PRELIM 02 - Imagination, Creativity, and Expression Flashcards
“The role of art as a creative work is to depict the world in a completely different light and perspective”
Jean Paul Satre
Is not constrained by the wall of the norm, but goes beyond that
Imagination
“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
Albert Einstein
Is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities
Creativity
Can refer to a person who produces a work
Creative
“What an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it”
Robin George Collingwood
Creations that fall under this category are those that appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly visual
Visual arts
3 artistic disciplines that also involves a visual aspect
Performance arts, Theater, Applied arts
6 examples of visual arts
Paintings, Drawings, Letterings, Printing, Sculptures, Digital imaging
Refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement
Film
Focused on film’s aesthetic, cultural, and social value and is considered both an art and industry
Filmmaking
Is a live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body that he or she uses to perform
Performance art
Is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions through words
Poetry/Poetry performance
Is the making of beautiful buildings
Architecture
3 important elements that must be represented in buildings
Plan, Construction, Design
Is a series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment
Dance
Usage of words to express themselves and communicate emotions to the readers
Literary art
Uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience
Theater
5 genres of theater
Drama, Musical, Tragedy, Comedy, Improvisation
Incorporating elements of style and design items to increase their aesthetic value
Applied arts
4 examples of applied arts
Industrial design, Interior design, Fashion design, Graphic design
7 methods in reading art
Formalism and style, Iconography, Contextual approaches, Biography and autobiography, Semiotics, Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics and psychoanalysis
Gives importance to the formal qualities as basis for the meaning of art
Formalism and style
Focuses on the subject matter primarily over the form
Iconography
Context becomes an important factor in criticizing artworks
Contextual approaches
Considers the life and text of the artist
Biography and autobiography
Artworks or art forms is assumed to be composed of a set of signs that may have significant cultural and contextual meanings
Semiotics
Greek word which means sign
Sema
One is concerned about the unconscious mind in relation to the artist, the viewer, and the cultural context it is involved in
Psychoanalysis
Individual notion of what is considered acceptable, beautiful and attractive in works of art are in part influenced by psychological factors
Aesthetics and psychoanalysis