Art: Chapter 2

• Aesthetics


  A branch of philosophy devoted to the study of art and beauty
• Craft


  The application of human skills through the use of a hand, to produce things for various human purposes
• Arts and Crafts started during the 19th century in Europe as a design reform and as a social movement motivated by William Morris
• Types of Arts and Crafts


  • Textile
  • Wood
  • Metal
  • Paper or Canvas
  • Plants
• Textile Crafts


  • Cross-stitch
  • Crochet
  • Sewing
  • Weaving
  • Tatting
  • Shoemaking
  • Lace
  • Macrame
  • Millinery
  • String art
• Wood Crafts


  • Carpentry
  • Marquetry
  • Woodturning
  • Wood carving
  • Cabinetry
  • Upholstery
• Metal Crafts


  • Jewelry
  • Metal Casting
  • Welded sculpture
• Paper or Canvas Crafts


  • Bookbinding
  • Card making
  • Collage
  • Origami
  • Paper-Mache
  • Scrapbooking
  • Rubber Stamping
• Plant Crafts


  • Corn dolly making
  • Floral Design
  • Pressed flower craft
• Harmony


  When all of the elements of art interact well in an artwork, visual harmony is attained
• Variety


  Using differing colors, lines, and shapes within an artwork to make key areas stand out
• Balance


  The symmetry of opposing visual forces, created by combining colors, forms, shapes or textures harmoniously
• Movement


  The way that an eye moves throughout a work of art, created by the artist to drive the eye to the focal point
• Emphasis


  The need for an artist to create a focal point within an artwork that the viewer's eye should be drawn to
• Proportion


  The sizes of elements in an artwork are combined harmoniously, to depict the human form within the proper proportion
• Rhythm


  The use of visual pattern within a work of art, created by repeating certain colors, lines or shapes in specific areas
• Motivated Functions of Art


  • Art for Acting
  • Art for healing
  • Art for political change
  • Art for propaganda (Commercialism)
  • Art for communication
• Textile


  From a Latin phrase texere which means "to braid" or "to construct"
• Textile crafts


  • Work with fabric, yarn or surface design
  • Use plant or any synthetic fibers in creating practical or decorative objects
• Textile crafts


  • Cross-stitch
  • Crocket
  • Sewing
  • Weaving
  • Tatting
  • Shoemaking
  • Lace
  • Macramé
  • Millinery
  • String art
• Cross-stitch


  A popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture
• Crocket


  A process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook
• Sewing


  The craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread
• Weaving


  A fabric production method in which yarns are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth
• Tatting


  A technique for handcrafting particularly in making durable lace which is constructed by a series of knots and loops
• Shoemaking


  The process of making footwear
• Lace


  An openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand
• Macramé


  A form of textile-making which requires very few tools and just some pure knowledge of basic knotting
• Millinery


  The designing and manufacture of hats
• String art


  An arrangement of colored thread strung between points to form an abstract geometric design
• Wood crafts


  • Pertain to the woods, especially in making one's way through the woods or in hunting, trapping, etc.
  • Relate to subsistence lifestyles with implications of hunting-gathering
• Wood crafts


  • Carpentry
  • Marquetry
  • Woodturning
  • Wood carving
  • Cabinetry
  • Upholstery
• Carpentry


  A skilled trade in the cutting, shaping, and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings
• Marquetry


  The art and craft of applying pieces of veneer (thin slices of wood) to a structure to form decorative designs
• Woodturning


  A form of woodworking that is used to create wooden objects
• Wood carving


  A form of woodworking to form a wooden figure or objects by using a knife or a chisel
• Cabinetry


  A skill in making a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and drawers for keeping various objects
• Upholstery


  The work of building cushion and cover furniture
• Metal crafts


  • The art of executing artistic designs in metal for both practical and aesthetic purposes
  • Designed for decorative items or functional objects that are beneficial and useful to us all
  • Works are of bronze, silver, gold, tin, copper, lead, brass, and iron
• Metal crafts


  • Jewelry
  • Metal Casting
  • Welded sculpture