Tuesday 28 October 2014

Word meanings and ethnical terms

Abstract- A term generally used to describe art, not representational.

Aesthetic- Characterised by a concern with beauty or good taste.

Appropriation- The intentional borrowing/ copying of visual things.

Assemblage- 3D composition made from non traditionally artistic materials and objects.

Avant garde- Innovative and new art that no one else has seen, peculiar and beyond us.

Allover painting- A canvas covered in paint edge- edge.

Bio-morphic- Living forms, abstract forms to turn things into living.

Bourgeois- Wealthy, expensive.

Chiaroscuro-The treatment of light and shade in art.

Classical/classicism- The principles embodied in architecture and literature.

Composition- Arrangement of elements, background, foreground and elements.

Conceptual Art- emphasising ideas and theoretical practices rather than visual form.

Consumerism- A preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of manufactured goods.

Cultural Icon- A person, symbol, object or place that represents a large group of people.

Diptych- Painting used in 2 halves.

Ephemera- Written things not meant to be kept.

Formal- Not concerned about the meaning, relating to shape and structure.

Genre- Certain type of style.

Globalization - Transformation of a local or regional phenomenon into a global one.

Hegemony-Dominance of one group or nation, things becoming the same.

Iconoclasm- The doctrine or practice of attacking settled beliefs or institutions.

Iconography- Adhering to typical conventions and imbued with symbolic meanings, etc cross and religion.

Irony- An expression that shows its own opposite for comedic value.

Motif- A distinctive and recurring theme in art.

Narrative- Story of the art.


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