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Question 2
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Write notes on any three of the following:
(a) realism;
(b)
abstraction;
(c)
stylization;
(d) illusion;
(e) imagination. |
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This question was not very popular among candidates. Among the few that attempted it, some responded accurately while many others could not post a coherent response and thereby lost obtainable marks.
The following are some of the points candidates were expected to highlight:
(a) Realism
- A style of art that retains the basic impression of visual actuality.
- A faithful representation of objects as seen by the eye.
- Depicting objects in a resemblance of their actual appearances.
- Life-like artistic representation without any form of idealization.
- The name of a 19th Century art movement in painting.
(b) Abstraction
- Non-representational rendering of art forms.
- Rendering in a way that may not have reference or resemblance to any real object.
- Simplification or distortion of forms.
(c) Stylization
- Distorting or exaggerating the features of forms.
- Rendering of art forms in a way that little recognizable features maybe deduced as forms are not fully abstracted.
(d) Illusion
- Imitation of visual reality created on a flat surface of the picture plane.
- A situation when features appear real or are convincingly depicted to give a false appearance of reality.
(e) Imagination
- The ability to form an idea in the mind, based on previous experience(s).
- Mental images or pictures.
- Something experienced in the mind and not a reality.
- To form a visual image of something in the mind.
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