Art Criticism
Elements of Design
Art works
Arthistory
Art making
100
Tell what you see (the visual facts)
What is Art Criticism: Describe
100
zig-zag, curvy, dashed, contour are all descriptive words for the element:
What is line
100
warm colors
advance in the picture frame
100
Prehistoric art was created mainly with
What is lines, shapes, symbols
100
add white or lighter color
What is tint
200
Mentally separate the parts or elements, thinking in terms of textures, shapes/forms, light/dark or bright/dull colors, types of lines, and sensory qualities. In this step consider the most significant art principles that were used in the artwork.
What is Art Criticism: Analyze
200
object that is 2-D without shading, can be described into organic or geometric
What is shape
200
formal balance: same on both sides
What is symmetry
200
Time period that was over the top and very dramatic in both creating in lighting and emotions
What is the Baroque Period
200
slurry is another name for
What is the "glue" for clay
300
what do you think the artist was trying to say?
What is Art Criticism: Interpretation
300
3-D shape that has overlapping and value added to give depth
What is form
300
informal balance: not the same on both sides, but balanced
What is assymmetrical
300
all body parts were needed to be seen from the most familiar point of view. Very Stoic like.
What is Egyptian Arts
300
add black or darker color
What is shading
400
This is your personal evaluation based on the understandings of the work(s).
What is Art Criticism: Judgement
400
a repeated pattern or lines to give the impression of the "feeling" of an object
What is texture
400
orange, purple, green
What is secondary colors
400
What time period quest for Rebirth for the church and first point perspective (hint: crosses were releavant to display)
What is Renaissance time period
400
tortillon
What is blending tool for shading instead of your finger
500
A piece of artwork broken down into four areas: Describe, Analzye, Interpretation, and Judgment
What is Art Criticism
500
Depth perception in an artwork that can show how close/advanced on the frame an object is (warm colors usually help) or how far/receded on the frame an object is (cool colors usually help).
What is space
500
red-purple, red-orange, blue-purple, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange Primary+secondary colors=
What is tertiary colors
500
Cool Colors tend to
what reced in the background
500
hatchmarks or tallymarks in clay for slurry to pool in
What is to score
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