Reading Visual Arts Week 2

Question 1

Threefold Aspects of Visual Arts

Answer 1

Artist, Presentation, Viewer

Question 2

Who said “What an artist does to an emotion is not to
induce it, but express it. Through expression, he
is able to explore his own emotions and at the
same time, create something beautiful out of them.”

Answer 2

Robin George Collingwood

Question 3

It is an active and creative process.

Answer 3

Reading Visual Arts

Question 4

What do you mean by context-dependent?

Answer 4

This is looking at art beyond what your sight can see. This is recognizing that there are elements surrounding that artwork and all these elements are valuable in understanding the very meaning and message of an art.

Question 5

Three main points in seeing as reading

Answer 5

1. Engage with the environment (context) instead of looking simply at the artwork
2. Seeing also means ignoring unimportant details and shifting focus on what’s more important.
3. Pay attention to the context or the world around us

Question 6

Refers to a general familiarity with, and an ability to use the official and unofficial rules, values, genres, knowledge, and discourses that characterize the cultural field.

Answer 6

CULTURAL LITERACY

Question 7

It is not just familiarity with a body of knowledge; it also presupposes an understanding of how to think and see in a manner that is appropriate to the imperatives of the moment.

Answer 7

CULTURAL LITERACY

Question 8

every act of
looking and seeing is also an act of not
seeing.

Answer 8

Selection and Omission

Question 9

Number of elements contribute to or facilitate
the process of suturing the world to make a
text.

Answer 9

a. Color
b. Shape
c. Texture
d. Space
e. Line
f. Form