Intro to Art Professor: Nanci Schrieber-Smith, MFA ED8 08
EXAM #1 VOCABULARY STUDY GUIDE -
YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE QUIZZED AND/OR TESTED ON THESE VOCABULARY TERMS.
MEDIUM-A particular material (Ex: oil paint, bronze) along with its accompanying technique ( ex painting, sculpture).
COLLAGE -Made by gluing materials such as paper, photographs to a flat surface.
ICONOGRAPHY -Symbolism.
COMPLIMENTARY -Colors found opposite on the color wheel.
NEGATIVE SPACE -Also known as ground in a figure/ground relationship
SCALE -The size or apparent size of an object in relation to other objects.
TROMPE L'OEIL -French for fool the eye.
PRIMARY COLORS -Red, yellow and blue.
FORMAT -The shape or proportions of a picture plane.
OPTICAL MIXING -Produced by placing dabs or dots of color side by side.
STYLIZED -Simplified or exaggerated visual form that emphasizes particular design qualities.
VANISHING POINT-Where all horizontal lines converge in linear perspective.
ANALOGOUS COLOR-Neighboring colors on the color wheel.
IMPASTO -Thick paint which produces texture.
VALUE -The lightness or darkness of a color.
HUE -The specific name to a wavelength of light. (ie ‘red’ ‘blue’)
LOW KEY-The dark end of a value scale
HIGH KEY-The light end of a value scale
You should also be able to recognize and know the difference between:
Representational, Non-representational
and Abstract relationships of art to the world. (lecture & book)
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STUDY GUIDE EXAM #1Chapters 1-4 and 20
5 Functions of Art pg5 & lecture
HIERARCHIC PROPORTION or Hierarchic Scale pg86-87
PRIMARY, SECONDARY & INTERMEDIATE COLORS pg 64
VALUE JUDGEMENT vs FACTUAL JUDGEMENT -Lecture
ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF FORM Chapter 3
ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS OF DESIGN Chapter 4
BE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH PIECE AND/OR ARTIST INTENTIONS.
DATES ARE NOT NECESSARY.
*GeorgeSEURAT-(His Concept) ##564 pg-65
*Asher Brown DURAND "KINDRED SPIRIT" #78 pg53
*Thomas EAKINS “MAN POLE VAULTING” #87 pg 57
*Jan VAN EYCK “THE WEDDING OF THE ARNOLFINIS” 108 pg 71& #399 pg275
*HenryMOORE “RECLINING/RECUMBENT FIGURE” #575 pg401
*AlexanderCALDER MOBIELS “ BIG RED” #89 pg58
*Romare BEARDEN (BIO) #11 &12 pg10 & 11
*JacksonPOLLOCK “AUTUMN RHYTHM” #603 pg420
*Francisco GOYA "THE 3RD OF MAY” #509 pg351
Know the differences and be prepared to identify the styles of:
(From lecture notes & Chapter 20)
Neo Classicism (pg 348-350)Romanticism (pg350-354)
Realism (pg 356-363)Impressionism (363-369)
Know the difference between:
Naive art vs. Folk art pg 23-25
Negative Shape vs. Positive Shape pg 44-45
Space –including Linear Perspective vs. Atmospheric Perspective pgs 48-53
High key vs. Low key 59-61 and lecture
Warm colors vs. Cool colors pg64
Primary vs. Secondary hues pg64+65
Understand the differencebetween : Simulated /implied / the illusion of VSActual / real (with regards to motion, texture. space etc) pg 68-70& lecture
By no means is this study guide a comprehensive list of what will be on the exam. Information given in lecture and from the book Ch.1,2,3,4, & 20 can be on test as well.
READ AND KNOW THE TEXT!! IF YOU STUDY YOUR LECTURE NOTES & KEEP UP WITH YOUR READING, IT WILL HELP WITH ALL THE EXAMS AND YOUR GRADE!
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