*definition- That which impresses the mind with a sense of grandeur and power, inspiring a sense of awe.

*Intense moment, beautiful thing, almost ''spiritual"

*Somewhat subjective- "eye of the beholder"

Deals with beauty. Its what makes something what it is.

*Artists use their _________ to convey their opinion of sublime.

*Example- different cultures may see things differently than others (may be more beautiful or sacred to them)

Using natural elements to create art is called __________.

*definition- an environment that is out-of-doors

*Example- Robert Smithson "Spiral Jetty"- Great Salt lake, Utah 1970

*A distortion of the original. It relys on the viewer to complete it. Ommiting certain parts. Surrogate of original

*definition- In Art, the rendering of images and objects in a stylized or simplified way so though they remain recognizable, their formal or expressive aspects are emphasized.

Example- Marisol Escobar "Baby Girl"

*definition- The study or description of images and symbols

*A system of visual images, the meaning of which is widely understood by  a given culture or culture group.

*Example- Budda

*definition- Any work of art that seeks to resemble the world of natural appearance

Example- John Aheam "Pat"

*definition- The meaning of an image, beyond its overt subject manner

*definition-  __________ is a brand of representation in which the artist retains apparently realistic elements-

in Bierstadt's case, accurate representations of western flora and fauna, as well as Native American dress and costume- but presents the visual world from a distinctly personal or subjective point of view.

*Example- Berstadt's "Rocky Mountain" is _________ rather than realistic.

Emphasizing great importance from ones specific culture.

Viewing in a specific culture- from that culture.

Ex- Treaty signing at medicine creek lodge, 1867

Nonobjective

(nonrepresentational)

*When a work does not refer to the natural war or objective world at all, it is said to be __________ or ___________.

*The art peice is no longer surrogate. ''is what it is"

*definition- Art that makes no reference to the natural world and that explores the inherent expressive or aesthetic potential of the formal elements- line, shape, color- and the formal compositional principles of a given medium.

*Example- Carl Andre  "Chain Well"

or

The color blue (psychologically)

*________ is the overall structure of a work of art. It is somewhat misleading, it is generally opposed to content, which is what the work of art expresses or means. The content of nonobjective art is its "_____".

* _____ means all the materials used to make it, to the way it employs the various formal elements, to the ways in which those elements are organized into a composition.

* ______ ____ has been associated particularly with sculptural works. Whatever social issues or civil pride they may symbolized, there are kinds that are designed to have direct impact on our lives.

*the artist's relationship to the public often depends on what the public can understand.

* Example- Maya Ying Lin 'Vietnam Memorial' 1982

* Some artists hope their works become active agents of social or political change.

Form

Subject Matter

content