Show:
What is Art?
Creative Impulse
Cultural Purposes of Art
Decorating Ourselves and Our Environment
Discussed in Class
100
a side view of a figure called
What is a profile?
100
One of the nine daughters of Zeus--inspires creativity.
Who is Muse?
100
religious documents created by monks during the medieval times.
What are illuminated manuscripts?
100
A french royal emblem representing a white iris.
What is a Fleur-de-lys?
100
The Butter Dance
What is a performance art piece about how overweight women are treated?
200
The innovators or non-traditionalists in a particular field.
What are the avant garde?
200
Three concepts of where creative impulse comes from.
What are, nature, the gods, dreams, etc.
200
A symbolic hand gesture made by a deity.
What is a mudra?
200
A process of painting into wet plaster.
What is fresco painting?
200
Rotoscoping
What is a film method in which each individual cell is re-drawn.
300
Something that is represented according to higher than real life standards of beauty.
What is an idealized subject?
300
Designs composed of curved lines can be called this.
What is curvilinear?
300
A special container for items of great religious importance.
What is a reliquary?
300
A tall pointed square piece of architecture.
What is an Obelisk?
300
An image that reminds us of death.
What is a memento mori?
400
An object or artwork that has simplified surface detail to emphasize certain qualities.
What is a stylized object?
400
These are scenes of everyday life.
What are genre images?
400
Giving something non-human human characteristics.
What is anthropomorphism?
400
Three examples of personal decoration.
What are tattoos, decorative make-up, jewelry, clothing, etc.?
400
Images like the last judgement serve to remind people of this.
What is our own mortality?
500
Led to the US court system officially acknowledging that art doesn't have to be representative.
What is the court case Brancuse v. United States?
500
The Islamic faith prohibits the depiction of these, and thus limits their art.
What is the depiction of people and animals?
500
Three examples of the cultural purposes of artworks.
What are religious, personal expression, communicating a message, etc.?
500
Three examples of utilitarian items that can be elevated to the level of art through design.
What are furniture, vehicles, rugs, architecture, etc.?
500
A famous designer who created both architecture and furniture designs. There is a chair in this room by this designer.
Who was Le Corbusier?