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ARH1000 Exam Ch1-3
HCC Understanding Visual Art
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
08/31/2014

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The four reasons we make art?
Definition

1. Help us see in a new way.
2.Record people, places, and events.
3. Make objects/places more pleasurable and give them meaning.
4. Give visible form to truths, forces, and feelings.

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Seeing is both a...
Definition
Physical and Phychological process.
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1.Subjective=
2.Objective=
Definition
1. Subjective = one's own opinion.
2. Objective =a known fact.
Term
Chief form of Islamic Art?
Definition
Calligraphy.
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Iconoclasts?
Definition
People who destroy religious images.
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Three types of art?
Definition
1. Representational- A picture of reality.
2. Abstract- Reality that has been distorted.
3. Non-objective- No reality or content.
Term
Composition?
Definition

The organization of elements in a work of art.

 

 

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Form?
Definition
All that makes up a work of art from the materials, formal elements, and compostion.
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Content?
Definition
The meaning and what the artist is trying to communicate in the work.
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Ethnocentric?
Definition
Imposing one's prejudices onto the art of another culture.
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Iconography?
Definition
Symbols or visual images understood by a culture.
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Who created the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and Why?
Definition
Created by Congress to educate the general public about the value of art.
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Aesthetics?
Definition
Philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste.
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