Chapter 2: The Purposes and Functions of Art – Flashcards
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Looking vs. Seeing
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Looking- taking in what you see in front of you in a mechanical way Seeing- looking with our memories, feelings and imagination
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Define the importance of visualization.
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-gives us a sense of appreciation for the world around us -allows us to forget where we are at the moment; allows us to "escape" for a little while
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Aesthetics
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awareness of beauty or to the quality in a work of art or other manmade/natural form that evokes sense of elevated awareness in the viewer
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Six functions Art fulfills
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1. Delight (pleasure and enjoyment) 2. Commentary (answers; gives info.) 3. Worship and Ritual (Religious aspects) 4. Commemoration (aid to memory) 5. Persuasion (gives us new perspective; makes us think) 6. Self-Expression (personal; most common)
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Needs of Commemoration Art
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we, as people, have the need to remember and show respect for those who have gone before us; public art, celebrates significant person or event
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What is inconography? Why is it used in art?
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branch of art history; studies the identification, description, and interpretation of the content of the image -used to understand a piece of art better and help convey the message of the work of art
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What are the elements of art?
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color, line, shape, mass, space, time and motion, light, value
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color
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component of light; affects us directly, modifies our moods, thoughts and actions, and our own health
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color theory
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guidance of color mixing and visual affects; colors based on the color wheel -primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors
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How may lighting affect an artwork?
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light affects how we perceive an artwork (perspective); diff types of lighting and how lighting hits artwork shifts perspective
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Explain the importance of time and motion in works of art.
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major elements of film, video and kinetic sculptures; gives lifelike feeling
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How does mass relate to two-dimensional and three-dimensional work?
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-two-dimensional work: must be implied in a painting or drawing (ex. Bread) -three-dimensional work: major element in sculptures (ex. The Horse, Man Pointing)
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What methods do artists use to create illusions of space or depth?
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overlapping of shapes in an artwork, vertical placement, linear perspective (vanishing point), use of atmospheric perspective
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vertical placement
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objects placed lower on the picture plane appear closer to viewer than objects placed high in picture
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How does space relate to two-dimensional and three-dimensional work? (architecture)
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- two-dimensional artwork: experience space, we must move AROUND it to get full effect - three-dimensional artwork: experience space around us; we must be IN it
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line
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basic means for recording a symbolizing ideas, observations and feelings; primary means of visual communications
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shape
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expanse w/in the outline of a 2-D area or w/in outer boundaries of 3-D object
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mass
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3-D area; physical bulk of solid body of material
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volume
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when mass encloses space
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space
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seemingly "empty space" around us; general receptacle of all things
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time and motion
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time is the fourth dimension, when events occur in succession; experience of time depends of our movement in space
