ART APP REVIEWER

• Art


  The process or product of arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions
• Art


  Creations and ways of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture and paintings
• Humanities


  Branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture
• Humanities


  Includes the study of all languages and literatures, the arts, history, and philosophy
• Art history


  Also called art historiography, historical study that deals with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historic development
• Art history


  • To discover who made a particular art object
  • To understand the stylistic and formal development of artistic traditions on a large scale and within a broad historical perspective
• Four common essentials of art

  • Art has to be man-made
  • Art must be creative, not imitative
  • Art must benefit and satisfy man
  • Art is expressed through a certain medium or material by which the artist communicates himself to his audiences
• The seven major arts

  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Literature
• Visual arts


  Expression of skills and imagination through painting, sculpture, and architecture
• Performing/combined arts


  Live art where the artist's medium is mainly the human body, also employs other kinds of art like film, music, dance, and theatre
• Applied arts


  Incorporating elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetical value, such as fashion design, furniture design, interior design, and graphic design
• Digital art


  Art that is made with the assistance of electronic devices, or intended to be displayed on a computer
• Art is universal: it is everywhere and timeless because it goes beyond the time of our own existence
• Art is not nature: it is man-made, a creation of man utilizing his thoughtful skills and artistry
• Art involves experience: we can only appreciate art if we spend time to look at it, listen to it, touch it, and feel its presence
• Categories of art


  • Movie
  • Novel
  • Poem
  • Music
  • Architectural structure
  • Piece of clothing
• Art as an imitation

  According to Plato, artists are imitators and art is just an imitation
• Form


  An objective "blueprint" of perfection, the forms are perfect themselves because they are unchanging
• Plato was suspicious of art and artists because they appeal to emotion rather than reason, and they imitate rather than lead one to reality
• Socrates claimed that art is just an imitation of imitation, and art is dangerous because it provides a petty replacement for the real entities that can only be attained through reason
• Art as a representation


  According to Aristotle, art does not aim to represent reality as it is but to provide a vision of what might be or the many possibilities in reality
• Art as a disinterested judgement


  According to Immanuel Kant, the judgement of beauty is the cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity
• Art as a communication of emotion

  According to Tolstoy, genuine art conveys universal human feelings and thus has a moral function
• Types of subjects in art

  • Representational art (also called figurative art)
  • Non-representational art (also called non-objective art)
• Sources and kinds of subjects in art

  • Nature
  • History
  • Greek and Roman mythology
  • Judeo-Christian tradition
  • Sacred oriental texts
  • Other works of art
  • History
  • Still life
  • Animals
  • Figures
  • Landscapes
  • Seascape
  • Cityscape
  • Mythology
  • Myth
  • Dreams
  • Fantasies
• Content of art


  The intellectual, psychological, spiritual, narrative or aesthetic aspect of the work
• Types of content meaning in art

  • Factual meaning
  • Conventional meaning
  • Subjective meaning
• Subject, content, and form are important in art because they contribute to the expression of meaning, personal and cultural narratives, and the overall aesthetic experience
• Artist


  A creative individual who uses their imagination and skills to communicate in an art form
• Artisan


  A skilled worker who makes things with their hands, for use or decoration
• Production process


  • Pre-production
  • Production
  • Post-production
• Medium


  The materials used by an artist to create a work of art
• Technique


  The artist's ability and knowledge or technical know-how in manipulating the medium
• Key components of the art market

  • Art buyer
  • Curator
  • Art dealer
• Stages in the curatorial process

  • Germination (idea)
  • Assimilation
  • Completion
• Elements of art


  • Line
  • Shape
  • Form
  • Value
  • Texture
  • Space
  • Color
• Principles of art


  • Pattern
  • Emphasis
  • Contrast
  • Variety
  • Unity
  • Balance
  • Rhythm
  • Proportion