Exam I Study Guide



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 #1 Chapters 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.

*George SEURAT-(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

*Henry MOORE “RECLINING/RECUMBENT FIGURE” #575 pg401

*Alexander CALDER MOBIELS “ BIG RED” #89 pg58

*Romare BEARDEN (BIO) #11 &12 pg10 & 11

*Jackson POLLOCK “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 difference between : Simulated / implied / the illusion of VS Actual / 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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