Week 1 Flashcards
In visual arts it’s like understanding and interpreting the story, emotions, and meaning conveyed by the arrangement of colors, shapes, and forms in an artwork.
Reading
It is an active and creative process.
Visual Art
When reading the visual, we draw on our general knowledges , tastes and habits, our personal context to what we see and to make sense of it
Visual Art
UNDERSTANDING VISUAL ART IS ________
Context-Dependent
It invites a holistic approach, acknowledging the visual and interpretive dimensions of understanding written or visual content, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between perception and comprehension in the act of reading.
Seeing as Reading
What are the 3 main points in seeing as reading?
1. We see things we are actively engaging with our environment rather than simply reproducing everything within our line of sight.
2. Every act of looking and seeing is also an act of not seeing-some things must remain invisible if we are to pay attention to other things in view.
3. The extent to which we see, focus on and pay attention to the world around us.
Refers to a general familiarity with and the ability to use, the official and unofficial rules, values, genres, knowledge and discourses that characterize cultural fields.
Cultural Literacy
In this sense, is not just familiarity with a body of knowledge
Cultural Literacy
It also presupposes an understanding of how to think and see in a manner that is appropriate to the imperatives of the moment
Cultural Literacy
Seeing something from a cultural perspective
Cultural Trajectory
What are the techniques of seeing
Selection and Omission
Focus and Attention
Seeing in Time and Motion
Text and Genres
Big Picture in Focus
The first and most important techniques of reading the visual as we pointed out that every act of looking and seeing is also an act of not seeing
Selection and Omission
In visual arts, artists skillfully use ________ and ________ to craft immersive experiences, manipulating elements to guide gaze, emotions, and weave narratives into their intricate works
Focus and Attention
in Seeing in Time and Motion, what are the few elements contribute to or facilitate the process of suturing the world to make a text?
- COLORS
- SHAPE AND MOVEMENT
- TEXTURE
- DISTANCE
- LIGHT
It encompass a diverse spectrum of written or spoken expressions, ranging from literary masterpieces and scholarly articles to everyday conversations and social media posts, each bearing unique characteristics and styles tailored to their respective contexts and audiences
Text and Genres
At the end of the unit, you are expected to demonstrate in-dept knowledge on the definition, importance and elements of reading visual arts
Big Picture in Focus
It is a way of describing how culture changes over time, or the path that a culture follows
Cultural Trajectory
It is a way of understanding or interpreting something, such as a phenomenon, a text, or a body of data
Interpretive Dimension
the visual aspects of something, such as a space, language, or art.
Visual Dimension
someone or something has been exculeded
omission
the action of choosing someone or something
Selection
refers to the concentration of mental effort on a particular aspect or feature of a stimulus
Focus
notice taken of someone or something
Attention
is a statement of meaning that relies upon a situation,background,or environment for proper interpretation
Context-Dependent
