ART APPRECIATION

• Art


  Craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form, inventiveness, and the association that exist between form and ideas, material and techniques
• Artis


  Italian word for art
• Ar


  Aryan root meaning to join or put together
• Artezein


  Greek word meaning to prepare
• Arkiskein


  Greek word meaning to put together
• Ars


  Latin word meaning ability or skill
• Art


  A diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory, or performing artworks, expressing the author's imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill
• Plato: 'Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world'
• Francis de Zulueta: 'Art is the product of man's need to express himself'
• John Dewey: 'Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one which demand for each own satisfaction and fulfilling a shaping of matter to new and more significant from'
• Art


  • As a process - The arrangement of aesthetic elements in an appealing and interesting matter
  • As an expression - Expresses the feelings and shared by all individuals regardless of culture
  • As a product - Includes human creation, different activities and forms of expression like: painting, music, literature, and dances
  • As an imitation - Representation of reality
• Common essentials of art


  • Art must be man-made
  • Art must be artificial and satisfy man
  • Art is expressed through a certain medium or material by which the artist communicates himself to his audiences
• Art appreciation


  • The ability to interpret or understand man-made arts and enjoy them either through actual and work experience
  • The ability to view art throughout history, focusing on the cultures and the people, and how art developed in the specific periods
• Characteristics of art


  • Art is everywhere
  • Art is a means of expression and communication
  • Art as a creation - It is the act of combining or re- ordering existing materials to form a new object
  • Art and experience - It must be heard or seen to be appreciated and involve intellectual understanding
  • Art and beauty - It gives pleasure when perceived
  • Art and Nature - Art is man-made, nature is natural
• Subject


  The main idea that is represented in the artwork
• Ways of presenting the subject

  • Realism (naturalism) - attempting it to become truthfully or realistic
  • Abstraction - unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world
  • Distortion - dramatize the shape of an object to create a story of it in the painting or drawing
  • Cubism - made through cubes or geometrical shapes in the painting or drawing
  • Fauvism - refers to drawing or painting of animals as subject in the artwork
  • Surrealism - best known for its visual artworks and writings and juxtaposition of uncommon imagery
  • Dadaism - artists express discontent toward violence, war and nationalism and maintained political affinities
  • Expressionism - style of painting or music in which the artist or writer seek to express emotional experience
  • Impressionism - refers to the style of painting of appreciation to beautiful places, persons or things
  • Cartooning - type of image or illustration sometimes animated, typically in a non-realistic or semi realistic style
• Two kinds of art as to subject

  • Representation Art or Objective Art - represent object that are commonly recognize by most people
  • Non-representational Art or Non-objective Art - those art without any reference to anything outside itself (without representation)
• Medium


  The materials which the artist use in making artworks with different techniques
• Technique


  The way the artist controls his medium to achieve the desired effect
• Elements of visual arts

  • Line
  • Form
• Kinds of line


  • Straight line - Horizontal, vertical, diagonal
  • Curve line - Zigzag, wave lines, curl lines, spiral, arc/semi circle
  • Broken line - Dotted, dashed
• Symbolisms of line


  • Horizontal line - peace, justice, balance, death
  • Vertical line - stability, strength, pride, dignity
  • Diagonal line - movement, injustice, favoritism, development, success and failure
  • Curve lines - misleading, movement, development, status, confusion, insanity
  • Broken line - disorder, separation, guide, secrecy
• Kinds of form


  • Polygons - Triangles, quadrilaterals (square, rectangle, trapezoid, rhombus, parallelogram), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, and others
  • Deformed - Shapes cloud-shaped, heart-shaped, tear drop-shaped, and others
  • Circle or round
• Symbolisms of form


  • Circle/Round - infinity, immortality, group, friendship, unity, mystery, power, hope, love
  • Triangle - mystery, hierarchy, leadership
• Types of lines


  • Zigzag
  • Wave lines
  • Curl lines
  • Spiral
  • Arc/semi circle
  • Broken line
  • Dotted
  • Dashed
• Horizontal line


  Symbolises peace, justice, balance, death
• Vertical line


  Symbolises stability, strength, pride, dignity
• Diagonal line


  Symbolises movement, injustice, favoritism, development, success and failure
• Curve lines


  Symbolise misleading, movement, development, status, confusion, insanity
• Broken line


  Symbolises disorder, separation, guide, secrecy
• Form


  The visual shape of an object
• Types of forms


  • Polygons (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon)
  • Deformed shapes (cloud-shaped, heart-shaped, tear drop-shaped)
  • Circle/round
• Circle/round


  Symbolises infinity, immortality, group, friendship, unity, mystery, power, hope, love
• Triangle


  Symbolises mystery, hierarchy, leadership, family, home
• Star


  Symbolises merit, fame
• Heart


  Symbolises love
• Texture


  The softness and roughness of an object
• Softness


  Symbolises smoothness, joy, relaxation, success
• Roughness


  Symbolises failures, struggles, melancholy trials, hardwork
• Value


  The lightness and darkness of an object