L02 Elements of Visual Arts

Question 1

Defining Art

Representaion of replication of something beautiful or meaningful

Copy of something

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Mimesis

Question 2

Defining Art

Arrangement of lines, colors, shapes, and other aesthetic elements

Connection and combination of elements

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Formalism

Question 3

Defining Art

Expression of subjective experiences and emotions

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Expressionism

Question 4

Defining Art

• Expression or application of human creative skill and imagination
• Typically in visual: Painting & Sculpture
• Producing works to be appreacited primarily for their beauty or emotional power

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Oxford Dictionary

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Defining Art

Art is what you can get away with

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Andy Warhol

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Defining Art

Art is either plagiarism or revolution

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Gauguin

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Art forms that created primarily for visual perception

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Visual Arts

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Significant cultural component and aim at communicating ideas, entertaining, awakening emotions in us and so much more

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Visual Arts

Question 9

Ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy, which commonly signifies interpretation of a written or printed text

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Visual Literacy

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Reading Visual Arts

Enumerate

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• Context depended
• Active process
• Cultural trajectory
• Applying selection and omission
• Focus in each element

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Analyzing Artwork

Enumerate and Questions

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• Description: What do you see?
• Analyze: How did the artist do it?
• Interpretation: What is the artist trying to say?
• Evaluation: What do I think about this artwork?

Question 12

Roles of Visual Arts in the Society

Enumeration

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• Cultural preservation
• Inspiration and expression
• Social and political activism
• Historical interpretation

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Classification of Arts

Uses any medium to represent the artist’s idea, emotion, and imagination

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Visual Arts

Question 14

Classification of Arts

Evoke emotions from the viewers

Visual Arts

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Painting

Question 15

Classification of Arts

Representing an imagined or observed objects in hard materials

Visual Arts

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Sculpture

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Classification of Arts

Provides us the structure we live in

Visual Arts

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Architecture

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Classification of Arts

Artist use their own body, face, and presence as a medium

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Performing Arts

Question 18

Classification of Arts

Centered on creative writing and other composition intended for reading

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Literary Arts

Question 19

Formal Elements of Arts

• Path left by moving a point
• Can take many forms
• Can be thick, thin, vertical, horizontal, etc.
• Can be invisible

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Lines

Question 20

Formal Elements of Arts

Formal Qualities of Line

Lines

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• Has weight: Thin, heavy, bold, delicate, varies, etc.
• Has action: Dynamic, static, restful
• Has character: Straight, curved, organic
• Can construct, render, describe, divide, be implied
• May imply direction or movement, define figures, measure, fill, shade, etc.

Question 21

Formal Elements of Arts

Implied Lines

Lines

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• Posture, hand positions, or direction
• Subtle change of plane
• Still-life and landscape drawing

Question 22

Formal Elements of Arts

Area enclosed by a line

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Shape

Question 23

Formal Elements of Arts

2D figure displaying:

Height & Width

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Shape

Question 24

Formal Elements of Arts

Mathematical:
* Squares
* Circles
* Triangles

Shape

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Geometric Shapes

Question 25

# Formal Elements of Arts Asymmetrical or Irregular: * Blob * Splatter * Spiked | Shape

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Organic Shape

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# Formal Elements of Arts * Surface quality of something * Appeals to our sense of touch * Evoke feelings of pleasure, discomforty, or familiarity * Created using marks

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Texture

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# Formal Elements of Arts * Real or implied * Enhances or downplay through the manipulation of light and angle * Smooth, rough, matte, glossy, etc. | Texture

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2D * Painting * Drawing * Printmaking

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# Formal Elements of Arts Relies on the materials used * Marble * Bronze * Clay * Metal * Wood | Texture

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3D * Sculpture * Pottery

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# Formal Elements of Arts Used to portray mood, light, depth, and point of view in a work of art

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Color

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# Formal Elements of Arts Primary Secondary Tertiary | Colors: Enumeration

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* **Primary**: Red, blue, and yellow * **Secondary**: Orange, violet, and green * **Tertiary**: Combination of primary & secondary

Question 30

# Formal Elements of Arts Shade Tint Tones | Color: Enumeration

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* **Shade** - Mixture with black * **Tint** - Mixture with white * **Tone** - Mixture with gray

Question 31

# Formal Elements of Arts Hue Saturation Luminance | Color: Enumeration

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* **Hue** - Any color in the color wheel * **Saturation** - Intensity or purity * **Luminance** - Amount of brightness

Question 32

# Formal Elements of Arts Repeated in a piece of work or an associated piece of works

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Pattern

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# Formal Elements of Arts Design that keeps on occurring | Pattern

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Motif

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# Formal Elements of Arts Lightness or darkness of something

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Tone

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# Formal Elements of Arts Overall impression of color that you get when considering as a whole | Tone

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Global Tone

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# Formal Elements of Arts * Used to emphasize a particular subject or area * Contrast this to the rest of the artwork | Tone

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Local Tone

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# Formal Elements of Arts Drama or darkness | Tone

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Dark Tones

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# Formal Elements of Arts Drawing attention to a point | Tones

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Light Tones

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# Formal Elements of Arts Result of closed lines either 2d or flat lines

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Shape

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# Formal Elements of Arts Used as decoration, technique of composition, or as an entire piece of artwork

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Pattern

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# Formal Elements of Arts Diverse and useful as a tool that grabs a viewer's attention whether it be subtle or apparent

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Pattern

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# Formal Elements of Arts Area betwee, around, above, and below within things

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Space

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# Formal Elements of Arts Area where the subject or area of interest is | Space

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Positive Space

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# Formal Elements of Arts Area around the subject or area of interest | Space

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Negative Space