Severely linear style - precise line. Cool, calm, classical.
Tried to recreate the art of Greece and Rome by imitating the ancient classics both in style and subject matter.
What is Neoclassicism?
100
New subject matter: current events and the modern world. Landscapes, still lifes, genre scenes. Its aim was to depict the customs, ideas, and appearances of the time using scenes from everyday life
What is Realism?
100
Brushwork more loose, painterly effects giving a sensation or "impression" of the image
What is Impressionism?
100
Differences in values, colors, textures, shapes, and other elements; creates visual interest
What is a contrast?
100
Refers to the suggestion of motion or movement through the use of various elements
What is rhythm?
200
Mostly architecture art movement with tall cathedrals, their arches soar heavenward, and rays of sunlight pour through high, stained-glass windows
What is Gothic art?
200
An abstract art focusing on optical effects
What is Op Art?
200
Very personal, expressive imagery and brushwork, a very process-oriented art
What is Abstract Expressionism?
200
Repeating visual elements or images that can unify the work of art as well as create rhythm
What is a repetition?
200
Design that is typically off-center
What is asymmetrical balance?
300
Beauty, Harmony, Order; the idealized view of man. Temples to the gods, cities, theatres, etc.
What is Greek art?
300
Totally abstract...very few forms
What is Minimalism?
300
Return to representational art, the artist returns to the world of tangible objects in a reaction against abstraction. Materials are drawn from the everyday world of popular culture
What is Pop Art?
300
A feeling of visual equality in shape, form, value, color, etc.
What is balance?
300
The arrangement of elements using the principles of design
What is composition?
400
Highly ornamental, busy, light-hearted, rich
What is Rococo?
400
Decorative, floral, delicate designs
What is Art Nouveau?
400
Art that changes the way you "see" a space or form
What is Perceptual Art?
400
Using the relative size of elements to show scale
What is proportion?
400
The use of several different principles of design to hold the viewer’s attention
What is variety?
500
Decorative art, a lot based on calligraphy, word of god; very few figures; fabulous architecture
What is Islamic art?
500
Idea-oriented art
What is Conceptual Art?
500
Eclectic use of past styles
What is Post-Modernism?
500
The created center of interest, the place in the design that catches the viewer’s attention