ARTH 1138 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Brad Delson, Brushstrokes
16 May 2017
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Introduction to art history pages xxi - xli. Shape: geometric, biomorphic, organic, closed or open. Color: hues: primary: red, yellow, blue, secondary: mix of two primary hues. Value: relative degree of lightness or darkness. Saturation: quality of brightness or dullness (intensity) Texture: tactile quality: actual or implied, e. g. rough, smooth, grainy, oily, prickly. Mass and volume: take up and de ne space. Composition: arrangement of forms in a work of art: foreground, middle ground, background. Representational style: make matter seem lifelike: realism/naturalism: accurately represent world as is, idealization: show perfection based on values/tastes of a culture. !1: illusionism: illusion of physical reality meant to be convincing due to meticulous. Abstract style: opposite of lifelike art: nonrepresentational: not realistic natural art, expressionism: exaggerated form to project feeling. Linear style: use of lines: one-point, two-point art. Painterly style: based on clear hard brushstrokes. Medium: what art piece is made of.
