Art Appreciation

• Often referred to as objective or figurative art
• It depicts the appearance of things
• It represents the objects we recognize from the everyday world

• French term for "fool the eye"
• Paintings of this nature impress us because they look so "real"

• Works of art that have no reference at all to natural objects
• Works that depict natural objects in simplified, distorted, or exaggerated ways

• Often referred to as non-objective non-figurative art
• This type of art presents itself in visual forms that have no specific references to anything outside themselves

Is the symbolic meaning of signs, subjects, and meanings

The near perfect matching of the left and right sides of a 2 dimensional object

The balance of dissimilar elements. The objects are balanced according to their size and meaning

the relation in size of one object to another

the size relationship of parts to a whole

• -serve as a sketch, or record of something seen, remembered, or imagined.
• -serve as a preparation for a larger or more complex work of art
• -be an end of itself ( a complete work of art)

made by applying pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum arabic (a resin from the acadia tree) to white paper

dry pigments are mixed with linseed, walnut or poppy seed oil

pigments are suspended in an acrylic polymer medium, they can be water thinned yet be resistant to water when dry

the printmaker cuts away all parts of the printing surface that wont be meant to carry ink

comes from the Italian word Itagliare meaning to cut into. Areas below the printing surface hold the ink

a planographic printing process based on the mutual antipathy of oil and water

suggest visual connection

the expanse within the outline of a 2D area

precise shapes such as squares, rectangles, and triangles

irregular shapes often curvilinear or round in form

A 3D area is called a mass, whereas a 2D area is called a shape

When mass encloses a space, it is the space

The indefinable general receptacle of all things- the seemingly empty space around us

the most basic way to acheive the effect of depth on a flat surface

any means of representing 3D objects in a space on a 2D surface

the allusion of depth is created by changing color, value, or detail

Color grouping that provide distinct color harmonies

• Monochromatic
• Complimentary
• Analogous
• Tradic
• Split triadic

tactile qualities of surfaces or the visual representation of those surfaces

those textures we can feel by touch

those created to look like something other than paint on a flat surface

the appearance or condition of oneness

provides diversity of design elements

used to draw attention to an area or areas

neutral areas of lesser interest

the juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements

created through the regular occurrence of elements with related variations