Art Appreciation - Prelim 3

ART APPRECIATION Prof. Bernard R. Balitao College of General Education and Liberal Arts Arellano University Andres Bonifacio Campus Pag-asa St., Caniogan, Pasig City  SCOPE OF ARTS 1. Visual arts-those we perceived with our eyes. They may be c...

ART APPRECIATION Prof. Bernard R. Balitao College of General Education and Liberal Arts Arellano University Andres Bonifacio Campus Pag-asa St., Caniogan, Pasig City  SCOPE OF ARTS 1. Visual arts-those we perceived with our eyes. They may be classified into: Graphic arts-two dimensional surface. This term covers any form of visual artistic representation especially painting, drawing, photography, etc.  SCOPE OF ARTS Plastic arts-three dimensional surface. This group includes all fields of visual arts. In which materials are organized into three-dimensional forms like architecture, landscapes architecture, interior design, sculpture crafts, industrial design, dress and costume design, theater design, etc.  SCOPE OF ARTS 2. Literature-the art of combining spoken or written words and their meaning into forms which have artistic and emotional appeal. Drama-a story re-created by actors on stage in front of an audience.  SCOPE OF ARTS Prose Fiction-includes narratives created by an author as distinguished from true accounts. Essay-a non-fiction expository writing ranging from informal, personal topics to closely critical treatments of informal subjects.  SCOPE OF ARTS Poetry-highly expressive nature using special forms and choice of words and emotional images. Narratives includes epic, romance and ballads and lyric forms includes the sonnets, mode, elegy and song.  SCOPE OF ARTS 3. Music-an art of arranging sounds in rhythmic succession generally in combination. Melody results in this sequence and harmony from the combinations. It is a creative and performing art. Groups Vocal Music-composed primarily to be sung.  SCOPE OF ARTS Groups Instrumental Music-written for instruments of four general types: Keyboard (piano, keyboard, and organ) Stringed (violin, cello, guitar, ukulele, banjo) Woodwind (flute, clarinet, oboe, piccolo, English horn, bassoon)  SCOPE OF ARTS Brass winds (saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone)  Music Combined with other Arts Opera-drama set to music. It is mostly or entirely sung with an orchestral accompaniment. La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi Carmen by Georges Bizet Don Giovanni by Mozart  Music Combined with other Arts Operetta and Musical Comedy-a drama set to music but is light popular romantic often humorous or comic. It uses spoken dialogue as well as song. The Pirates of Curtains by John Penzance by Kander & Fred Gilbert & Ebb SUllivan  Music Combined with other Arts Oratorio and Cantata-sacred musical drama in concert form based from biblical accounts and made of recited parts with orchestral accompaniments. 4. Drama and Theatre A drama or play is a short re-created by actors on a stage in front of an audience.  Types of Drama Tragedy-serious in nature in which the central character comes to some sad and disastrous ending. Melodrama-the emphasis is on the action rather on the character. Action is a happy ending. Types of Melodrama: ❖ Romantic Comedy-light amusing tales of lovers in some dilemma which is finally solved happily.  Types of Drama Types of Melodrama: ❖ Romantic Comedy-light amusing tales of lovers in some dilemma which is finally solved happily. ❖ Farce-light humorous play whose emphasis is on the jokes, humorous physical actions, ludicrous situations and impossible characters ❖ Comedy of Manners-it uses witty dialogues and with usually high society types of characters and sometimes satirical and situations are unreal. 5. Dance Involves the movement of the body and the feet in rhythm. Types of Dances Ethnologic-include folk dancing associated with national and cultural groups. Social or Ballroom Dance-popular type of dancing generally performed by pairs. 5. Dance Types of Dances Ballet-a formalized type of dance which originated in the royal courts of the middle Ages. They may be either solo or concerted dances and generally built around a theme or story. 5. Dance Types of Dances Modern-sometimes called contemporary interpretative dances and represents rebellion against the classical formalism of ballet. It is a personal communication of moods and themes.  ELEMENTS OF ART FORM The form of a work is it shape, including its volume. A three-dimensional artwork has depth as well as width and height. However, two-dimensional artwork can achieve the illusion of form with the use of perspective and/or shading or modelling techniques.  ELEMENTS OF ART LINE As an element of art, line is the use of various marks, outlines and implied lines in artwork and design. A line has a width, direction, and length. A line’s width is called thickness or strokes especially when referring to lines in digital artwork.  ELEMENTS OF ART COLOR The element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye. Properties of Color: Hue-the name we give to a color (red, yellow, blue, etc.) Intensity-the vividness of the color, sometimes called the colorfulness, saturation, purity or strength.  ELEMENTS OF ART Properties of Color: Value-meaning how light or dark it is. The terms shade and tint refer to value changes in colors. In painting, shades are created by adding black to a color, while tints are created by adding white to a color.  ELEMENTS OF ART Properties of Color: Value-meaning how light or dark it is. The terms shade and tint refer to value changes in colors. In painting, shades are created by adding black to a color, while tints are created by adding white to a color.  