Art Quiz 1 - Elizabeth Garber Why Study Art?

Art is important as both a reflection of culture and as a force that shapes Culture Essentialist Theories: There are some universal qualities of art that all art shares. Anti-Essentialist Theories: There is no one feature, or set of features, that is shared by all works of art. Institutional theory of art: Created by George Dickie in 1969 Five deliberately circular definitions of art that reveal the inflected nature of art. 1) Artist is a person who participates with understanding in the making of a work of art (this means art created by animals, babies, or nature does not count) 2) A work of art is an artifact of a kind created to be presented to an art world public 3) An art world public is a set of persons the members of which are prepared in some degree to understand the object presentes 4) The art world is the totality of all art world systems 5) An art world system is a framework for the presentation of a work of art by an artist to an art world public Visual Culture Definition: refers to images and objects that are created by people and that inhabit our lives Elements of Art: Lines (Line used in writing and math, it has both length and width, length is the most important dimension) Value (Lightness & Darkness of a surface) Color Shape Volume Texture Pattern (Repetition of an element) Principles of Art: Unity and variety - differences in colors, textures, shapes but there is still cohesiveness Proportion and scale Emphasis and focal point - the center of attention and the accents that complement the focal point Balance - placement of elements in a composition so that their weights seem evenly distributed; an optical condition (can be symmetrical or asymmetrical) Rhythm

Identity is: both Personal & Cultural Personal Communal Diverse Hybrid Constructed 4 Characteristics of Identity of Art: Diverse - you act different ways around different people Hybrid - a state of being; arrived at through the innovative mixing and borrowing of ideas, languages, and modes of practice Constructed Communal - how you see yourself in a group of people; how do they define you and how do you define you and the group as a whole Color Systems: Additive Color (Primary and Secondary) (Red, Green, Blue) Colors in additive systems are created by adding colors to black to create new colors. Subtractive (Red, Green, Yellow) Color subtraction works in the opposite way. Conceptually, primary colors are subtracted from white to create new colors. Difference between Analogous and Complementary Colors Complementary Colors (Directly opposite colors ex. Red and Green) Analogous Colors (Colors sit next to each other on the color wheel) o Analogous colors = harmonious (pleasant) feel Art Definitions Primary Colors: (Cannot be produced by mixing) (Yellow, Red, Blue) Secondary: (Primary + Primary) (Green, Orange, Purple) Tertiary: (Adjacent Primary + Adjacent Secondary) (Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, RedPurple, Blue-Purple, Blue-Green, & Yellow-Green) Negative Space: No Artwork in that space; space around the artwork Composition: Arrangement of formal elements in a work of art/ad/etc. Rule of Thirds: Never put anything in the center Focal Point: Emphasis on certain points, eyes are drawn to point Complementary Colors: Directly opposite colors ex. Red and Green Analogous Colors: Colors sit next to each other on the color wheel

Battin Art and Artworks

Basically questioning what is considered art. Goes through various examples, such as Driftwood, the drawing monkey, etc. Aestheticians: Philosophers who study the nature of art.