ART APP LESSON 1

• Art Appreciation


  A three-unit course that develops students' ability to appreciate, analyze, and critique works of art
• Art Appreciation course


  • Develops students' broad knowledge of the practical, historical, philosophical, and social relevance of the arts
  • Develops students' competency in researching and curating art as well as conceptualizing, mounting, and evaluating art productions
  • Develops students' genuine appreciation for Philippine arts by providing them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and their rootedness in Filipino culture
• Art


  • A tangible thing: a painting, sculpture, photograph, dance, poem or play
  • Uniquely human and tied directly to culture
  • An expressive medium that allows us to experience wide ranges of emotion
  • Gives voice to ideas and feelings, connects us to the past, reflects the present, and anticipates the future
  • Visual art is a rich and complex subject, and its definition is in flux as the culture around it changes
• Art is a highly diverse range of human activities engaged in creating visual, auditory, or performed artifacts— artworks—that express the author's imaginative or technical skill, and are intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power
• The oldest documented forms of art are visual arts, which include images or objects in fields like painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media. Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts
• There is no single set of values or aesthetic traits to visually identify a work of art. A Baroque painting will not necessarily share much with a contemporary performance piece, but they are both considered art
• Principles of art

  • Movement
  • Unity
  • Harmony
  • Variety
  • Balance
  • Contrast
  • Proportion
  • Pattern
• Elements of art

  • Texture
  • Form
  • Space
  • Shape
  • Color
  • Value
  • Line
• Interplay between principles and elements of art


  • Provides a language with which to discuss and analyze works of art
• Since conceptual art and postmodern theory came into prominence, it has been proven that anything can be termed art
• Formalism


  The study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style—the way objects are made and their purely visual aspects
• The elements of art are the basic building blocks of making art
• The principles of art represent how the artist uses the elements of art to create an effect and to help convey the artist's intent
• Principles of art

  • Balance
  • Contrast
  • Emphasis
  • Movement
  • Pattern
  • Rhythm
  • Unity/Variety
• Balance


  The visual weight of the elements of the composition. It is a sense that the painting feels stable and "feels right"
• Contrast


  The difference between elements of art in a composition, such that each element is made stronger in relation to the other
• Emphasis


  The artist creates an area of the composition that is visually dominant and commands the viewer's attention
• Movement


  The result of using the elements of art such that they move the viewer's eye around and within the image
• Pattern


  The uniform repetition of any of the elements of art or any combination thereof
• Rhythm


  Created by movement implied through the repetition of elements of art in a non-uniform but organized way
• Unity/Variety


  You want your painting to feel unified such that all the elements fit together comfortably. Too much unity creates monotony, too much variety creates chaos
• The artist's use of the principles of art can help determine whether a painting is successful, and whether or not the painting is finished