ART

A work of art is the visual expression of an idea or experiance, formed with skill

• Comunication
• Day-to-Day living
• Worship/ ritual
• Personal expression
• Visual delight
• Political
• Cultural

The ability to bring forth innovative original ideas through different channels e.g. curiosity, synthesis, changing the function of a "thing" to function as another "thing".

Looking is merely glancing or getting a general view of something vs. seeing which brings out the intimate details of a visual form.

lightness or darkness of tones or colors

a line that defines a form or edge

rows of parallel lines to suggest shadow or volume

In 3D area is called mass (weight & space of object). In 2D painting or drawing we must use implied mass, the use of lines and shading to create the illusion of depth/ mass.

Art that physically moves

• Hue= Color
• Tint=addition of white to a hue
• Shade= addition of black to a hue

Symbolic meaning of signs, subjects and images

Light to dark values in 2d images (think Rembrandt self-portrait)

Variations in the value and intensity of a single hue

Emphasis of two hues opposite each other on the color wheel e.g. yellow and purple

Depictions of "things" subjects (when human figure it used its called figurative art)

Works that depict natual objects in simplified, distorted, or exaggerated ways.

Art style that depicts the most real looking version of a subject

Visual effect in which what was seen as a possitive shape becomes a negative shape and vice versa.

Positive space is the artwork itself or figures in the art vs. negative space which surrounds the artwork or is the background

In 3D  area when mass encloses space, the space is volume

Phyical or bulk of a solid body of material

A still artwork which appears to be in motion

An artwork which encompasses the progression of a story

The way objects in space appear to the eye e.g. up close or in the distance.

Illusion of depth created by changing color, value, and detail

Form is what we see; content is the meaning we get from what we see- they are inseparable

• -unity and variety
• -balance
• -emphasis & subordination
• -directional forces
• -contrast
• -repetition and rhythm
• -scale & proportion