GENED6

• Factors influencing artists include:

  • Historical events
  • Social relationships
  • Ideas from various people
  • Psychological makeup
  • Technical techniques employed by artists
• Principles of Art:

  • Harmony: achieved when all elements of a thing come together coherently
  • Balance: known as physical equilibrium, can be formal (symmetrical) or informal (asymmetrical)
  • Rhythm: continuous use of a motif or repetitive pattern
  • Terrafion: use of two patterns alternately
  • Radiation: repetition of motif from center or towards it
  • Progression: use of motifs of varying sizes, from smallest to largest
  • Parallelism: use of patterns with equal distance from each other
• Genres of Arts:

  • Visual Arts: forms perceived by the eyes, also called spatial arts
  • Graphic Arts: visual arts with length and width
  • Plastic Arts: visual arts with length, width, and volume, also called three-dimensional arts
  • Audio-visual Arts: forms perceived by both ears and eyes
  • Literary Arts: presented in written mode and intended to be read
• Division of Art Study:

  • Appreciation: includes aesthetics, the science of beauty, where students learn to admire artists and value different works of art
• Functions of Art:

  • Personal or Individual Function: means for the artist's expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Social Function: influences collective behavior, used in public situations
  • Economic Function: art can have economic value
  • Political Function: replicates, compliments, or substitutes the voice of the people
  • Historical Function: records historical figures and events
  • Cultural Function: forms part of a country's material culture
  • Religious Function: many art forms evolved from religion
  • Physical Function: art can serve to protect occupants in buildings
  • Aesthetic Function: artworks serve to beautify
• Mangling is the method of presenting art subjects with parts that are cut, lacerated, mutilated, or hacked with repeated blows
• Elongation is the method of presenting subjects in an elongated form by stretching the object
• Cubism presents subjects with the use of cubes and other geometric figures
• Abstract Expressionism presents subjects with strong colors, uneven brush strokes, rough texture, and a deliberate lack of refinement in the application of paint
• Surrealism presents the subject as if it does not belong to the real world, but to the world of dreams and fantasy
• Symbolism presents subjects symbolically, showing the subject as it appears in real life but intending to convey something else
• Fauvism, known as optimistic realism, presents real-life subjects with bright colors suggesting comfort, joy, and pleasure
• Dadaism, known as shocking realism, presents subjects with the intention to shock the audience through the exposition of the evil in society
• Expressionism, known as emotional realism, presents subjects with the intention to express emotions like pathos, chaos, fear, violence, defeat, morbidity, and tragedy
• Impressionism is realism based on the artist's impression, emphasizing the impression left in the artist's mind when presenting real-life subjects
• Futurism presents subjects in a way that relates not to the present but to the future
• Perspective refers to the location and distance that affect the appearance of an object, judged by the eyes in terms of spatial relationships
• Form refers to the overall composition of artwork, describing the entire shape or organization of the object created
• Color Wheel: Red, Blue, Yellow are basic colors that can be mixed together to produce other colors, providing a high contrast and high impact color combination
• Secondary colors (Purple, Orange, Green) are created by mixing two primary colors in a given color space
• Tertiary colors are the combination of primary and secondary colors
• Adjacent colors are located next to each other on the color wheel
• Analogous colors are three colors that are side by side on the color wheel
• Complementary colors are two colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel
• Split-complementary colors are three colors that are evenly spaced forming a triangle in a color wheel
• Monochromatic colors involve three shades, tones, and tints of one base color, providing a subtle and conservative color combination
• Tetradic colors are four colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel, creating bold color schemes
• Cool colors are conspicuous and striking to the eyes, also called receding colors
• Warm colors, from red through to yellow, bring warmth to mind like the sun, also called advancing colors
• Tint colors are those with values lower than the normal value
• Shade colors are those with values higher than the normal value
• Prismatic colors are those colors from a rainbow or prism
• Realism, also termed naturalism, presents subjects as they appear in real life
• Abstractionism draws away from realism, moving towards a more abstract representation
• Distortion presents the subject in a misshaped form
• Art History is the study of artists, their backgrounds, masterpieces, and significant contributions in various fields of art
• Art Production is where students apply their creativity and skills to produce their own artworks
• Art Criticism involves evaluating different artworks based on the intent set
• Line is the foundation of all drawing, can be used symbolically or to produce a pattern
• Texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art