Visual Art Terminology
Define style and provide an example.
A distinctive or characteristic of expression, influencing the context of an artwork such as impressionism.
What does pertinent mean and what criteria is it relevant to?
Having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand when justifying a view point.
Describe the painting technique used by Vincent Van Gogh and how it was applied to his artworks.
Impasto is a painting technique using thick application of paint to a surface. Van Gogh used thick, short brushstrokes to create texture in his artworks.
Place, politics and identity are characteristics of what context?
Cultural
What does meaning refer to in art?
Define hyperrealism
Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph.
You must evaluate two stimuli, true or false?
True
What object most commonly appears in Picasso's paintings?
A guitar
Formal
Introduction
Body paragraphs: artwork 1, artwork 2, similarities and differences
Conclusion
Define composition
The placement or arrangement of elements or parts in an artwork.
List the four criteria on the marking guide.
Implementing decoding skills
analysing and applying
justifying a viewpoint
evaluating two stimulus
What is still life and in what time period did this genre become very popular?
Still life is the subject category in which the main purpose of the artwork is to show inanimate objects.
These paintings rose to prominence in the early 17th century, when Northern Renaissance artists grew increasingly interested in creating realistic studies of everyday items - Vanitas is a still life movement that flourished in the Netherlands in the late 17th century and is a style that is still greatly appropriated in contemporary art practice.
Emotion, personal experiences and identity are all characteristics of what context?
Personal
To give reasons or evidence to support an answer, response or conclusion; show or prove how an argument, statement or conclusion is right or reasonable
Define symbolism and how is it used in art.
Works of art that have forms, images or subject representing meanings other than the ones with which they are visually associated.
What does insightful mean?
Having or showing an accurate and deep understanding; perceptive.
What was the ideal of the Surrealism movement?
The Surrealists sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination. Disdaining rationalism and literary realism, and powerfully influenced by psychoanalysis, the Surrealists believed the rational mind repressed the power of the imagination, weighing it down with taboos.
Appropriation, use of non-traditional materials and technologies are all characteristics of what context?
Contemporary
What does proportion mean and how is it relevant in art?
the relationship in size of one component of a work of art to another can draw different attention and challenge the viewer to view something in a different way.
List the elements and principles of art and design.
Elements: Line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value
Principles: Pattern, contrast, emphasis, balance, scale, harmony, rhythm
What is an effective planning tool during your exam? List two strategies.
Deconstruct the inquiry question.
Brace map/ mind map
How did pop artists use appropriation and provide an example.
Pop artists used reproducing, juxtaposing and repeating everyday images from popular culture. Andy Warhol reproduced images of Marilyn Monroe in a series of silkscreen paintings.
Define contexts
What are the three colour properties and what do they mean?
Hue: the colour name
Intensity: the purity and strength of colour
Value: lightness or darkness of colour