Modernism

Ideology

Convention

Critical Thinking

Sayre's Four Roles of the artist

Hermeneutic Circle of Understanding

Semiotics

Sign

Signifier

Signified

Denotation vs. Connotation

Mimesis

The Great Chain of Being

Steps of art criticism

Representational Art

Hierarchy of Forms

Abstract Art

Nonobjective/nonrepresentational art

Ethnocentrism

Form

Hierarchy of Genres

Romanticism

History Painting

Portraiture

Genre Painting

Animal Painting

Still Life

Traditional Themes

The Formal Elements of Art

Line

Outline

Contour Line

Implied Line

Expressive Line

Autographic Line

Classical/Analytic Line

Line of Sight

Composition

Two-Dimensional Space

Figure vs. Ground

Picture Plane

Three-Dimensional Space

Scale

Three-Dimensional Illusion

Atmospheric/Aerial Perspective

Linear/Analytic Perspective

One-Point Linear Perspective

Two-Point Linear Perspective

Vanishing Point

Vantage Point

Frontal vs. Diagonal Perspective

Axonometric vs. Oblique projection

Foreshortening

Light and Colour

Additive vs. Subtractive Colour

Hue

Shade

Tint

Colour Wheel

Texture

Actual vs. Implied texture

Pattern

Principles of Design

Balance

Radial Balance

Visual Weight

Focal Point

Afocal Art

Rhythm

Repitition

Symmetry vs. Bilateral Symmetry vs. Asymmetry

Proportion

Divine Proportion

Classical Composition

Sayre's 7 Steps to Thinking Critically

Arms-Length

Venus of Willendorf

Romulus and Remus

Chartres Cathedral/Rose Window

Assumption of a Virgin: Line of Sight

The Last Supper: One-Point Perspective

Geurilla Girls

Canada Council for the Arts

Kumano Mandala: Oblique Projection

Subject matter vs. Content

The Six Major Art Themes

Visual Literacy

Chief form of Islamic art

Realism

Photorealism

Sublime

Naturalism

Iconography

Symbols

Creative Process of Seeing

The Four Steps to Criticizing Art

The Art System

Cooperatives and Artist Run Centres

Municipal and Public Galleries

Major Museums

Commercial Galleries

Art Fairs

Auction Houses

Who funds Cooperatives?

Who funds artist-run-centres?

Who funds municipal and public galleries?

Who funds major museums?

Who funds Commercial galleries?

Who funds Art Fairs?

Who funds Auction Houses?

What is to "value art for art's sake"?

Landscape

Group of Seven

Art and Beauty

Art and Religion

Iconic

Aniconic

Iconoclastic

Art and Politics

Identity and Subjectivity

Pop culture and Consumer society

Mass Media

Post-Modernism

Technology

Art and Social Engagement

Passive Line

Gestural Line

Shape

Mass

Relativity

Chiaroscuro

Perspective

Baroque

Contrapposto

Cubism

Expressionism

Futurism

Neoclassicism

Post-Impressionism

Post-Modernism

Renaissance

Surrealism