ARC 15VL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Albert Bierstadt, Swiss Alps, Visual Literacy
14 Sep 2016
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Abstraction- when an image does not exactly resemble what the eyes sees. Active seeing- the psychology of looking and seeing- everything you see us filtered through a long history of fears, prejudices, desires, emotions, customs, and beliefs. Aesthetic- our desire to see and experience the beautiful. Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. Culture- shared beliefs, customs, practices, understandings, language, and/or social behaviors of a particular group. Form- this term refers to the overall structure of an artwork. Iconography- a system of images whose meaning is understood by certain cultural groups. Naturalism- a kind of representation in which an artist realistically portrays subject matter but from a personal point of view. Nonobjective- art that makes no reference to the natural world. Photorealistic a drawing or painting so realistic that it appears to be a photograph. Realism - representations that look like the object they represent. Representational- any work of art that seeks to resemble the world of natural appearance.
