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• Basic Assumptions of Art:

  • Art has been created by all people at all times, in all countries, and it lives because it's well-liked and enjoyed
  • Art involves experience; there can never be appreciation of art without experience
  • Art is not nature; Nature is not art
  • Art is made by man; Art is everywhere
  • Art is man’s oldest means of expression; Art as a means of expression & communication, including hieroglyphics
• Human history has witnessed how man evolved culturally, expressing feelings and thoughts through art, from cave painters to present-day artists
• The Galloping Wild Boar found in the cave of Altamira, Spain, is an example of prehistoric art belonging to the Upper Paleolithic Age, showcasing early attempts at recording man’s innermost interests, preoccupations, and thoughts
• The humanities, one of the oldest and most important means of expression developed by man, have witnessed human attempts at expressing feelings and thoughts even before written records of civilization appeared
• Visual arts encompass diverse forms such as paintings, drawings, lettering, printing, sculptures, digital imaging, and more
• Film is the art of creating an illusion of movement by putting together successions of still images
• Performance art involves live art where the artist mainly uses the human body to perform, along with other art forms like visual art, props, or sound
• Poetry is an art form where emotions are expressed through words rather than traditional visual mediums like paint or camera
• Architecture is the art of designing and constructing buildings and other structures, often referred to as the "mother of the arts" as it serves as a background for other fields of art
• Dance involves a series of movements that follow the rhythm of music accompaniment
• Literary art goes beyond technical writing, focusing on unique styles and forms, including fiction and non-fiction like novels, biographies, and poems
• Theater uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience, usually following a script
• Applied arts incorporate style and design into everyday items to increase their aesthetic value and bring beauty, charm, and comfort into daily life
• Art functions include therapy, artifact representation, personal, social, and physical functions, each serving different purposes in society and culture
• Music in its original form was principally functional, used for dance and religion, while today it can be enjoyed for its own sake
• Subject in art refers to the visual focus or image extracted from the artwork, while content is the meaning communicated by the artist or the artwork
• Representational art depicts objects or events from the real world, while non-representational art focuses on visual elements like shapes, lines, and emotions
• Sources of subject in art can include nature, history, mythology, sacred texts, and other works of art
• Content in art can have levels of meaning including factual, conventional, and subjective interpretations based on identifiable forms, symbols, and viewer's circumstances
• Line is a mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline, it can create texture and be thick or thin
• Types of line include actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and contour line
• Lines are continuous marks made on any surface with a moving point, they can be used in various ways to create different compositions
• Line serves as an essential building block of art and can also be the content itself of a work of art or be manipulated to evoke an emotional or intellectual response from a viewer
• Vertical lines are poised for action, balanced, forceful, and dynamic, expressing dignity and an orderly feeling
• Horizontal lines convey repose and serenity, expressing calmness and peacefulness
• Diagonal lines create feelings of movement or action
• Curved lines, or S curves, suggest gracefulness or sexiness
• When using vertical lines in photography, follow the rule of thirds to illustrate growth, authority, strength, or dominance
• Horizontal leading lines in photography can convey calmness and stillness
• Curved leading lines in photography can suggest gracefulness, sexiness, or sensuality
• Diagonal leading lines in photography should start and finish just above or below the corner of a photo to prevent the image from looking split in half
• Repetition occurs when two or more lines are drawn within a corner following the lines of the corner
• Lines that are in opposition to each other form a contrast
• A transition line connects two workflow elements, defining the next step in a workflow
• Color refers to the visual perception of light being reflected from a surface of an artwork
• In the most basic classification, colors can be divided into three groups: primary, secondary, and tertiary
• Hue is the term for pure spectrum colors like red, orange, yellow, blue, green, and violet
• Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color
• A color wheel is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, showing relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors
• Color wheel: an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, showing relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors