Chapter 5/8:
Balance/ shape and Volume:
1.
Describe the
difference between balance and imbalanced work?
A sense or lack
of either balance or imbalance disturbs us in a piece of art. The use of
imbalance can create tension.
2.
What is
horizontal and vertical placement?
A horizontal
axis divides a piece from top to bottom, while a vertical axis would divide it
from left to right.
3.
What is
symmetrical balance, and give an art historical example?
Similar shapes
are repeated in the same positions on either sides of their vertical axis.
Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing, ”Vitruvian
Man” is an example of symmetrical balance.
4.
How can
asymmetrical balance be achieved with value/color/ shape and texture?
It is achieved
through objects that are not similar to each other, that have either equally
strong visual weight or equal eye attraction.
5.
What is radial
balance?
Radial balance
is the result of components that are spread around a center point or are
revealed from a central line.
6.
Give a good
example of a piece of artwork?
http://www.sikyon.com/korinth/korinth_meg01.html
The mosaic floor from a roman villa of ancient Corinth
7.
What is a shape
and how does it differ from volume and mass?
An area that is
visually perceived and created either by an enclosing line or by color and
value changes that define the outer edges.
8.
What is the difference
between naturalism and distortion in art and design?
Naturalism is
the representation of the visual image, forms and proportions as seen in nature
with an illusion of volume and 3D space. Distortion is a departure from an
accepted perception of a form or object.
Define abstraction: How is your fire
and water panel abstract? What concepts are informing your work on this
project?
A visual representation that most
likely has little resemblance to the real world. It occurs through a process of
simplification or distortion, attempting to communicate a form or aspect. The
fire and water panel is abstract because it indirectly communicates the
elements of fire and water. My concepts include powerful emotions relating to
my theme, and the formation of the thick and thin lines also add to the theme.
Chapter 8: Shape and volume:
1.
Define these
terms in art:
2.
Non-objective-
artwork with no reference to or of the natural world.
3.
Curvilinear-
rounded and curving forms that imply flowing shapes and compositions.
4.
Rectilinear-
composed of straight lines.
5.
Positive and
negative shapes- (positive) any shape or object distinguished from the
background. (negative) A clearly defined shape within the ground that is
defined by surrounding figures or boundaries.
Chapter 10:
1.
List three ways
to depict illusion of depth- Overlapping, vertical location, aerial perspective.
2.
What is one
point perspective?- A system of spatial illusion in 2d art based on the
convergence of parallel lines to a common vanishing point on the horizon.
3.
Two point perspective?-
A scene that is viewed through an angle, having no objects parallel to the
picture plane and with edges receding to two points on the horizon line.
4.
What is an
isometric projection/?- A spatial illusion that occurs when lines receding on
the diagonal remain parallel instead of converging toward a common vanishing
point.
5.
What is
equivocal space? Find an example- An ambiguous space in which it is hard to
distinguish the foreground from the background.
http://catebrown18.blogspot.com/2011/05/spatial-puzzles-equivocal-space.html
