ART APP MIDTERMS/SUMMATIVE

• Humanities


  Refers to art, literature, music, architecture, dance, the theatre and other subjects, all of which have one main objective: to focus the attention on the life and achievement of man
• Art appreciation


  The ability to interpret or understand arts and enjoy them
• Aesthetics


  It pertains to beauty or object which emphasizes beauty rather than usefulness
• Art


  • The making or the composition of things useful for our human needs
  • The arrangements of certain elements and qualities made for the contemplation of the mind and relaxation of the spirit
  • An expression of life, beauty, harmony and truth
  • Its purpose is to create something meaningful, beautiful or interesting to man
• Essential requirements of art

  • Art must be man-made
  • It must benefit and satisfy man
  • It must be expressed through certain medium or material
• Imitation in art (Aristotle's teaching)


  • "Art aims at imitating nature"
  • "Imitation is natural to man"
  • "It is natural to man to delight in works of imitation"
• Art is everywhere

  • Art as expression & communication
  • Art as experience
  • Art as beauty
• Divisions of art according to purpose

  • Practical or useful arts
  • Fine arts
  • Liberal arts
  • Major arts
  • Minor arts

  
• Practical or useful arts


  When human activity is directed to produce things, which cope with the human needs
• Areas of practical arts

  • Industrial arts
  • Agricultural arts
  • Homemaking arts
  • Business and distributive arts
  • Fishery arts
• Fine arts


  The products of human creative activity in so far as they express beauty in different ways and media, for the contemplation of the mind and the relaxation of the spirit
• Visual arts


  • 2-Dimensional: Painting, Drawings, Mosaics, Print Making, Calligraphy, Photography
  • 3-Dimensional: Architecture, Pottery, Sculptures
• Performing arts


  • Dance
  • Theatre
  • Film
• Liberal arts


  Intellectual efforts are considered, it also takes the term art in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically fine arts. Its central academic disciplines include philosophy, logic, linguistics, literature, history, political science, sociology, and psychology
• Major arts


  Characterized by their actual and potential expressiveness
• Minor arts


  Connected with practical uses and purposes
• Divisions of art according to media and forms

  • Plastic arts
  • Mixed arts
  • Phonetic arts
• Plastic arts


  The term "plastic art" - derived from the word "plasticize", meaning "to mold" - describes any art form which involves modelling or molding in three dimensions
• Mixed arts (mixed media)


  A term used to describe artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials
• Phonetic arts


  Based on sounds and words as media of expression
• Elements of art


  • Line
  • Shape
  • Color
  • Value
  • Form
  • Texture
  • Space
• Line


  Considered by many to be the most basic element of art, "a moving dot/point"
• Types of line


  • Horizontal lines
  • Vertical lines
  • Diagonal/Slanting lines
  • Zigzag lines
  • Curve and Spiral lines
  • Broken lines
• Horizontal lines


  Lines that are parallel to the horizon and generally flow from left to right or vice versa
• Vertical lines


  Lines that move up and down without any slant
• Diagonal/Slanting lines


  A straight line that sets at an angle instead of straight up or across
• Zigzag lines


  A series of diagonal lines joined end to end
• Curve and Spiral lines


  Lines that bend in any amount of degree, they may be gently wavy to tightly wound spirals
• Broken lines


  A discontinuous line or series of line segments
• Shape


  A flat, enclosed area that has two dimensions (length and width). They help to create complex drawings and paintings, affect composition, and contribute to the balance within a work
• Categories of shape


  • Geometric shape
  • Organic shape
• Geometric shapes


  Also called regular shapes, are shapes that are easy to recognize and generally have a specific name associated with them
• Organic shapes


  Also called freeform shapes, are shapes that seem to follow no rules, have a natural look and a flowing and curving appearance, and are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals
• Color


  Refers to a way that we describe an object based on the way that it reflects or emits light, and is considered as one of the most dominant or important elements
• Color wheel


  A circular arrangement of colors organized by chromatic relationship to one another
• Properties of color


  • Hue
  • Saturation
  • Value
  • Temperature
• Hue


  Pretty much synonymous with what we actually mean when we said the word "color", the name of a certain color
• Saturation (Intensity or Chroma)


  Refers to how vibrant or dull a colour is, desaturated - grayed out (dull), saturated - vibrant/strong
• Value


  Refers to the lightness and darkness of a particular colour, we can divide these value changes into shades, tints, and tones
• Humanities


  Refers to art, literature, music, architecture, dance, the theatre and other subjects, all of which have one main objective: to focus the attention on the life and achievement of man