What Is Visual Art

Question 1

What is an artist?

Answer 1

Artists are people who use imagination and skill to communicate ideas in visual form.

Question 2

Why do people create visual art?

Answer 2

1: express : thoughts, feeling, religious or political beliefs, beauty, personal creativity
2: educate
3: tell a story
4: be functional

Question 3

What is fine art?

Answer 3

Fine are is made to be experienced or enjoyed by others

Artists usually communicate feelings or ideas to the viewer

Usually includes: drawing, painting, sculpting, printmaking and photography

Question 4

What is applied art?

Answer 4

Applied art is art made to be functional of to have a practical purpose

Is found in everyday life

Usually includes : architecture, arts and crafts, graphics, some photography

Question 5

What is visual art?

Answer 5

Humanity’s visual language

Everything man made

Question 6

List 5 and defineForms of visual art?

Answer 6

Most forms can be created with a variety of mediums. Example is painting, drawing, sculpting scrap booking and photography.

Question 7

What is medium/media?

Answer 7

The material used for a work of art it can be manipulated with a variety of techniques. For example pen and ink and graphite

Question 8

What is technique?

Answer 8

How you use the material (pastel graphite, pen and ink)

Question 9

What are the two kinds of art?

Answer 9

Fine art and applied art