Intro to Art
Professor: Nanci Schrieber-Smith, MFA
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EXAM #1 VOCABULARY STUDY GUIDE YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE QUIZZED AND/OR TESTED ON THESE VOCABULARY TERMS.
MEDIUM
ICONOGRAPHY
-A particular material (Ex: oil paint, bronze) along with its
accompanying technique ( ex painting, sculpture).
-Made by gluing materials such as paper, photographs to
a flat surface.
-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
‘blue’)
-The specific name to a wavelength of light. (ie ‘red’
LOW KEY
-The dark end of a value scale
HIGH KEY
-The light end of a value scale
COLLAGE
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)
Intro to Art
Professor: Nanci Schrieber-Smith, MFA
ED8 08
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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)
Realism (pg 356-363)
Romanticism (pg350-354)
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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