Art App. Reviewer Flashcards
Study of how people record and document human experiences.
Humanities
Greek word of Humanities
Humanus
Domains of learning humanities
Cognitive, Psychomotor and Affective Domain
Acquisition of knowledge
Cognitive Domain
Relationship between cognitive functions and physical movement
Psychomotor Domain
Attitudinal learning.
Affective Domain
Human ingenuity in adapting natural things into man’s use.
Art
Art came from the word ___ meaning ___
“ars” “skill”
The ability to interpret or understand man-made arts and enjoy them.
Art Appreciation
Functions of art
Personal/individual, social, economic, political, historical, religious, physical, and aesthetic Function
Artist have their personal reasons
Personal/individual Function
Used as a way of man to associate with others.
Social Function
Used as source of income
Economic Function
Uses to promote political programs
Political Function
Serves as a medium to record historical figures and events.
Historical function
Used to process faith or worship God.
Religious Function
Used for architectural
Physical Function
Artworks serves to beautify
Aesthetic Function
Genres of art
Visual arts, audio-visual arts, literary arts.
Perceived by the eyes.
Visual arts
Two under visual arts
Graphic arts and plastic arts
Visual arts that have length and width Also called two-dimensional
Graphic Arts
Have length, width, and volume. Also called three-dimensional arts.
Plastics arts
Perceived by both ears and eyes
Audio-visual arts
Presented in the written mode
Literary arts
Factors affecting art styles
Geographical, Historical, social, ideational, psychological, technical factors
Place where the artist stays influences his works
Geographical factor
Historical events expert a great influence on artists
Historical Factor
Social issues affects the artist.
Social Factor
Idea coming from various people also influence artists
Ideational factor
Psychological make-up or frame of mind
Psychological Factor
Artist are affected by their current set of skills
Technical Factor
Division of Arts
Aesthetic or art appreciation
Art history
Art production
Art criticism
Four common essentials of arts
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 audience
Elements of Visual arts
Line, color, texture, shape and forms, volume/value, space and perspective
A series of connected dots. (Give the 2 kinds)
Line
Expressive lines and constructive lines
Lines tend to be found in nature
Expressive lines
Lines that are very measures, geometric, directional and angular
Constructive lines
Have some psychological and other connotations
Color
Associated with the sense of touch. It is the surface characteristic of an area. ( Give the 2 types)
Texture
Tactile or real texture
Implied texture
The way the surface of an object actually feels
Tactile or real texture
The way the surface of an object looks like it feels
Implied texture
External appearance of clearly defined area
Shape
Overall composition
Form
2 types of shapes
Geometric and organic shapes
Have smooth even edges
Geometric shapes
Have more complicated edges and usually found in nature.
Organic shapes
The lightness or darkness of a color. It imitate natural light. (Give the 2 kinds)
Value
Cross-hatching
Stippling
Is when you use irregular lengths of parallel lines that cross over each other diagonally
Cross-hatching
Use of dots to create shades
Stippling
Area or surface occupied by the artwork
Space
Angle of vision
Perspectives
Perspective is manifested in these two situations:
That nearer objects appear bigger and taller than father objects and;
The parallel lines seem to meet at the farthest end.
Methods of presenting subject
Realism, abstractionism, surrealism, symbolism, fauvism, dadaism, expressionism, impressionism, futurism.
Also term naturalism.
Realism
Drawing away from realism
Abstractionism
Types of abstractionism
Distortion, mangling, elongation, cubism, abstract expression
Misshaped form
Distortion
Parts are cuts
Mangling
Elongated form
Elongation
Use of cubes
Cubism
Use of strong color
Abstract expressionism
Beyond realism. Influence by ___, the father of ___
Surrealism
Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis
Presents symbolically
Symbolism
Optimistic realism
Fauvism
Shocking realism
Dadaism
Emotional realism
Expressionism
Based on artist’s impression
Impressionism
Realism in the future
Futurism
Expression of ideas and emotions, in a two-dimensional visual language
Painting
How was painting invented?
Emerged in pre-history, when nomadic people made use of paintings on rocky walls
Who made the first painting?
Made by primitive men, believe to have been made by Homo Neanderthalensis in the pre-historic era
Where was the first painting made?
The first painting, which is also known as rock painting or rock art, was made in shelter, caves
What is the origin of painting?
Born in neolithic period
One of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world
Chinese painting
Most highly refined artworks
Japanese painting
Began around 108 B.C around the fall of gojoseon
Korean painting
Continuous tradition from antiquity until the present time.
Western painting
Indigenous native cultures produced creative works
American painting
The depiction of humans, animals or any other figurative subjects is forbidden within islam
Islamic painting
Do not have great interest in two-dimensional represetations. Paintings are often abstract and geometric. Includes body and face painting
African painting
Basic ingredients of painting
Pigment, binder, and solvent
Mediums in painting
Encaustic, tempera, fresco, gouache, oil painting, and acrylic painting
Also know as hot wax painting. Involves heated wax medium.
Encaustic
Made by mixture with the yolk of fresh eggs
Tempera
Type of wall created with natural pigments and clays.
Fresco
2 types of fresco
Buon fresco (wet)
Secco fresco (dry)
Water-medium paint. Designed to be opaque
Gouache
Most common technique for artistic painting on canvas
Oil painting
Executed in the medium of synthetic acrylic resins
Acrylic painting
3 production process
Pre-production
Production
Post-production
Exposes the visual testing
Pre-production
The actual painting
Production
Process on how the art will be expose or publicized
Post-production
Techniques in painting
Underpainting
Blocking in
Building up texture
Dry brushing
Glazing
Painting with Mediums
First layer of the painting which serves as a base
Underpainting
Covers up the base of the painting
Blocking in
Smooth transitions
Building up texture
Applying light paint over dried dark areas
Dry brushing
Process of laying a coat of transparent paint
Glazing
Mediums are fluids
Painting with Mediums
Make decisions about which works of art should be displayed and how they should be seen
Curators
