ConPhilArts 2nd sem exam

• Subject


  What we see, hear, smell, taste or touch
• Theme


  What connects subjects to their social milieu, something that goes beyond the literal
• Medium


  The material, or the substance out of which a work is made. The nature of the art forms
• Sculpture


  • Three-dimensional art
  • Made of metal, wood, stone, clay and glass
  • Pottery is a good example
• Architecture


  • Three-dimensional art
  • Made of wood, bamboo, bricks, stone, concrete and various building materials
• Painting


  • Three-dimensional art
  • Made of metal, wood, stone, clay and glass
  • Pottery is a good example
• Printmaking


  • Ink printed or transferred on a surface (wood, plates, silk screen)
• Music


  • Uses sounds and instruments
• Dance


  • Uses body and movements
• Theater Arts


  • Stage art production
• Photography


  • Film, camera recording
• Literature


  • Uses of words, either fiction or nonfiction
  • Example of today is poetry
• Techniques


  The manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to achieve desired formal effect and communicate the desired meaning or concept
• Techniques


  • Filipino Struggles Through History, 1963 by Carlos Francisco
• Line


  • A mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline
  • Can create texture and can be thick and thin
  • Types include actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal and contour line
• Horizontal Lines


  • Lines of repose and serenity
  • Express ideas of calmness and quiescence
• Vertical Lines


  • Poised for action
  • Poised, balanced, forceful, and dynamic
  • Express an impression of dignity
• Diagonal Lines


  • Suggest action and movement
  • Give animation to any composition
• Curved Lines


  • Suggest grace, movement, flexibility, and joyousness
• Three Main Types of Lines


  • Repetition
  • Contrast
  • Transition
• Color


  An element of art with three properties: Hue, Intensity, and Value
• Hue


  The pure spectrum colors commonly referred to by the "color names" - red, orange, yellow, blue, green violet
• Color Wheel


  An abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, that shows relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors
• Value


  The lightness or darkness of a color
• Tints


  A hue's lighter value, created by adding white
• Shades


  A hue's darker value, created by adding black
• Intensity


  The brightness or darkness of color. It gives color strength
• Psychology of Color


  Colors have varied psychological and emotional connotations
• Psychological Associations of Colors


  • Black is associated with death and gloom
  • White stands for purity and innocence
  • Red is associated with blood, anger and fear
  • Green implies happiness and abundance
• Texture


  The element that deals with the characteristics of surfaces which can be rough or smooth, fine or coarse, shiny or dull, plain or irregular
• Perspective


  The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye judges spatial relationships
• Linear Perspective


  • The representation of an appearance of distance by means of converging lines
  • Has to do with the direction of lines and with the size of objects
  • Painters show the effect of space and distance by using converging lines and diminishing size
  • Parallel lines below the eye level seem to rise to a vanishing point in the horizon, while those above the eye level seem to descend to the vanishing point
  • Foreshortening is the representation of objects or parts of the body as smaller from the point of view
• Aerial Perspective


  • The representation of relative distances of objects by gradations of tone or color
  • Objects become fainter in the distance due to the effect of the atmosphere
  • Objects appear to be lighter in color as they recede into the distance or atmosphere
• Space


  • Distances or areas around, between or within components of a piece
  • Can be positive (white or light) or negative (black or dark), open or closed, shallow or deep and two-dimensional or three-dimensional
  • Sometimes space isn't actually within a piece, but the illusion of it is
• Positive Space


  The areas in a work of art that are the subjects, or areas of interest
• Negative Space


  The areas around the subjects, or areas of interest
• Form


  • The over-all design of a work of art
  • Describes the structure or shape of an object
  • Can be organic or geometric
• Organic Forms


  • Irregular in outline, and often asymmetrical
  • Most often thought of as naturally occurring
• Geometric Forms


  • Correspond to named regular shapes, such as squares, rectangles, circles, cubes, spheres, cones, and other regular forms
• Volume


  • The amount of space occupied in three dimensions
  • Refers to solidity or thickness