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• Expression explores your own emotions and creates something beautiful.
• The word “art” comes from the ancient Latin, ars which means a “craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry or smithying or surgery” (Collingwood, 1938). Ars in Medieval Latin came to mean something different. It meant “any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology”(ibid). Do you know that it was only in the Renaissance Period that the word reacquired a meaning that was inherent in its ancient form of craft? How? Look at the table below
• The word “art” comes from the ancient Latin, ars which means a “craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry or smithying or surgery” (Collingwood, 1938). Ars in Medieval Latin came to mean something different. It meant “any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology”(ibid). Do you know that it was only in the Renaissance Period that the word reacquired a meaning that was inherent in its ancient form of craft? How? Look at the table below
• In art, creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another. An artwork is creative if one has not seen anything like it or when it is out of the ordinary.
• An artwork does not need to be real a real thing, but can be something that is imaginary (Collingwood, 1938). Imagination produces art. Art inspires imagination
• Visual Arts Creations that fall under this category are those that appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature
• Film refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement.
• Performance art is live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he or she uses to perform, but also employs other kind of art such as visual art, props, or sound. I
• Poetry is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words
• Theater uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience.
• • Subject – refers to the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork. •Form- is what the audience sees. •Content- is the subject matter and underlying meanings or themes
• Photography is the art and science of light. Photography is derived from the Greek words photos which means “light” and graphein which means “to draw”
• The first permanent photograph was captured in 1826
• The first permanent photograph was captured in 1826 (some sources say 1827) by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in France. He is credited as the inventor of photography. It shows the roof of a building lit by the sun.
• Color photography started to become popular and accessible with the release of Eastman Kodak’s “Kodachrome” film in the 1930s
• Extreme Close-up Shot: An extreme close-up shot, is when the surface area of the frame is filled by a subject’s face
• Eye-level Shot: The camera is positioned on a level with the focus. This is considered a fairly neutral shot.
• Bird’s Eye View: The bird’s eye view shot, or an aerial view shot, is when the camera is located up above, overhead, capturing the action going on below
• High-angle Shot: A high-angle shot is a cinematography technique where the camera points down on the subject from above.
• Low-angle Shot: A low-angle shot is when the camera is positioned low on the vertical axis, below the level of the eyeline, and looks up at an object or subject above
• 1. Prewriting You’re ready to start writing. So why has that blank page been staring back at you for the past hour? Prewriting identifies everything you need to do before you sit down to start your rough draft.
• Writing Now you have your plan and you’re ready to start writing. Remember, this is your first rough draft. Forget about word count and grammar. Don’t 3 | Art Appreciation 19 worry if you stray off topic in places; even the greatest writers produce multiple drafts before they produce their finished manuscript. Think of this stage as a free writing exercise, just with more direction. Identify the best time and location to write and eliminate potential distractions. Make writing a regular part of your day
• . Revision Your story can change a great deal during this stage. When revising their work, many writers naturally adopt the A.R.R.R. approach:
• . Editing You have overhauled your story. It’s time to fine tune your manuscript line by line. Check for repetition, clarity, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Editing is an extremely detailed process and its best when performed by a professional
• . Publishing You now have a completed manuscript ready to publish. Once your book is published, celebrate your accomplishment knowing you've achieved a remarkable goal. But if you plan to reach readers and sell books, then it's time to educate yourself in the process for marketing your book
• The term “music” comes from the French word mousike, which means the “art of music”. Music, in its origins was primarily functional.
• The human voice is still the oldest and most popular of all the instruments. It is the most personal and direct of all instruments as it comes from within the body.
• . Vocal Register Voices differ considerably in range and register. The six classes of vocal registers are: 1. Soprano-high register female voice 2. Mezzo soprano-medium register female voice 3. Alto or Contralto-low register female voice 4. Tenor-high register male voice 5. Baritone-medium register male voice 6. Bass-low register male voice
• Strings: violin, viola, cello, bass Woodwinds: piccolo, flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon Brasses: trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba