Art Appreciation- Spring 2011
Art Journals
Directions: Using your new textbook, A World of Art, 6th Edition by Sayre, answer the following chapter
questions along with your weekly reading. You will need to turn in all 10 journals, stapled together and
TYPED, by Wed., April 27 at the beginning of class. -10 points each day late!
Journal #1- Chapter One & Two
______ of 10 points
1. What are the four fundamental roles of the artist?
2. What are the three steps to the process of seeing?
3. What is visual literacy?
4. Define the following terms: Representational, Abstract, Naturalism, and Non-objective
Journal #2- Chapter Three & Four
______ of 10 points
1. What two ways do we find “value” in a work of art?
2. Why would a work of art be misunderstood or rejected by the public?
3. Give examples of the following types of line from the chapter: Outline, Contour line, Expressive line,
Analytic line, and Implied movement lines.
Journal #3- Chapter Five and Six
______ of 10 points
1. What is the difference in a shape and a form with mass?
2. What is negative space? Give an example from the chapter.
3. What is atmospheric or aerial perspective? Give an example of an artwork from the chapter.
4. What is chiaroscuro?
5. What are primary colors? Secondary colors? Complementary colors?
Journal #4- Chapter Seven and Eight
1. What is the difference in Visual and Actual Textures? Give examples from the chapter.
2. What is Pattern and how do artist use it? Give examples from the chapter.
3. What is Op-Art? Give an example from the chapter.
_______of 10 points
4. What is the difference in absolute symmetry and bilateral symmetry?
5. Define focal point and emphasis.
Journal #5- Chapter Nine
_______of 10 points
1. List the types of dry drawing media and liquid drawing media.
2. What is the difference in graphite and conte crayon? Discuss the history of both.
3. Give examples of innovative drawing media from the chapter.
Journal #6- Chapter Ten
_______of 10 points
1. What is the difference in relief printmaking and intaglio printmaking?
2. Why would an artist prefer printmaking as a medium? What can prints do that drawing, painting, and other
media cannot?
3. Define silkscreen/screenprint and give an example from the chapter.
4. Define monotype/monoprint and give an example from the chapter.
Journal #7- Chapter Eleven
_______of 10 points
1. Define support, solvent, and ground.
2. What is the difference in buon fresco painting and fresco secco painting?
3. What is vanitas painting? Give an example from the chapter.
Journal #8- Chapter Twelve
_______of 10 points
1. What is the difference in photogenic drawing and the daguerreotype?
2. When and how was film (video) made more readily available to artists?
3. Define editing, animation, and iris shot.
Journal #9- Thirteen
_______of 10 points
1. Define subtractive process and give an example from the chapter of an artwork using this process.
2. Define additive process and give an example from the chapter of an artwork using this process.
3. What is contrapposto? Give an example of an artwork that exhibits this position.
Journal #10- Fourteen
_______of 10 points
1. What is considered “craft”? How is it different from “fine art?”
2. What are the three ways to make something in ceramics?
3. Define weaving and give an example from the chapter.
4. Why do artists/craftspeople choose to work with wood? Give an example of a work from the chapter.