Art Appreciation (Midterms) Flashcards
Kinds of subject
- Still life
- Landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes
- Animals
- Portraits
- Figures
- Everyday life
- History and legends
- Religion mythology
- Dream and fantasies
A kind of subject wherein most of the world’s religions have used the arts to aid in worship, to instruct, to inspire feelings of devotion and to impress and convert non-believers.
Religion and Mythology
It is one of the sources of subject of art that interprets and analyzes primary sources. They may provide historical context or critical perspectives.
Secondary sources
______ are usually vague and illogical.
Dreams/Dreams and Fantasies
A kind of subject that deals with consisting verifiable facts while legends are of unverifiable facts.
History and Legends
A kind of subject that pertains to artists having always shown a deep concern about life around them.
Everyday life
It is any personal meaning consciously or unconsciously conveyed by the artist using a private symbolism which stems from his own association of certain objects, actions, or colors with past experience
Subjective meaning
Two types of subject of art
Representational or objective
Non-representational or non-objective
It may refer to a visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork.
Subject of art
Sources of subject of art (two types)
Primary & secondary sources
_________ are realistic likeness of a person in sculpture, painting, drawing or print.
Portraits
A kind of subject wherein the sculptures’ chief subject has traditionally been the human body, nude or clothed. The body’s form, structure and flexibility offers the artist a big challenge to depict it in a variety of ways ranging from the idealistic as in the classical Greek sculptures to the most abstract.
Figures
______________ art or __________ art represents objects or events in the real world, usually looking easily recognizable.
Representational, figurative
In simple terms, the subject is seen as the _____; the content is the _____ and the form is the ______.
What
Why
How
Sources of subject of art (Examples)
Nature
History
Greek and Roman mythology
Christian tradition
Other works of art
These are arts without any reference to anything outside itself (without representation).
Non-representational or non-objective
It is the literal meaning or the narrative content in the work which can be directly apprehended because the objects presented are easily recognized.
Factual meaning
________ is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork.
Content
A kind of subject where artists have always been fascinated with their physical environment.
Landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes
It refers to the special meaning that a certain object has in a particular culture or group of people.
Conventional meaning
__________ of art refers to any person, object, scene or event described or represented in a work of art.
Subject
How the elements and the medium or material are put together is the _____.
form
Three different levels of meaning
Factual meaning
Conventional meaning
Subjective meaning
These are groups of inanimate objects arranged in an indoor setting.
Still Life
It is one of the sources of subject of art that provides first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation.
Primary sources
They have been represented by artists from almost every age and place. In fact, the earliest paintings are representation of these on the walls of caves.
Animals
An _____ is considered to be a person with the talent and the skills to conceptualize and make creative works.
artist
An ______ is dedicated only to the creative side, making visually pleasing work only for the enjoyment and appreciation of the viewer but with no functional value.
artist
An ______ is essentially a manual worker or a craftsman who makes items with his or her hands and who through skill, experience and talent can create things of great beauty as well as being functional.
artisan
An _____ is a person who performs any of the creative arts.
artist
An _______ is a skilled worker who makes things by hand.
artisan
Characteristics of Artist and Artisan
Artistic Value:
Artist: The object has a ___________.
Artisan: The object has __________.
clear artistic value; an artistic value
Characteristics of Artist and Artisan
Functional Value:
Artist: The object has __________.
Artisan: The object has __________.
no functional value; a functional value
Characteristics of Artist and Artisan
Object:
Artist: The object has a lot of______________ and is appreciated for this quality as it pleases the individual.
Artisan: The object though utilitarian has _____________ to it.
aesthetic value; certain aesthetic attributes
The ____________ is the highest distinction bestowed upon Filipino Artists whose body of work is recognized by their peers and more importantly by their countrymen as sublime expression of Philippine music, dance, theatre, visual arts, literature, film and media, arts, architecture and design.
National Artist Award
Administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Sentrong pang Kultura sa Filipinas) through ___________ dated _____________ by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos, the government of the Philippines confers the award to deserving individuals as recommended by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
proclamation no.1001; April 2, 1972
The National Artist Award for __________ has only been bestowed to three notable architects.
Architecture
Meaning of GAMABA
Gawad ng Manlilikha ng Bayan Award
In ___________, the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National Living Treasures Award was institutionalized through ___________.
April 1992; Republic Act No. 7355
Tasked with the administration and implementation of the GAMABA is the _____________, the highest policy-making and coordinating body for culture and the arts of the State.
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
