AA Quiz

• Visual arts - divided into two main subcategories, fine arts and contemporary art.
• Up until the 19th century, only the mediums falling under fine arts were recognized as visual arts.
• Fine Art - refers to art that is created purely for its aesthetics and holds no practical or utilitarian value.
• Fine art - was originally considered the only form of visual art and consists of painting, sculpture, drawing, architecture and printmaking, amongst others.
• Painting - is one of the oldest art forms, dating back more than 40 000 years.
• Artists use a variety of paint mediums, such as oils, acrylics, or watercolours, as well as different application techniques in order to create a unique piece of art.
• Printmaking - involves replacing images onto parchment, paper or other media to create a printed image.
• Printmaking - While technically not original artworks, due to the fact that they are replications, these impressions are still regarded as being works of art in and of themselves, despite being produced in multiples.
• Sculpture - It was three-dimensional, representational, seen as a form of solid art, and created either by carving or modelling.
• Sculptors either worked directly from their chosen material, such as wood or stone, or they built their sculptures from scratch, using clay, plaster, and wax.
• Contemporary art Defined as “the art of today”, contemporary art is often interpreted more widely as art created from the 20th century to the present day.
• Contemporary art - It includes the broad categories of decorative arts and crafts, commercial art, and applied arts.
• Happenings a unique form of postmodern visual art, happenings are closely related to performance art but differ in that they are often spontaneous and linked to an anti-art movement.
• Performance art the key aspect is for the artist to perform in front of a live audience, either by creating a piece of art (of any form) or giving a performance.
• Architecture is the art and method of building and designing structures with an artistic element instead of relying solely on construction abilities.
• The practice of architectural design is used to meet both functional and artistic needs, therefore serving both practical and creative goals.
• BALANCE - is one of the principles of art which describes how artists to create visual weight.
• Symmetrical (formal) balance means both sides of an imaginary line are the same.
• Asymmetrical (informal) balance means each side of an imaginary line is different yet equal.
• Contrast is one of the principles of art which creates excitement and interest in artworks.
• Pattern artists create pattern by repeating a line, shape or color over and over again.
• Rhythm Visual rhythm makes you think of the rhythms you hear in music or dance. Artists create visual rhythm by repeating art elements and creating patterns.
• Emphasis - Artists use emphasis to make certain parts of their artwork stand out and grab your attention. The center of interest or focal point is the place the artist draws your eye to first.
• Unity - the feeling that everything in the work of art works together and looks like it fits
• Variety - occurs when an artist creates something that looks different from the rest of the artwork. An artist may use variety to make you look at a certain part or make the artwork more interesting.
• one point perspective - it uses a single vanishing point. It is the simplest form of perspective drawing
• Two Point Perspective - uses two sets of orthogonal lines and two vanishing points to draw each object.
• Three Point Perspective - uses three sets of orthogonal lines and three vanishing points to draw each object
• Shots - are the fundamental elements of film, and shot selection has a considerable impact on how a viewer interprets the action on screen. To properly communicate our film, we need to choose the right shot.
• Long shot - also know as wide shot
• long shot - shows the subject from top to bottom
• long shot - the character becomes more of a focus than an Extreme Long Shot, but the shot tends to still be dominated by the scenery.
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• POV shot - a camera angle that show the point of view of the subject
• Camera Angles - marks the specific location at which the movie camera or video camera is placed to take a shot. A scene may be shot from several camera angles simultaneously.
• Eye level shot - refers to when the level of your camera is placed at the same height as the eyes of the characters in your frame.
• Eye level shot - camera angle does not require the viewer to see the eyes of the actor, nor does the actor need to look directly into the camera for a shot to be considered eye level.
• Eye level shot - simulate standard human vision and thus present visual information through a familiar viewpoint.
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• High angle shot - A shot that is shot from a high angle, usually from above the action. Used to look down on the subject