Art History Mid Term Exam

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Aesthetics
The branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences-sight, hearing taste, touch and smell.
issues aesthetics address- what is art? how and why is affects us.
Creativity
creative people tend to posses certain traits- sensitivity, flexibility, originality, playfullness, productivity, fluency, analytical skill, and organizantional skill.
Sensitivity
trait of creativity
Heightened awarness of what one sees hears and touches as well as responsiveness to other people and their feelings
Flexibility
trait of creativity
Adapt to new situations and see possibilities: willingness to find innovative relationshilps
Originality
trait of creativity
Uncommon responses to situation and to solving problems
Playfulness
trait of creativity
A sense of humor and an ability to experiment freely




Productivity
trait of creativity
Ability to generate ideas easily and frequently and follow through on those ideas
Fluency
trait of creativity
A readiness to allow the free flow of ideas
Analytical skill
trait of creativity
A talent for exploring problems, taking them apart, and finding how things
Organizational skill
trait of creativity
Ability to put things back together in a coherent order
Vincent van Gogh
"The Starry Night"
Oil on canvas, 1889. the museum of modern art, new ork
people journeyed to a star after death, and that there they continued their lives. tangible form to feelings and ideas. " We take death to reach a star"
Mona Lisa
Leonardo de Vinci
1503-05, oil on panel Musee du Louvre, Paris. early years of 16th century, Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, seated on balcony that overlooks a landscape of rock and water. hint of a smile, miraculously lifelike, dangerous beauty fatal attraction a myterious sphinx a vampire and all manner of fanciful things stolen 1911 recovered 2yrs later
Representational
Represent or presents again, the visible world in such a way that we recognize a likeness.
Abstract
Use appearances of the world as a starting point simplified or exaggerated ex:seated woman holding a fan Picasso.
Louise Bourgeois
Woman with Packages
Abstract, 1949 bronze polychromed, series of sculptures Personages, fintional characters, tells a story. unsparing emotional honesty and restless formal inventiveness. born paris 1911 studied art history Ecole du Louvre.