Viewer

(noun)

Someone that views some spectacle; an onlooker or spectator

Related Terms

Examples of Viewer in the following topics:

  • Other Means of Representing Space

    • The viewer therefore, contributes another aspect to art composition, as the artist has the ability to control the viewer's eye and often composes the space in the composition with the viewer in mind.
    • If correctly applying the principles of art composition, artists can control what the viewers see and how they see it, like a path leading across the page to the item the artist wants the viewer's attention focused on.
    • Therefore, the photographer chooses the viewer's positioning with each shot.
    • At a smaller aperture, the background competes for the viewer's attention.
    • Differentiate between the use of movement in art and methods to control the eye of the viewer

  • Rhythm

    • Artists use pattern and rhythm as tools to guide the eye of the viewer through art works.
    • The repetition of elements creates movement of the viewer's eye and can  therefore make the artwork feel active.
    • Color and symmetry work together in this painting to guide the eye of the viewer in a particular visual rhythm.

  • Foreshortening

    • Foreshortening is the visual effect that causes an object or distance to appear shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer.
    • Foreshortening is the visual effect or optical illusion that causes an object or distance to appear shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer.

  • What Does Art Mean?

    • The meaning of art is shaped by the intentions of the artist as well as the feelings and ideas it engenders in the viewer.
    • It means whatever the artist intends it to mean, and this meaning is shaped by the materials, techniques, and forms it makes use of, as well as the ideas and feelings it creates in its viewers.

  • Line

    • Actual lines are lines that are physically present, existing as solid connections between one or more points while implied lines refer to the path that the viewer's eye takes as it follows shape, color and form within an art work.
    • Implied lines give works of art a sense of motion, and keep the viewer engaged in a composition.
    • We can see numerous implied lines in Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii, connecting the figures and action of the piece by leading the eye of the viewer through the unfolding drama .
    • Many implied lines connect the figures and action of the piece by leading the eye of the viewer through the unfolding drama.

  • Inclusion of All Five Senses

    • In addition, works that strive to include all senses at once generally make use of some form of interactivity, as the sense of taste clearly must involve the participation of the viewer.
    • Installation art is a genre of three-dimensional artwork that is designed to transform the viewer's perception of a space.
    • Whiteread's installation, "Embarkment," is a type of art designed to transform the viewer's perception of space.
    • Explain how installation and performance art include the five senses of the viewer

  • Implied Line

    • Implied lines are suggested lines that give works of art a sense of motion, and keep the viewer engaged in a composition.
    • 'Implied lines' give works of art a sense of motion, and keep the viewer engaged in a composition.
    • Both set up a diagonal relationship that implies movement to the viewer.

  • Late Classical Period

    • Late Classical sculpture began to examine new subjects and emotions by creating elements of narrative and incorporating the viewer.
    • These figures begin to break into the viewer's space and ask the audience to view them from all angles.

  • What is Art?

    • Interactions between the elements and principles of art help artists to organize sensorially pleasing works of art while also giving viewers a framework within which to analyze and discuss aesthetic ideas.
    • The various interactions between the elements and principles of art help artists to organize sensorially pleasing works of art while also giving viewers a framework within which to analyze and discuss aesthetic ideas.

  • Meaning in Nonrepresentational Art

    • We can focus on the elements of the art work (form, shape, line, color, space and texture) in terms of the aesthetic value of the work, but the meaning will always be personal to the viewer unless the artist has made a statement about their intentions.
    • Certain movements have described their intentions as an aim to evoke moods or emotions in the viewer.