gibsona07 wrote:
scottw wrote:
Not to criticise your regularly brilliant work, but isn't that like criticising Bob for borrowing words from the dictionary? That looks like a pretty extensive glossary, so every art term Bob uses is going to be in it. Or is he using whole phrases from the definitions of the terms?
Dylan:
Flowing or curved lines form another visual vehicle, suggesting a far distance in a landscape painting. Architecture itself is always a vital source of ideas and inspiration, but, always, "The Beaten Path" tries to return to the traditional methods of perceptions-things that are perceived in the visible world-taking the three dimensional into a two dimensional format using contrast, location, isolation, and convergence.
Glossary of Art Terms:
Aerial Perspective: Also referred to as atmospheric perspective. A method utilized by artists to
suggest a far distance in a landscape painting. As the distance between an object and the viewer increases, outlines become less precise and colors become less pronounced and bluer.
Classical: Referring to the art of ancient Greece and Rome. The Greeks created art based on the ideals of perfect proportion and logic instead of emotion. The Romans adapted Greek art and spread it throughout the civilized world which ensured that it remained
a vital source of ideas and inspiration. Classical art possesses formal, finished, and polished qualities.
Fauvism: Derived from the French word fauve meaning “wild beast,” fauvism was the first of the avant-garde movements that flourished in France in the early years of the 20th century. Fauve painters broke from Impressionism as well as
traditional methods of perception. The style is defined by a use of bright, vivid colors directly from the tube often applied in broad flat areas with undisguised brushstrokes. Artists associated with the Fauve movement include Henri Matisse and George Braque.
Figurative: Representative art which portrays
things perceived in the visible world such as the human figure or nature however altered or distorted it may be.
Cubism: Influential 20th century art movement that first appeared in 1907 and was spearheaded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Cubism is an analytic study in form and an attempt to represent
three-dimensions on a two-dimensional format. Objects are represented from many different points of view simultaneously using overlapping facets. Followers of Picasso and Braque include Ferdinand Leger, Jacques Lipchitz and Jean Metzinger.
Focal point: The first part of a work to attract the attention of the viewer and to which the eye returns most naturally. Focal points are created by
contrast, location, isolation, convergence, and use of the unusual.
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