Art 1301 Chapters 1-5

• Kinetic art is art that moves; it has actual movement
• Chiaroscuro is Italian for light/dark and helps two-dimensional artists create the illusion of volume on a flat surface, also known as "modeling"
• Highlight directly reflects the light source
• Hatching is an area of closely spaced parallel lines
• Composition is the combining of parts or elements to form a whole; the structure, organization, or total form of a work of art
• Symmetrical balance: if you draw a line down the middle of da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, each half would be identical
• Bilateral symmetry: two sides seem to line up
• Types of symmetry in art include Absolute, bilateral, and asymmetrically balanced
• Asymmetrically balanced: the left side is much heavier than the right side
• Radial balance: everything radiates outward from a central point
• Aesthetics: branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences.
• Beautiful: having qualities of a higher order, qualities that delight the eye, engage the intellectual or more senses.
• Pretty: pleasing to the eye
• Art Criticism: Refers to making discriminating judgments, both favorable and unfavorable.
• Art for social causes: Artists can criticize or influence values and public opinion through their work.
• neolithic period: Stone period
• Mandala: A geometric or pictorial design usually enclosed in a circle, representing the entire universe. It is used in meditation and ritual in Buddhism and Hinduism.
• Commemorate: to honor something in a public act and special way.
• Contour line is the perceived line that marks the border of an object in space- they are continuous, unbroken lines that show the edge and surface ridges of an object.
• Outline is the edge of a shape or figure depicted by an actual line drawn or painted on the surface. - a silhouette ( like a cookie cutter)
• Trompe I'oeil means to fool the eye.
• Visual literacy is the ability to recognize, understand, and communicate the meaning of visual images.
• What are the five DNA traits?

  Associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting.
• Collage

  To glue
• Looking

  purely mechanical
• Seeing

  Comprehension
• What is the plural form of medium in art?

  media
• What are the elements of art?

  Line, shape, mass, space, time, motion, light, value, color, texture, and pattern.
• What is art for worship and rituals?

  All societies produce objects that communicate beyond words and meet physical spiritual or aesthetic need.
• What did Congress created in 1967?

  The NEA ( National Endowment for the Arts).
• Line: A long, narrow mark, usually made by drawing with a tool or a brush, but may be created by placing two forms next to each other.
• Shape: An enclosed two-dimensional form.
• Mass: A solid volume of space occupied by a 3 dimensional form.
• Space: Indefinable, general receptacle of all things.
• Time: The element in which we live.
• Motion: The very sign of life.
• Light: can be actual light or the illusion of light. Without light we could see nothing. Light can be used to define shape and form and to give emphasis. It enhances the sense of depth.
• Value: The relative level of lightness or darkness of an area.
• Color: The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light.
• Texture: Refers to the surface quality of the work, has actual tactile characteristics.