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Art History
Undergraduate 1
05/02/2011

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Functions of Art

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Personali, Physical, Social
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Lascaux Cave
Definition
Social Function of art.
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Subjective vs. Objective
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Objectie is trying to recreate reality. Subjective is the artist recreating their own perception of reality.
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Types of Lines

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Outline, Contour, Implied, Diagrammatic
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Terms Analytical, romantic, classical, expressive.
Definition
They're all forms of a line. Different artists use lines to express different meanings.
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Visual Elements
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Line, Texture, Space, Color, Shape&Form
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Abstract Art
Definition
For an artist to express their perception of things
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Criticism
Definition
Historical, Pedagogical, Professionalism, Non-Professionalism
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Ethnocentric
Definition
Evaluating other people's culture to the standards of your own culture.
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Balance
Definition
Asymmetrical: a representation of nature, Symmetrical: Exact representation on either side(bilateral is when there is slight differences), Radial: radiates outward from central point
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representational
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depicts something easily recognized by people
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Local Color
Definition
color we know an object to be
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perceptual color
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the color that the natural light renders it to be, (haystack dominated by reds, with green flashing throughout)
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arbitrary color
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Color that an object is not meant to be(orange apple)
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Ideogram
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convey meaning through symbolism. Chinese symbols. Way finding signs.

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pictograph
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Writing using drawings, like cave drawings.

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tilted perspective
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Changed, or tilted view from how we would normally see something.

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hue
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Name of the color in it's purest form.

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Tint
Definition
color+white
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shade
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color+black
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encaustic
Definition
using beeswax to paint(hold in pigments)
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Fresco
Definition
Buon Fresco=Dry mural; Fresco Secco=Wet mural
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Impasto
Definition
technique that uses lots of paint, so when it dries, it appears the painting is popping out(oil paint and acrylic)
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iconography
Definition
branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images.
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Screen Printing
Definition
printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas.
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Tenebrism
Definition
style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light anddark, and darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image.
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open form
Definition
A form whose contour is irregular or broken, having a sense of growth, change, or unresolved tension; form in a state of becoming.


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closed form
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A self-contained or explicitly limited form; having a resolved balance of tensions, a sense of calm completeness implying a totality within itself
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tetrad color combinations
Definition
color combinations in the color wheel that combine to make a square
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triad color chord
Definition
color combos that form a triangle
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Process Art
Definition
art is viewed as a creative journey or process, rather than as a deliverable or end product
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Golden Section
Definition
 unique Ratio (or relationship between parts) 
that seems to be preferred by Nature
as the best geometry for growth, energy conservation, elegance and has some
fundamental relationships to the platonic solids and the Mandelbrot set.
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