Unit 1: Lesson 2 - Kinds and Functions of Art Flashcards
Arts can be classified into:
Visual
Performing/Combined
are the arts perceived with eyes.
Visual Arts
Two classification of visual arts:
Graphic arts
Plastic arts
include artistic representation recorded on a flat or two-dimensional surface
such as painting, drawing, photography, etc.
Graphic arts
is the process of applying pigments to a surface. Painting mediums include oil, watercolor, tempera, and others. Canvas, wood, paper, and plaster are some of the surfaces on which paintings are executed
Painting
the art of representing something by lines made on a
surface or the process of portraying an object, scene, or forms of decorative or symbolic meaning through lines, shading, and textures in one or more colors. Mediums used include pencil, pen and
ink, crayon, brush, and charcoal.
Drawing
a process for making multi-reproduction of graphic works. It involves the preparation of a master image of the drawing or design on some durable material
Printing
the process whereby unwanted portions of design are cut away on the master image. The printed image is formed by the remaining surfaces.
Relief printing
a method of printing from a plate on which incised lines, which carry the ink, leave a raised impression.
Intaglio printing
involves drawing directly on a metal plate with a sharp needle and scratches lines, or groove, into the metal.
Dry point
the art or process of producing drawings or designs on metal plates covered with wax. The needle penetrates was into the surface of the plate. The plate is then dipped in acid, which eats the lines into the metal.
Etching
done on a metal plate with a cutting tool called a barin, which leaves a V-shaped trough. Drawings or designs on the plate are entirely composed of lines and/or dots.
Engraving
includes all processes in which printing is done from a flat (plane) surface.
Surface printing
the art or process of printing from a flat stone or metal plate by a method based on the repulsion between grease and water. The design is put on the surface. The surface is then treated so that ink adheres only to areas where drawing has been done; ink is then
transferred to the paper in printing.
Lithography
includes the process of stretching silk over a rectangular frame and
unwanted portions in the design are blocked out. Pigment is forced through the clear areas. For
multi-color prints, a separate screen is used for each color.
Silkscreen
a chemical-mechanical process by which images are produced on sensitized surfaces by action of light. Reproductions may be in black or white or in full colors of the original.
Photography
include all fields of the visual arts in which materials are organized into three-dimensional forms. These include architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, interior design, sculpture, crafts, industrial design, dress and costume design, and theater design.
Plastic Arts
art forms in which artists use their body or voice to convey artistic expression. It includes music, dance, opera, drama or play.
Performing/Combined Arts
the art of combining and regulating sounds of varying pitch to produce
compositions, expressing various ideas and emotions. Its primary function is to entertain
Music
nother form of art that is common to man even during the earliest times. It is
the most direct of the arts for it makes use of the human body as its medium. It springs from man’s love for expressive gestures, his release of tension through rhythmic movement.
Dance
another of the important arts. Going to a play is a wonderful experience. The play may be a comedy, tragedy, mystery, musical or melodrama. The spectators get involved in
these situations and thus gain greater insight into human motives and passions.
Drama
a drama set to music. Thus, it is a form of the theater. In many musical shows, dancers are also important performers. The theater therefore, combines several of the arts.
Opera
a popular addition to the various forms of the theater. Through it, a great number of people are able to see dramatic performances every day.
Motion picture
the practical usefulness of arts.
Function
Classifications of Art According to Functions:
Functional
Non-Functional
– has direct/physical use/obvious purpose
Functional
Give examples of functional arts.
Architecture, some sculpture, weaving, etc.
—no direct/physical use
Non-Functional
Give examples of non-functional arts:
Paintings, some Sculptures, Literature, Music, Theater, Cinema
