Art Appreciation

• what is art

  visual expression of an idea or experience form with skills through use of a six medium
• six medium of arts

  sculpture literature architecture cinema music theater
• sculpture

  the art of making two or three dimensional representatives or abstract forms especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster
• literature

  is a body of all written works

  written works especially those consider of superior or lasting artistic merit
• architecture

  the art or practice of the signing and constructing buildings

  the art or science of buildings

  art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones
• cinema

  a theater where movies are shown for public entertainment
• music

  vocal or instrumental sounds or both combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form harmony and expression of emotion
• theater

  the activity or profession of acting in producing directing or writing plays
• medium type of tools

  clay,fiber,stone, wood, paint,video,photography

  some communication can only be expressed through visual form or music
• purposes and functions of art

  art can

  tell us things

  delight

  persuasion

  self-expression

  worship and ritual and commentary

  elevate are spirits

  show beauty

  show injustice
• what is pleasure art

  the pleasure of experiencing an artwork is just that it is typically a pleasure in doing something listening viewing attending organizing projecting conjecturing imagining speculating hypothesizing etc rather than just allowing things to happen to one on a sensory plane
• art for communicating information

  through the ages art has been used to impart information
• art for day to day living

  objects made to delight the eye as well as serve useful function
• genre painting

  painting of scenes from everyday life of ordinary people and work or recreation depicted in a generally realistic manner
• art for social causes

  humans are influenced by what they see

  artist can use their art to influence the public
• art for visual pleasure

  art is often identified solely by this definition

  •art made to be visually attractive and well crafted
• what is creativity

  the ability to bring forth something new that has value
• untrained artist

  outsider artist or folk artist- people with no formal art education
• folk artist

  works within a tradition
• outsider artist

  where you know about the trends and history of art

  they work outside of traditional art guidelines
• visual communication

  looking and seeing looking taking in what is before us
• the visual toolbox

  is a visual tools used by artists to create an artistic expression such as: line shape mass and volume space time and motion light color abstraction
• characteristics of line

  lines can be active or static aggressive or passive sensual or mechanical
• line can

  indicate direction

  define shapes and boundaries

  imply volume or mass

  depict light and shadow

  form patterns
• line variations

  actual line

  implied line

  actual straight lines and curve implied curve lines

  line created by edge

  vertical and horizontal line diagonal lines

  sharp jugged lines

  dance of curving lines

  hard lines soft line

  ragged irregular line
• shape

  artist use all kinds of shapes. geometric shapes are precise and regular, like squares, rectangle, and triangles. they are often found in human made things, buildings and machines while biomorphic shapes are found in nature.
• importance of shape in art

  can help to create complex drawings and paintings, affect composition, and contribute to the balance within a work
• implied shape

  created by the psychological connection of dots or lines
• amorphous shape

  vague shape

  a subtle suggestions of shape without definition or certain dimension
• mass and volume in art

  mass is a solid body or a groupings of visual elements that compose a solid form

  volume is a three dimensional form compromising length width and depth
• mass

  measurement of the amount of matter in an object or substance
• volume

  how much space an object or substance takes up
• space art

  is one of key elements of art that refers to the distance around and between the subjects and aspects of a composition
• three types of space that are involved in art composition

  positive space

  negative

  three dimensional space
• positive space

  which is the area of the work occupied by the subject or subjects
• negative space

  which is the area around the subject or subjects
• three dimensional space

  a series of techniques that allows an artist to transform a two dimensional into a three dimensional one
• empty space in art

  is simply that space that adds no meaning to the image, does not help balance the image, codes and visual interest
• time in art

  can be actual time or implied time. actual time includes time based work and media artwork that changes through time and the effect of time on artwork and how that affects its meaning
• representation of art in time

  the hourglass or the clock a symbol of the passage of time, but also soap bubbles symbolizing both the fleetingness of life and earthly goods, a faded flower like a tulip or a rose reflecting the image of life that will end sooner or later