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Creative

Intentions through wide range of materials including thought, emotions and feelings

Ways to show Art

Sculpture


Film


Paint


Performance


Photography

Art is...

Subjective meaning its personal perspective

Form

use of materials (paint, marbles, film)for overall composition

Content

Stories told with a piece of art


*imagery*symbolism*Movement*

Aesthetics

Branch of philosophy related to the ways which visual and artistic experiences are perceived; culture, time, fashion

Function

What is "Art" used for -may have multiple purposes:subjective



Active seeing

everything we see is filtered through our own objective ideas and beliefs , the prejudices, preferences, and desires we inherit through our surrounding influences

Seeing is...

Active

Looking is ...

Passive

Abstract

nonrepresentational, forms, colors, patterns, arranged with out reference to an object

representational

imitates the appearance of the natural world

Naturalistic

very faithful to visual experience

Subject matter

tells a story of what art is about


what art depicts

Proportion

harmonious relationship between parts and the whole

Focal Point

where your eye is drawn to in an art work



Can Art have multiple focal points ?

Yes



Asymmetrical

weights are distributed on both sides unequally

Symmetrical

weights are distributed on both sides equally

balance/symmetry

how is visual or actual weight distributed within a work of art

Repetition

forms of imagery are repeated within art work

Abstract Art

can be non objective or non representational. Consist of forms, colors, patterns, shapes, but no observable objects in nature



naturalism art

is a sliding scale of how much or well something imitates observable nature

representational art

objects and images imitate observable nature (they look familiar)

Identify / analyze meaning of art by

*Form


*Subject matter


*content


*Iconography-system of symbols that work together


*Theme


*Function

form begins with description




*What kind of art is the work?Photo, Sculpture, Painting?


*Is art Abstract or representational?


*how would you describe art?


*How does the artist use formal elements like color, repetition,line,shape