Visual Arts: Elements and Organization
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What is the primary function of music?

  • To advocate for reforms
  • To create a sense of conflict
  • To express various ideas and emotions (correct)
  • To create a sense of social change

    • Which of the following is a common characteristic of artists who believe in 'arts for the sake of arts'?

  • They believe the world is stable and in harmony (correct)
  • They believe the world is in conflict and needs change
  • They use expensive materials to create art
  • They choose subjects that depict social realities

    • What is the common theme among sculptures?

  • They are created solely for aesthetics
  • They are created to depict social realities
  • They are more functional than painting and literature (correct)
  • They are created to advocate for reforms

    • What is the primary subject of representational art?

    <p>Any person, object, scene, or event</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following styles of art is often associated with artists who believe in arts as a medium of social change?

    <p>Social realism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of artists who believe in arts as a medium of social change?

    <p>To change the world and make it a more equitable place</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common material used by artists who believe in arts as a medium of social change?

    <p>Indigenous materials</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary emotion expressed in the art of artists who believe in 'arts for the sake of arts'?

    <p>Serenity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of light and shadow in visual arts?

    <p>To model a figure in depth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the surface treatment of an artistic work?

    <p>Texture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the relative degree of lightness and darkness in a visual artwork?

    <p>Value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a classification of hue?

    <p>Warm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the visual shape of an object or thing found in nature?

    <p>Form</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the arrangement of all parts of a visual artwork to create a complete work of art?

    <p>Space</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by it?

    <p>Color</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to a hue when it is completely neutralized?

    <p>It loses its color and becomes gray</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of subjective meaning in art?

    <p>It is a personal meaning conveyed by the artist using private symbolism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is required to fully understand the meanings of many works of art?

    <p>Effort and study of the culture that produced the artwork</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of an artist's medium?

    <p>To communicate the artist's ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic that distinguishes visual arts from auditory arts?

    <p>The ability to be seen or heard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional visual arts?

    <p>The number of dimensions the artwork occupies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic that defines combined arts?

    <p>They exist in space and time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of an artist's technique?

    <p>To control the medium to achieve the desired effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of an artist's ability to fulfill the technical requirements of their work?

    <p>A fulfillment of the technical requirements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Elements of Visual Arts

    • Value: refers to the light and dark of a graphic work of art, indicating the degree of luminosity, with white being the highest value and dark being the lowest.
    • Value gives the impression of solidity, distance, and illusion of depth.
    • Light and Shadow (Chiaroscuro): a means of modeling a figure in depth and articulating the form.

    Form

    • Refers to the external appearance of a clearly defined area or the visual shape of an object or thing found in nature.
    • Regular forms include square, circle, rectangular, oval, triangle, and others.
    • Forms can be natural, geometric, abstract, or non-objective.

    Color

    • Refers to the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by it.
    • Properties of color include:
      • Hue: the particular identity of a color, with principal hues being red, yellow, and blue.
      • Warm colors: red or yellow is dominant.
      • Cool colors: blue is the dominant color.
      • Value: darkness or brightness.
      • Intensity: darkness or brightness of a color.

    Texture

    • Refers to the surface treatment of an artistic work to give variety and beauty to any work of art.

    Space

    • Concerned with making all parts functional so that all parts of the work of art contribute to the whole.
    • Space exists as an illusion in graphic presentation.

    Medium

    • Refers to the means by which an artist communicates their ideas.
    • The materials an artist uses to translate their feelings or thoughts into a beautiful reality.
    • Three classifications of medium:
      • Visual Arts (Space Arts): those mediums which can be seen or occupy space.
      • Auditory Arts (Time Arts): mediums that can be heard and are expressed in time.
      • Combined Arts (Performing Arts): mediums that can be both heard and seen and exist in both space and time.

    Technique

    • Refers to the manner in which an artist controls their medium to achieve the desired effect.
    • The ability by which an artist fulfills the technical requirements of their particular work of art.

    Music and its Function

    • Music is the art of combining and regulating sounds of varying pitch to produce compositions expressive of various ideas and emotions.
    • The two sources of music in its origin are dances and religion.

    Sculpture and its Function

    • Sculpture is the art of carving, molding, or producing works of art in three dimensions.
    • Examples of sculpture include religion and its churches, coins, icons, monuments, and others.

    Two Schools of Thought in Arts

    • Artists who believe solely in "arts for the sake of arts", or arts as plain aesthetics and individual satisfaction, with a focus on natural objects, serenity, purity, stability, and harmony.
    • Artists who believe in arts as a medium or instrument of social change, with a focus on social issues, injustice, oppression, and exploitation.

    The Subject of Art

    • The subject of art can refer to any person, object, scene, or even represented in a work of art.
    • Representational art includes painting, sculpture, graphic arts, literature, theatre, and others.

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