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the
attribution of a personal
nature or human
characteristics to
something nonhuman,
or the representation of
an abstract quality in
human form
Personification
of or pertaining to the appearance of nature, without
idealization.
Naturalistic
has length and width; a flat
(or nearly flat) surface.
2 dimensional
a solvent soluble binder that dries slowly, usually linseed oil.
Oil paint
Theory that suggests art is what the artworld recognizes as art.
Artworld Theory
A recurring fragment, theme or pattern that appears in
a work of art
Motif
an image that
is represented as being
ideal or perfected.
Idealized
the surface on which an artwork is created.
support
a fast drying water-soluble petroleum based painting medium.
Acrylic
the physical components of visual
art, the elements of design
Form
a figure of speech in which one thing symbolically stands for another, perhaps unrelated,
thing or idea.
Metaphor
in art, the property of
representing selected essential
features of a particular subject
instead of relying on objective
appearance alone.
Abstract
the material or substance an artist uses to create a piece, like paint
Medium
water soluble painting medium that uses gum arabic as binder
Watercolor
sculptural forms that are
penetrated by exterior space
Open Form
6 Categories of Art
-Representational
-Naturalistic
-Idealized
-Abstract
-Non-representational
-Non-objective
artwork which intentionally avoids the
strategy of representation,
instead selecting only novel and
original experience as subject
matter.
Non-representational
1) the process of painting on dry plaster
2) the process of painting on wet or dry plaster.
1) Fresco Secco
2) fresco
opaque water soluble paint
Gouache
the area occupied by a solid or filled
object.
Positive space
The use of signs or images which stand in for or take the place of something else.
Representational
unrelated to or exclusive of perceptions of
objective external reality
Non-objection
method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water
Tempera
painting process which uses wax as the binder
Encaustic
simulated illusion of texture usually on 2 dimensional art
implied texture