hospital
Edward Kienholz
Modern Era American Artist
large mixed media sculpture
1966 |
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Titled Arc
Richard Serra
1981
Contemporary American Artist
made with corten steel |
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Staircase, Tassel House
Victor Horta
Art Nouveau Style
Belgium
1892-1893 |
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| Examples of Art Noveau Style |
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| hair combs, jewelry and stained glass windows |
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1890-1914 USA and Europe
Forms reminisecent of plants, flowers, insects married by lyrical linerly and rich decorative ornament |
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Barcelona Chair
Ludwige Mies van der Rohe
steel and leather
1929 German Pavilion |
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School of design
severly economic, used geometric shapes and respected materials |
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| The distinction between fine art and applied art rests on the intention of _________ not on the medium, nor on aesthetic merit. |
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Refers to the materials and techniques used to create art objects
ex. glazing with oil paints on a wood pannel |
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| The entire body of an artists life's work |
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| at its peak in the 1960's and 1970's in the U.S. and England. Borrows images from contemporary popular and commercial culture and then recreates the images using fine art material. |
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