Art Appreciation PDF

**Art Appreciation** ***Humanities*** - - - - **Renaissance** - **Humanus ( Latin )** - **Why study humanities?** - **Cultural understanding** - - **Cultural thinking** - **Community Engagement** - - **Cultural preservations** - ***Art*** - **A...

**Art Appreciation** ***Humanities*** - - - - **Renaissance** - **Humanus ( Latin )** - **Why study humanities?** - **Cultural understanding** - - **Cultural thinking** - **Community Engagement** - - **Cultural preservations** - ***Art*** - **Art/Artis ( Latin )** - **Basic Assumptions** **Art is Universal** - - **Art is a product of man\'s imagination, good taste and skills in doing things** **Art is not nature, and nature is not an art** *NOTE: Because art is man-made, nature is not an art.* **Art involves experience** - - - **Art** - - - - - **Visual arts** - - E.g - - - **Narratives, appropriation, borrowing and ownership of art** **Narrative art** - - - **Appropriation** - E.g - - **Borrowing** - **Appropriation** - **Issue of ownership** - **General rules to consider** 1. 2. 3. **Subject of art** **Subject** - **Kinds of Art according to subject:** - - E.g \*Landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes \*still life - painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects \*animals \*portraits \*figures \*Everyday life (genre) \*History and legend \*Religion and Mythology \*Dreams and Fantasies **Ways of representing the subject** - ***Take note:*** 1. **Abstraction** - - **Art** **General Functions** -To satisfy - - - **Functions** 1. - -Self-expression or gratification - - -Aesthetic expression - -Therapy -Religious art and art of spiritual concern - - - E.g The Sacrament of the Last Supper by Salvador Dali, 1955 Spirituality - - - Spiritual Art - - - - - 2. - - - - \*One function of sculpture and painting is the commemoration of important personages in society. - \*Arts are also linked to rituals. - \*Art expresses or describes social or collective aspects of existence as opposed to individual and personal kinds of experience E.g Imad Abu Shtayyah We shall return, c. 2014 - 3. - - \*Many objects have both physical and aesthetic duties. - \*Architecture. The Dwelling - - Monumental Art - *\*The problem of the artist in designing a functional object is making the thing exactly right for its particular use and at the same time pleasing to the eye of the user* *\*The function of an object generally determines the basic form that it takes.* *\*\"Form follows function.\"* - **Classification of Art according to Medium** - 1. 2. 3. **Painting and the Related Arts** - **Related arts** - - - - - **Tapestry** - **Mosaic** - **Stained glass** - **Prints** **Relief printing** - **Intaglio** - **Architecture** - **Principles of Construction** **Post-and-Lintel** - - **Arch** - - **Arch** - - - - **Dome** - **Truss** - **Skeleton Construction** - **Cantilever** - **Sculpture** - **Kinds**: 1. 2. 1. 2. **Kinetic sculpture** - E.g mobiles **Mediums** - - - - **Techniques** - - **Carving** - **Modeling** - - - **Casting** - **Fabrication** - **Instrument Medium** **Strings** - - - - - - **Harp** - Guitar - - - **Woodwinds** - - 1. 2. 3. - - **The piccolo** - - - - **The clarinet** - - **The bass clarinet** - - - **The oboe** - - **The English horn** - - **The bassoon** - - **The contrabassoon** - - **Brasses** - - **The trumpet** - - - **The trombone** - **The horn or French horn** - **The tuba** - - - **Percussion Instruments** - - - - - **The bass drum** - **The snare drum** - **The tambourine** - - **The triangle** - **Timpani** - - - **Chimes** - - - **The glockenspiel** - - - - **The xylophone** - - - **Keyboard** **Keyboard instruments** - **Piano** - - - **The harpsichord** - - **The celesta** - - **Organ** - - - \*Some keyboard instruments have free reeds that vibrate back and forth in a slot. Examples are the accordion and the concertina **Basic Voice Types (Operatic System**) **Female** - 1. 2. 3. - - **Male** - 1. 2. - - - **WHAT ABOUT THOSE MEN WHO CAN SING LIKE WOMEN?** - - - **The Artist and the Artist\'s Techniques** - - - **Technique** - **Medium of the Artist** **What medium to employ?** - **Limitation**: - \**Oftentimes, the matter of selecting the medium is left entirely to the artists themselves.* **What influences the artist\'s choice?** - - - - **The nature of the medium determines:** - - \**Only subjects that are captured or frozen in one moment of time can be shown by the mediums of the space orzs. Actual movement cannot be reflected in stone. Painting can shaw people in certain poses, not in motion* - - **Artist and Artisan** **Artists** - - **Artisans** - - **Elements of the Visual Arts and Principles of Design** **Relationship of Visual Elements** - - - - - **Line** - - **Characteristics** **Length** - **Thickness** - **Quality** - **Kinds of Lines** - - 1. 2. 3. - - **Implied lines** - **Expressive lines** - **Expressive Qualities** - - - - - **Value** - - **Value scale** - - **Chiaroscuro (Italian**) - - **Color** - - - **Properties of Color** **Hue** - 1. 2. 3. 4. **Value** - - **Intensity** - **Color Harmony** - **Harmonies of related colors**: - - **Harmonies of contrasting colors** - - - **Claude monet** - - **Value or Form** Regular form having definite shapes - *\*Form shows masses that are solid, have volume and 3-D* **Forms can be:** - - - - - - - - **Texture** - **Senses involved:** - **Space** - **Methods of creating an illusion of depth**: - - - - - **Plastic** - **Decorative** - - **Overlapping** - **Variation in size** - - **Position on the picture plane** - - - **Linear perspective** - **Principles of Design** **Design** - - **Kinds** - - - - -