Art App 1020 Study Guide Form Overall structure of a work of art Subject Matter What is literally depicted the recognizable image Content What does it mean Abstract The rendering of images and objects in a stylized or simplifies way so that though they remain recognizable Iconoclasts Literally image breakers those who taking the Bible s commandment against the worship of graven images Iconography The study or description of images and symbols Naturalism Brand of representation in which the artist retains apparently realistic elements but presents the visual Nonrepresentational Art that makes no reference to the natural world and that explores the inherent expressive or aesthetic potential Realism Tendency to render the facts of existence specifically in the 19 th century Representational Any work of art that seeks to resemble the world of natural appearance Sublime Impresses the mind with a sense of grandeur and power inspiring a sense of awe Symbols images that represent something more than their literal meaning The Gates Christo Jeanne Claude February 2005 Central Park NY Torii Gates Kyoto japan Fushimi Inari Shrine Albert Bierstadt The Rocky Mountains Naturalistic Painter Representational drawing Erna Monta Bushfire and Corroboree Dreaming 1988 Abstract artist Susan Rothenburg Horst Abstract Artist Kasimir Malevich Suprematist Painting Black Rectangle Non representational recognizable artist Jan Van Eyck Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Iconography representation Piet Modrian Work of the tree becomes increasingly abstract series of abstraction of a tree Loma Simpson She 1992 Challenges stereotypes of gender and race Subject is withoutr identity Shirin neshat Rebellious Silence from Women of Allah series Iran Calligraphy Page from Persian Manuscript 16th century Fine art of handwriting Representational or Realistic Albert Bierstadt Piet Modrian Art Clients seek Ownership Investment Values of art Monetary Value Historic Value Controversial Piece N 1 Chris Ofili The Holy Virgin Mary 1996 British catholic Controversial Piece N 2 Manet Luncheon on the Grass 1863 doned as scandal and was rejected Controversial Piece N 3 Picasso Les Demoiselles de Avignon 1907 Prostitutes Harshness of line Controversial Piece N 4 Marcel Duchamp Nude Descending Staircase 1912 Scandalous but successful Movement on 2 dimensional surface Other Controversial Pieces Alex Calder La Grand Vitesse Sculpture in Michigan Carl Andre Stonefield Structure Hartford 1977 Who are artists and what is their function Artists as reporters represent their world whistle blowers Artist work in four major ways 1 Help us see the world in new ways 2 Create a visual record of their time and place 3 Make functional objects beautiful and meaningful Give form to ideas and feelings unpopular truths spiritual forces human emotions Art is perceived by the artist as a way of conveying beauty and or ideas through different artistic means Multiple Perspectives Drawing of TREATY SIGNING AT MEDICINE CREEK LODGE Taylor 1867 The art market depends on Wealthy clients Sculptors Alexandar CALDER Mobile artist Carl ANDRE Rocks Richard SERRA Tilted arc 1981 Lower manhattan New york city Public outcry o A scar on the plaza o An arrogant gesture Maya LIN Vietnam Memorial Washington DC 1982 Visual Politics Michelangelo DAVID Florence Italy