Vocabulary/Definitions
One of the two kinds of art analysis; analyzing an art piece by looking at the techniques, elements, and the art itself at face value, rather than the meaning or context behind it
What is Formal Analysis?
What is Engraving?
What is carving lines into a surface?
Qualities to assess in a formal analysis (analyzing the qualities of an art piece without taking in context or meaning) of an art piece ((name at least 2))
These two artists developed Cubism (name one)
Who was Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque? (If you did not get this you need to drop everything and go read the art packet RIGHT NOW)
Why Japanese art remained strictly traditional with little western influence for a long time
What is Japan was closed off from the West?
One of the two kinds of art analysis; analyzing an art piece by looking outside of it and trying to understand the context or meaning behind it.
What is Contextual Analysis?
Considered the most basic of art processes
The most basic of all art elements
what is a line?
The most famous Pop Art artist
Who was Andy Warhol?
This great Chinese architectural feat demonstrates how the meaning of art can change over time (in this case, it served a utilitarian purpose before becoming a landmark)
What is The Great Wall of China?
Definition of a line
A technique that is a combination of theater and art
What is Performance Art?
Considered the founder of modern sculpture (also a Ninja Turtle)
Who was Donatello?
Lots of African art was destroyed because of these two things (name one)
What is Colonialists who feared pagan symbolism in the art, and lots of the art being made of perishable materials (wood, fiber).
The brightness or purity of a color (NOT VALUE)
What is Intensity?
Paint is usually composed of these three materials (name two)
What are pigments, binders, and solvents?
Two ways repetition can be used in art (name one)
What is Motif and Pattern?
An artist famous for cut stone buildings with no straight lines or flat surfaces
Who was Antoni Gaudi? (I Will also accept "that spanish guy" as an answer)
The USA's first major introduction to modern art, which would lead America to produce lots of it going into the 1920s and beyond (we learned this last year)
What was The 1913 Armory Show?
The definition of art
What is any kind of visual material created by people and invested with special meaning and/or valued for its aesthetic appeal?
A transparent, water-based paint where whites are rarely used, and the amount of water typically dictates the intensity of the color (don't think too hard about this one)
What are Watercolors?
How artists create movement in their art (hint: think musical terms)
What is Rhythm?
Dutch artist who created some of the best-known works of the Baroque period
Who was Rembrandt van Rijn?
What was the Roman Empire?