Q1 Arts Appreciation

• Aristotle: 'Art completes what nature cannot bring to a finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature's unrealized ends.'
• Michelangelo: 'The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.'
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: 'Art is a mediator of the unspeakable.'
• Paul Gauguin: 'Art is a mad search for individualism.'
• Bertolt Brecht: 'Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.'
• Art


  The expression of man's ideas, imagination, and emotions through the use of his body
• Characteristics of Art


  • Man-made
  • Unique
  • Aesthetics
• Types of Art


  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
  • Literature
  • Music
• Space


  Refers to the distances or areas around, between, and within components of a piece
• Positive space


  Refers to the subject of the piece itself
• Negative space


  Refers to the empty spaces the artist has created around, between, and within the subject
• Elements of Art


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


  Indicates direction, orientation, movement, and energy. It is considered as the oldest, simplest, universal element
• Vertical line


  • Basic framework of all forms, power, strength, stability, simplicity, and efficiency
• Horizontal line


  • Creates an impression of serenity and perfect stability, rest, calmness, peace, and repose
• Jagged line


  • Shows violence, confusion, and conflict
• Curved line


  • Shows a gradual change of direction and fluidity and signifies subtle form
• Shape


  An enclosed space, a bounded two-dimensional form that has both length and width
• Organic shapes


  • Based on natural or living forms and can be irregular
• Geometric shapes


  • Based on measured forms
• Paintings


  • Christina's World by Andre Wyeth, 1948
• Sculptures


  • Rizal Monument by Richard Kissling, 1913
  • Winged Victory Samothrace (220 - 190 BCE)
  • Aphrodite, Pan, and Eros (c. 100)
  • Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Melos) (c. 100)
  • Laocoon and his Sons (42 - 20 BCE)
• Form


  Connotes something that is three-dimensional and encloses volume, having length, width, and height
• Geometric forms


  • Mathematical, precise, and can be named, as in the basic geometric forms: sphere, cube, pyramid, cone, and cylinder
• Organic forms


  • Free-flowing, curvy, sinewy, and are not symmetrical or easily measurable or named
• Color


  Produced when light, striking an object, is reflected in the eye
• Classification of Colors


  • Primary colors
  • Secondary colors
  • Intermediate colors
• Hue


  Refers to the names we assign a color
• Saturation


  Refers to the vividness of color
• Value


  Lightness or darkness of the color
• Principles of Art


  • Emphasis
  • Balance
  • Harmony
  • Variety
  • Movement
  • Unity
• Emphasis


  The composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the body of the work
• Balance


  A sense of stability in the body of work. It can be created by repeating the same shapes and by creating a feeling of equal weight
• Harmony


  Achieved in a body of work by using similar elements throughout the work, harmony gives an uncomplicated look to your work
• Variety


  Refers to the differences in the work, you can achieve variety by using different shapes, textures, colors, and values
• Movement


  Adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewer's eye throughout the picture plane
• Unity


  Is seen in a painting or drawing when all the parts equal a whole
• Fresco


  The painting of color pigments on wet lime plaster without a binding agent when the plaster absorbs the paint, it is fixed and protected from fading
• Frescoes


  • Minoan Dolphin Fresco from Knossos, Crete, 1700 - 1450 BCE
  • Minoan Bull - leaping Fresco from Knossos, Crete, 1450 - 1400 BCE
  • Minoan Griffin Fresco from Knossos, 1700 - 1450 BCE
• Pottery


  Achieved prominence from 1000 BCE to 400 BCE, vases were meant to be used in everyday life, painters were partnering with potters in creating vases