hum 2 Flashcards
is an expression of ideas and feelings
Art
defines art as:
“ The use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments or experiences that can be shared with others.”
Britannica Online
The Meaning of the word
ART
- Ability
- Process
- Product
The Human capacity to make things of beauty and things of beauty and things that stir us; skill, mastery, and creativity
Ability
The different classifications of art such as drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, music and photography; methods and processes
Process
The completed work; painting, sculpture, etc
Product
Forms of Art
- Literary arts
- Visual arts
- Performing arts
is the expression of artistic ideas through images, structures, and tactile works. Painting, sculpture, and architecture are some of its examples
Visual arts
This is the expression of ideas through the creative use of language
Literary arts
three main categories of literary artworks
- Poetry
- Prose
- Drama
This is the expression of ideas through performance in front of an audience
Performing arts
is made up of various elements
Art
pertains to emptiness, which may be positive space or negative space
Space
refers to the part that is enclosed in a shape
Positive Space
refers to the opposite part that the shape is enclosing
Negative Space
is a series of points
Line
(curved, dotted, or broken)
Form
(vertical, horizontal, or diagonal)
Direction
two-dimensional figure with length and width
Shape
is three-dimensional: it has the same dimensions as a shape except with added depth and therefore does not feel flat.
Form
may have lightness or darkness, or coolness or warmth
Color
property of color that pertains to the lightness or darkness.
Value
is the tactile or illusory surface of the piece
Texture
refers to the relationship of the elements, particularly the relative size of parts of a whole
Scale and Proportion
the unity of the artwork, specifically in reference to the arrangement of its parts
Harmony
refers to diversity. This means adding multiple elements to break the artwork’s monotony and make it more interesting
Variety
an artwork has movement when it incorporates the passage of time, even in an illusory manner.
Movement
refers to the repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern
Rhythm
refers to the even distribution of elements
Balance
when the designs are not equally distributed
Informal balance/ Asymmetry
when the weight of the designs is equally distributed
Formal Balance / Symmetry
is a principle that may refer to the greater impact given on a certain element.
Emphasis
serves as the opposite of emphasis as it refers to how certain elements supplement the emphasized elements in a design.
Subordination
bring life to the creation of art
elements and principles of art
7 elements of art
- Line
- Texture
- Shape
- Color
- Value
- Form
- Space
in an artwork can be used in many different ways. It can be used to suggest shape, pattern, form, structure, growth, depth, distance, rhythm, movement and a range of emotions.
Line
THEY GIVE A SENSE OF STABILITY
SRAIGHT LINES
Horizontal Lines
ARE UPRIGHT.
THEY GIVE A SENSE OF ELEGNACE AND POISE
Vertical Lines
GIVE A SENSE OF ACTIVITY,DRIVE AND ACTION.
STRAIGHT LINES THAT RUN OBLIQUE TO THE GROUND.
Diagonal Lines
TEND TO SUGGEST SMOOTHNESS, FREE FLOW, GRACEFULNESS, AND PLAYFULNESS
ARCHED LINES THAT MAY RUN IN ANY DIRECTION
Curvilinear Lines
The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or substance
Texture
is texture you can touch.it is tactile; it can be felt
Actual texture
2 kinds of shape
- Geometric
- Organic
involves color as perceived in screens like the television, the display monitor of a computer, tablets or smart phone
Additive System
Refers to color as perceived in physically tangible objects such as pigments on a canvas, materials in a sculpture, and so on.
Subtractive System
Primary Colors
- red
- yellow
- Blue
REFERS TO THE COLOR NAME ITSELF
Hue
REFERS TO THE DARKNESS OR LIGHTNESS OF THE HUE.
Value
COLORS ARE FORMED OUT OF THE ADDITION OF WHITE TO A HUE
Tinted
is the gradation of light to dark
Value
is the area around, above, and within an object
Space
refers to the subject or areas of interest in an artwork, such as a person’s face or figure in a portrait, the objects in a still life painting, or the trees in a landscape painting
Positive Space
is the background or the area that surrounds the subject of the work.
Negative Space
“Art made and produced by artists
living today.”
Contemporary art
Artwork that is
created by
today’s
contemporary
artists and has a
world view, and
is sensitive to
changing times.
Contemporary art
ELEMENTS/PRINCIPLES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
- Appropriation
- Performance
- Space
- Hybridity
- Technology
Existing artworks are
appropriated to
produce another
artwork
Appropriation
e evolved to
“emphasize spontaneous elements
of chance”
Performance
Arts transforming
space. For example,
flash mobs, art
installations in malls
and park
Space
– art form
that is performed
and positioned in a
specific space
such as public
places
Site Specific art forms
Usage of
unconventional
materials, mixing
of unlikely
materials to
produce an
artwork
Hybridity
Usage of technology
in the creation and
dissemination of art
works
Technology
is influenced by the economic, social, political and environmental context where the artist is immersed in.
Contemporary art
AS IT REFERS THE RELATIONSHIP BUILD AROUND THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY.
Communal Nature
AS FILIPINOS ARE IMMERSED IN THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS OF THEMSELVES, THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR CULTURE
Intuitive
AS INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS ARE PERCEIVED IN THEIR ENTIRELY AS WELL AS THE UNITIVE USE OF ART MATERIALS AND FORMS
Hollistic
AS THE ARTIST PUTS MORE EMPHASIS ON NOW THEIR ARTWORK WAS MADE THAN ON THE ARTWORK ITSELF
Creative Process
The creative Process
- Inspiration
- Idea
- Research
- Production
- Critique
- Rework
- Evaluation
- Presentation
AS IT ENCOMPASSES RELIGIOUS, MORAL, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Integrative
AS IT CONSIDERS EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE, THE WIDE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ARTWORK AS WELL AS BOTH ARTIST AND VIEWER
Multi-focal
