Ngex 6 prelims

• Art is the process by which a work of art is created or viewed
• Leo tolstoy claims that what makes something art is how it is experienced by its audience
• George Dickie 

  • “Art” is basically a sociological category that whatever art schools and museums, and artists get away with
• Pagpapakatao 

  • a process of which one becomes a human-being 
• Western Concept 

  • Only schooled people are artists - Meant for the higher social class -
• Art appreciation 

  • the process of applying basic tools of visual literacy
• Subject 

  • refers to any person, object, scene or event described or represented in a work of art 
• Representational/Objective - Arts that have subject 
• Non-representational/Non-objective - Art that has no subject
• Realism 

  • when things are depicted in the way they would normally appear.
• Abstraction 

  • it is the process of simplifying and/or reorganizing objects
• Distortion 

  • It could also mean twisting, stretching or deforming the natural shape of the object. 
• Surrealism 

  • it is realism plus distortion.
• Content 

  • refers to what the artist expresses or communicates on the whole of his work
• Factual Meaning 

  • literal statement or the narrative content in the work
•  Conventional 

  • refers to the 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
• LINE 

  -is defined by a point moving in space - used to show the form, pattern, shape, distance, and movement in art 
• TEXTURE 

  -refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched 

  • the surface quality of the artwork 
• VALUE 

  • refers to the lightness or darkness of tones or colors
• SHAPE 

  • is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width 
• FORM 

  is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width and depth 

  • is observable in sculpture and architecture 
• SPACE 

  • positive and negative areas are 

  defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art 
• COLOR 

  • is made up of three properties: hue, value, and intensity. 
• Balance – a distribution of equal visual weight 
• In symmetrical balance, the elements used on one side of the design are similar to those on the other side
• asymmetrical balance, the sides are different but still look balanced.
•  radial balance, the elements are arranged around a central point and may be similar. 
• Alignment- an arrangement forming a straight line 
• Emphasis- an accentuation of 

  importance
• Proportion- a scaling of objects in relation to each other
• Movement- a directed path of optical motion
• Pattern – an orderly repetition of an object 
• Contrast- a juxtaposition that 

  accentuates difference
• Unity- a harmonious arrangement of elements
• Rhythm 

  -is created when one or more elements of design are used repeatedly to create a feeling of organized movement
• Variety 

  -is the use of several elements of design to hold the viewer’s attention and to guide the viewer’s eye through and around the work of art. 
• SAMAON SULAIMAN: 

  • Achieved the highest level of excellence in kutyapi playing. 
• DARHATA SAWABI 

  • A tausug weaver well known for her creation, the pis syabit which is a traditional head cover 
• TEOFILO GARCIA 

  • well known for the Kabungaw, which is a hat made out of gourd.