Art 1030
Art Appreciation
MWF 9:05-10:05
Bryan Wilkerson
wilkersonbs@roanestate.edu
Office: O’Brien 116
Phone 865-882-4649

--Reminder—
Reaction paper #1 is due no later than this Friday February 8th at the beginning of class.
The reaction paper should be a minimum of 1 typed page that addresses your critical evaluation of a work of art. Please be descriptive and consider the elements of design as well as the content of the work. Use your notes and handout as a reference Was the piece a success? Why or why not?

Review for Exam #1 September 20, 2007

Be familiar with the following vocabulary terms and or concepts for matching:
Two-Dimensional
Three-Dimensional
Representational/Figurative
Idealization
Stylization
Abstraction
Non-objective
Fine Arts
Applied Arts
Graphic Design
Industrial Design
Elements of design
Content
Line
Calligraphy
Positive/Negative Space
Edge
Contour
Implied Line
Eyelines
Descriptive Lines
Hatch mark/Cross Hatching
Gestural-Line

Critical Approaches?
Describe the following: 1.Formalist approach 2. Expressivist Criticism 3.Instrumentalist Perspective

Be familiar with these widely used forms of artistic content and be able to identify them within a work of art:
-Sociopolitical
-Power and Propoganda
-Spiritual Purposes
-Inner Experience
-Beauty

List at least five different examples of how line and the elements of design are used in the following work of art:

Using figure 1.4 from the textbook pick 1 work of art (there are four to choose from) and write briefly about the work using one of the following critical evaluations 1.a formalist approach 2. through expressivist criticism 3. or an instrumentalist perspective