Chapter 1: Living with Art
For our enjoyment and helps bring out intelligence and attention
What is the purpose of Art?
Sand Painting was practiced by which Native American tribe
Navajo
the act of destroying images in the name of spiritual purity
Iconoclasm
Irregular, evokes living forms of Nature
What is an organic shape?
a sense of oneness of things belonging together and making up a coherent whole
what is unity?
Feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences (Hint: Often used to describe a "vibe")
What are Aesthetics?
Capturing details like light, shadow and form
Representational Art
Reason why many religions stray away from picture representation of their gods or religious figures.
Fear of idolatry
What is the difference between contours and contour lines?
Contours are the boundaries we perceive of three-dimensional forms and contour lines are the lines drawn to record the boundaries
not symmetrical balance, has sides that do not matxh
what is asymmetrical balance?
A stone art piece in Salisbury England that reflects our ideas and structure of our world?
What is Stonehedge?
What are the 3 things that iconography involves?
Identifying, Describing and Interpreting subject matter
The depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, and rivers, especially where the main subject is a wide
what is landscape art
What method did Leonardo Da Vinci use to depict darker values?
Cross-hatching or hatching
shape, repetition , positioning
what is rythm?
Used to depict animals in the Chauvet Cave in Europe? (Hint: Used to dye materials black)
What is Charcoal?
What is an example of a representational Art?
Starry night
The human experience
Setting sculptures in motion
What did Alexander Calder prove by using mobiles?
painting by henry isssss tanner, focal point
what is the banjo lesson?
Some artists create for human purposes. The Vietnam Veterans memorial?
Who is Maya Lin?
European material for paintings were oil paint, brushes, and canvas taken for granted by who? (Hint: Starts with an M)
Who is Matisse?
What is the focal point of "Execution of the Third of May, 1808"
Who is the man in the white shirt?
Manuel Alvarez Bravo demonstrates what using light and shadows.
When lights and shadows model sculptures to give them a three-dimensional appearance depending on how the light falls on them
the rythmic painting that contained different positioned fans
who is TAWARAYA SOTATSU - Painted Fans Mounted on a Screen