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Art

conscious creation of something beautiful or meaningful using skills and imagination

Ars

Latin word for art, craft or skill

1. Art as Representation


2. Art as Expression of Emotional Content


3. Art as a Form

Philosophy of Art

True

T or F:


It takes an artist to make an art

True

T or F:


One may perceive beauty on a daily basis

False

T or F:


Nature is a work of art

False



Not every beautiful thing can be seen or experienced may be truly called a work of art

T or F:


Every beautiful thing can be seen or experienced may be truly called a work of art

True

T or F:



Each artwork behold beauty in its own kind, the kind that the artist sees and wants to perceive

Creativity

unique, thinking outside the box, trademark of an artist, innovate something

a. Imagination


b. Knowledge


c. Albert Einstein

(a)__________ is more important than (b)__________. For (b) is limited to all we now know and understand, while (a) embraces the entire world and all there ever will be to know and understand.


- (c)______

artist mind

_____ is a vast gallery of artwork

True

T or F:



An artwork does not need to be a real thing

False

T or F:



artwork should not be imaginary

Imagination

______ is not constrained by the walls of norms, but goes beyond that

False

T or F:



Expressing emotion = Describing emotion

Art as Expression

people's art is a reflection of their inner self

Visual art

appeal in the sense of sight

paintings


drawings


lettering


printing


sculpture


digital imaging

Mediums of visual art

Film

art of putting together succession of still images in order to create an illusion of movement

Performing art

live art and the artist's medium is usually the human body

Time


Space


Performer

Elements of Performing Art

Performance Art

live art that is intangible and cannot be traded as commodity

poetry performance

art from where the artist expresses his emotions through words (combined with movements, tone, volume, and intensity of delivery)

1. Integrity


2. Proportion and Scale


3. Radiance

Philosophical Imports of Art

Integrity

perceived consistency of our actions, values, methods, principles, expectations, and outcomes

Integrity

the quality of being honest having a strong moral principle that you refuse to change

Proportion and scale

give a piece of art balance

Scale

describe the size of one object in relation to another

object

often referred as a whole

Proportion

relative size of parts within a whole

symmetrical

formal balance

assymetrical

informal balance

Rule of Thirds

in photography, not all at the center looks good

Radiance

The clarity of an artwork

Subject

any person, scene, or event described or represented work of art

Representational Art

an artwork that depicts any identifiable object or series of object and their physical appearance in reality

Nonrepresentational Art

compositions which do not rely on representation

Nonrepresentational Art

Abstract, nonfigurative and nonrepresentational that indicate a departure from reality

1. Realism


2. Abstraction


3. Distortion


4. Surrealism

Ways of Representing Subject

Realism

When things are depicted in a way they would normally appear

Abstraction

the process of simplifying and/or reorganizing objects and elements according to the demand of artistic expression

Distortion

the figures have been so arranged that proportions differ noticeably from natural measurements

Surrealism

realism+distortion

Visual arts

representations of what the artist thought and felt about the world they lived in

1. Medium


2. Time in which he lives and the patronage he gets


3. Development of Science and Technology

Factors Affecting His Choice of Subject

still life

Kinds of subject:



picture depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects

animals

Kinds of subject:



cats, dogs

portraits

Kinds of subject:



pictures of people usually showing only the face and the upper body

figure

Kinds of subject:



each part of the body is shown as clearly as possible

Everyday life

Kinds of subject:



farming etc.

history and legends

Kinds of subject:



past

religion and mythology

Kinds of subject:



beliefs


dreams and fantasies

Kinds of subject:



imagination

ugly and tragic

Kinds of subject:



problems

motion pictures, animation. computer generated imagery

Film Techniques

Subject

objects depicted by the artist

Content

what the artist expresses/communicate on the whole of his work

Factual Meaning

the literal statement/the narrative content in the work which can be directly apprehended because the objects presented are easily recognized

Conventional Meaning

Special meaning that a certain object or color has a particular culture or group of people

Subjective Meaning

any personal meaning consciously or unconsciously conveyed by the artist using a private symbolism which stems from his own association of certain objects actions or colours with past experiences

1. Aesthetic


2. Utilitarian


3. Cultural


4. Social

Functions of Art

Aesthetic function

appreciating art for its own sake

Utilitarian Function

It does not only enriches man's life but it improves nature

Cultural Function

It enables to transmit culture from one generation to another

Social Function

Through art, man learns to love and help each other