ELEMENTS OF ART SPACE An area that an artist provides for a particular purpose. Space includes the background, foreground and middle ground, and refers to the distance or areas around, between, and within things. Negative space is the area in between, around, through or within an object. Positive space are the areas that are occupied by an object and/or form.  ELEMENTS OF ART TEXTURE Used to describe either the way a work actually feels when touched, or the depiction of textures in works, as for example in a painte’s rendering of fur.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND BALANCE ORGANIZATION The distribution of interest or visual weight in a work. If all the visually interesting elements of a work are centered in one spot, the work is off-balance and the viewer’s gaze will be stuck in one place, ignoring the rest of the piece. A balanced piece of work will have art elements arranged such that different areas draw the  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION Viewer’s eye around or through the whole piece. Some types of balance are symmetric, asymmetric, and radial. The concept of visual balance is often illustrated using a seesaw. Like a seesaw, when two elements of an artwork have the same visual weight and are on opposite sides of the center, equally distant from it, they are balanced. Likewise, a smaller element can balance out a larger one if the smaller  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION One is farther from the center and the larger one nearer. In two-dimensional art, the center of the work serves as the fulcrum. In three-dimensional art, visual balance and the physical balance of mass both come into play, and the balance of one does not assure the balance of the other. Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1487  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND CONTRAST ORGANIZATION The difference in quality between two instances of an art element, or using opposing qualities next to each other. For example, black and white (contrasting values), organic/curvy and geometric/angular (contrasting lines/shapes/forms), and rough and smooth (contrasting textures).  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION The greater the contrast, the more something will stand out and call attention to itself. This applies to whole works of art as well as areas within an artwork. Areas with greater contrast in value (stronger darks and lights) will tend to appear more forward in space, as over distance atmospheric haze lessens contrast. Contrast can also be used to set the mood or tone of work. High contrast makes a work more vibrant, vigorous, and it “pops” more. Low-contrast work is more quiet, calm, subtle, and soothing.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION EMPHASIS, DOMINANCE AND FOCAL POINT Emphasis is created by visually reinforcing something we want the viewer to pay attention to. Focal points are areas of interest the viewer’s eyes skip to. The strongest focal point with the greatest visual weight is the dominant element of the work.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION Elements of secondary importance could be termed sub-dominant, and elements with. The least visual weight subordinate. Isolation, leading lines and convergence, contrast, anomaly, size placement, framing, focus and depth of field, and absence of focal points are some of the strategies used to help create these degrees of importance.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND HARMONY AND UNITYORGANIZATION When a jarring element is added-something that goes against the whole-it is said to be dissonant, just like an off-note in a musical performance. Unity is created by using harmonious similarity and repetition, continuance, proximity and alignment, and closure of design elements in different parts of the work so that the parts RELATE to each other and create a unified whole, that can be greater than the sum of the parts, rather than all ill-fitting and meaningless assortment of elements.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND MOVEMENT ORGANIZATION In a still picture such as painting or photograph, where nothing is actually moving, various strategies can be used to give the viewer a sense of movement and speed, or to move the viewer’s eye through the work. These include lines, diagonals and unbalanced elements; blurring; placement; direction; and motion lines and after images.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION REPETITION, RHYTHM AND PATTERN Repeating art elements in regular or cyclical fashion to create interest, movement, and/or harmony and unity. Rhythms can be random, regular, alternating, flowing, and progressive. Classes of pattern include mosaics, lattices, spirals, meanders, waves, symmetry and fractals, among others.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION PROPORTION AND SCALE Proportion is the relationship of sizes between different parts of a work. For example, how wide it is compared to how tall it is. Some proportions, such as the golden ratio and the rule of thirds, are thought to be more naturally pleasing. Scale is the size of something compared to the world in general-an artwork might be termed miniature, small scale, full scale or life-size, larger than life or monumental.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION VARIETY AND VARIATION Using a range of different qualities or instances of an art element to create a desired visual effect-e.g., a variety of shapes, colors, etc. variety can add interest and break the monotony of simple repetitions.  THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION VARIETY AND VARIATION Using a range of different qualities or instances of an art element to create a desired visual effect-e.g., a variety of shapes, colors, etc. variety can add interest and break the monotony of simple repetitions.