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Elements
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Definitions
STUDY
GUIDES:
TEST 1
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TEST 2
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TEST 3
STUDY GUIDE TO TEST ONE
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
See
the
study guide
for how to study.
IMPORTANT!!!
Always play the game
before taking any test.
PLAY A GAME!
Who Wants to Get an A?
THE ELEMENTS
OF ART
The elements of art are line, form or shape, color, texture,
and space. Be prepared to identify these elements in a work
of art. See the
Elements
of Art.
Note: There are
discrepancies in the book, and what others say are the
elements of art. Space is usually considered an element of
art. Unfortunately it’s not in the book. Space is the empty
area around or in a work of art. Some consider value a
separate element, but the book is right to consider it a
part of color. Dark colors have low value (shade); light colors have
high value (tint). The book considers form and shape to be the same
thing, but form is a 3-d object, and shape is a 2-d object.
Also the book has mass as an element. Mass is the volume or
density of objects or shapes. Most don’t include this, and
it seems to me to really be a way of looking at art
(principle of art).
THE PRINCIPLES OF ART
The principles
of art are: rhythm, harmony, variety, balance, unity,
emphasis, contrast, movement, and proportion. Be prepared to
identify these principles in a work of art. See the
Principles
of Art.
DEFINITIONS
In addition to
the definitions of the elements and principles of art you
should know these concepts, and be able to apply them: painterly,
perspective, plane, symmetry, chiaroscuro, cubism, lithography,
Abstract Expressionism, and Giclée printing. See the
Definitions
of art.
Linear refers to:
a.
The use of line
b.
A type of
perspective
c.
Opposite of
painterly
d.
The use of 2-d
materials in sculpture
Abstract
Expressionism
Jackson Pollock
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-raeJ0oAHI
PERSPECTIVE
The three kinds
of perspective are: linear, atmospheric, and shifting.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Straight
Photography and the Photo-Secessionist Group
Alfred Stieglitz
Ansel Adams
Cameraless Photography: Ran Ray's Rayograph, Anna Atkins'
cyanotype.
CHAPTER 2 - SCULPTURE
(page 72)
Three types of
sculpture: full-round, relief, and linear.
The methods of
executing sculpture are: subtraction, construction,
substitution, and manipulation. Know what these are, and
know what they mean.
Alexander Calder invented the mobile (kinetic) and wire
(linear) sculpture. His
sculptures are mostly kinetic. A kinetic sculpture
incorporates movement.
CONTRAPPOSTO
STANCE
A
way of sculpting a human figure in a natural
pose with the weight of one leg, the shoulder,
and hips counterbalancing each other.
Michelangelo's David
EPHEMERAL ART
Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Know what
ephemeral art is.
CHAPTER 3 -
ARCHITECTURE
(page 88)
Be able to identify all the structures on page 92: arcade,
buttress, tunnel vault, groin vault, rib vault, and page 97
cantilever (See Fallingwaters by Frank Lloyd Wright p105).
KEY CONCEPTS
AND DEFINITIONS
Be prepared to
identify, and know these concepts: post-and-lintel, types of
arches, buttress, arcade, tunnel vault, groin vault,
rib vault, dome, pendentive, cantilever, load-bearing wall, and
skeleton frame.
CANTILEVER
Be able to
identify Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwaters as an example of
a cantilevered structure.
ARCHES
Be able to
label these arches:
STONE
Know the
different types of stone - and their properties.
There are three
types of rock: sedimentary, Metamorphic, and igneous.
This is not in
the book. See the website - chapter 3.
SYMMETRY AND REPETITION
(p102)
Know, and be
prepared to identify,
the different types of
symmetry: Radial, pantamerism, bilateral, asymmetric,
PROPORTION
Proportion is the
principle of art concerned with the size of
objects in
relationship to other objects. The drawing by
Leonardo da Vinci shows the proportions of the human face.
