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Prelim Flashcards

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refers to mathematical ratio found in design which is used to create pleasing, natural looking compositions in a work of art.

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GOLDEN RATIO

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Beauty is what gives pleasure when seen (St. Thomas Aquinas)

• Beauty should not be limited to visual appeal alone

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BEAUTY IN ART

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Functions of art

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Physical
Personal
Social

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• Artwork which were created to perform some service have physical functions

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Physical

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Art has social function when it addresses aspects of life

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Social

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• Artists create artwork for the need for self-expression or gratification

• Artists create artwork to communicate a thorough point or provide aesthetic experience

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Personal

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• THE VALUE of arts lies in the pleasure that humans derive from them. (Graham, 2005) Philosophy of Arts

• Pleasure accompanies human’s perception of beauty

Natural sight of beauty sensationalizes the sense

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AESTHETIC PLEASURE

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Derived from the Greek word aesthesis which means “ sense of perception In Medieval times, it was defined as the “philosophical study of art”

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AESTHETICS

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According to,
• Art can be expansive

• Art must be open to the permanent possibility of radical change, expansion, and novelty

• Art cannot be defined

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MORRIS WEITZ

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Artwork may resemble original artwork in terms of expression

• Artwork may remind audiences of another aspect of another existing artwork

• Art is art for art’s sake - even if it mimics existing work

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SUBJECT MATTER

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• People or objects look as close as possible to their real world counterparts

• They can be clearly identified

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SUBJECT AND CONTENT

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Subject and content types

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Abstraction
Non objective imaging

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• Images are made to look less like the object they are based although they may still be recognizable

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Abstraction

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• Creates objects which are non representational images- they do not refer to any existing forms in real life

• Subjects may be difficult for the observer to identify since they are based solely on elements of art rather than real life objects or people

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Non Objective Imaging

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Include fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture

Further sub-divided into: two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional arts (3D)

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Visual Arts

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is a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to mark paper or another two-dimensional medium. Instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, various metals (such as silverpoint) and electronic drawing.

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Drawing

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is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

is a mode of creative expression.

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Painting

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is the science, art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light- sensitive material

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Photography

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is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper. normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting

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Printmaking

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Details that show how meaning is conveyed through cinematic means

Considers the full impact of aesthetic choices made within a specific ____

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Film

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Solo or group performance of artists which is contingent on the presence or absence of the body

Focuses on the artist’s body

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Performance Arts

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Creative foundations of buildings and innovative structures

Design and execution of such work are existing reference of how humans are able to think creatively through physical materials

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Architecture

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Human expression through movement

Ballroom - includes waltz, viennese, tango, cha-cha, rumba, samba, mambo, quickstep, jive and bolero

African-American and Traditional Jazz - includes Charleston, swing, tap dance, moonwalk, and boogie- woogie

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Dance

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Written works which have lasting artistic merit

Books, novels, and other published material which arouses emotional and intellectual consciousness from their readers

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Literature

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Expression and exploration which delves in the understanding of the human condition

Combination of entertainment and instruction

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Theater Arts

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Concerned with making objects with functional purposes but for which aesthetic concerns are significant

Include interior design, manufactured items, ceramics, metalwork, jewelry, fashion, and furniture

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Applied Arts

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As a discipline, it seeks to understand different cultures and times through the study and analysis of art as a means of communication

Evaluation and interpretation of people in works of art based on their own viewpoints

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ART HISTORY

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Appreciating an artwork

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•Ask yourself what you see
•Study the story behind a piece
•explore information about the artist
•learn about different methods and techniques

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A person who makes tangible or intangible products as an expression o creativity and imagination

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Artist

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Spurred by the same impulses as that in an artist

Produces crafts which may be acquired only for decoration or for practical use

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Artisan

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Phases of art production

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•pre-production
•production
•post-production

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The artist focuses mainly on the intellectual or emotional message of the art

• The artist decides on the form which will be used to create the art

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Pre-Production

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Involves the actual “creation” of the art piece

The artist utilizes available material in order to produce the desired result

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Production

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Requires the artist to add finishing touches on the art piece

Final layers are added and minute details are refined in order

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Post-Production

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Materials used by an artist to express his/her feelings or thoughts

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MEDIUM

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Type of medium

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Visual
Auditory
Combined

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Mediums which can be seen and which occupy space

Dimensional or Two-dimensional includes painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography

Three-dimensional includes sculpture, architecture, landscape, industrial designs, and crafts like furniture

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Visual

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Media which can be heard and which are expressed in time

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Auditory

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Media which can be both seen and heard and which exist bot in space and time

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Combined

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Determines the artist’s control over the medium

The manner in which the artist controls the medium to achieved the desired effect

Ability which the artist fulfills as a technical requirement of the particular work of art

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TECHNIQUE

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Spanish nobleman and amateur archeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuloa and his young daughter, Maria, set out to explore a cave in the hillside of Altamira, not far from the family estate in northern Spain. As a gentleman scholar, De Sautuola took a serious interest in finding out more about the prehistoric past.

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In the autumn of 1879,

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had just become the first modern human to set eyes on the first gallery of prehistoric paintings ever to be discovered.

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Maria

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have been found to include line drawings in charcoal and red ochre, painted images, and negative images, which are formed by painting the rock area around an object, such as a hand.

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Rock paintings

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(6 March 1475 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was a Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.

As a painter, he is made famous by the “Sistine Chapel “ frescoes. It took him about four years to finish the ceiling.

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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

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is the ability to interpret or understand man-made arts and enjoy them either through actual work experiences with art tools and materials or possession of these works of art for one’s admiration satisfaction. and

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Art Appreciation

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is the study of the elements and principles of art or design and their proper applications to all things made by man.

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Art Education

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A set of aspects which make something a candidate for appreciation (George Dickie, Art and Aesthetic, 1969)

Conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects

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Art

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is only one of the thousands of works which represent human species’ desire to express themselves in through creative and sometimes unorthodox means.

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SPOLIARIUM

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Humans create art as a response to our basic instinct for seeking balance, harmony, rhythm, and our desire to experience mystery

Expression of the human imagination and the need to communicate with others

Means for ritualistic and symbolic functions

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Instinctual

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Used to communicate an idea or emotion; a reflection of desire to seek pleasure and entertainment

Used as an agent of confrontation for change, transgression, subversion and sometimes anarchy

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Motivational

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is an example of how art predates its conventional definition.

The stonewall carvings are considered as the oldest art work in the Philippines

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ANGONO PETROGLYPHS

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Ability to form images and ideas about things never seen or experienced before

An underlying factor in creating knowledge itself

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Imagination

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The Scream is his most famous work and one of the most recognizable paintings in all art. It has been widely interpreted as representing the universal anxiety of modern man.

Painted with broad bands of garish color and highly simplified forms, and employing a high viewpoint, the agonized figure is reduced to a garbed skull in the throes of an emotional crisis.

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Edvard Munch

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