RVA Midterm 1 PDF

Reading VISUAL ARTS Medium of visual arts  Painting Painting is often called the most important form of visual art. It is about putting colors on a canvas or a wall. Painting express their ideas through a mixture of colours and different brush strokes. Painting is also one of the oldest forms of...

Reading VISUAL ARTS Medium of visual arts  Painting Painting is often called the most important form of visual art. It is about putting colors on a canvas or a wall. Painting express their ideas through a mixture of colours and different brush strokes. Painting is also one of the oldest forms of visual art. In old caves prehistoric people painted hunting scenes onto walls. Paintings became important in ancient Egypt, where tombs of pharaohs were covered with scenes of everyday Egyptian life. During the Renaissance, painting became the very important art. Italy became the center of the Renaissance painting. The era produced masters like Michael Angelo, Raphael and Titian. Italian influence spread to the north of Europe, mostly to Belgium and Holland. The most famous artists of the 17th century famous painters during the Dutch Golden Age were, Rembrandt and Vermeer.  drawing Drawing is creating a picture with a variety of tools, in most cases pencils, crayons, pens or markers. Artists draw on different types of surfaces, like paper or canvas. The first drawings were discovered in caves, that date back about 30,000 years. Ancient Egyptians drew on papyrus, Greeks and Romans made drawings on other objects, like vases. In the Middle Ages drawings were sketches that were made on parchment. When paper became common in the Renaissance, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and others. Illustration drawing- Are created to present the layout of a particular document. Life Drawing- also known as still-life drawing. Drawing that results from direct or real observations are life drawings. Emotive drawing- similar to painting, emotive drawing emphasizes the exploration and expression of different emotions, feelings and moods. These are generally depicted in the form of a personality. Analytic drawing- Sketches that are created for clear understanding and representation of observations made by an artist. Perspective drawing- is used by artist to create three-dimensional images on a two dimensional picture plane, such as paper. Diagrammatic drawing- serves as active design process for instant ideas so conceived. Photography is making pictures by letting the light through the lenses of the camera onto a film. In an analog photography light was recorded on film , which had to be chemically developed. Images could then be printed on the special paper. A process of making a film of moving images that they turn into films. It is a very expensive and complicated form of art, involving many task for example script writing, casting, and editing film sequences before they can be shown to an audience. A full-length feature films often takes many weeks or months to produce. It is an art that is made by covering a plate with ink and pressing it on the surface of another object. Today prints are mostly produced on paper today but originally, they were pressed on cloth or other objects. Plates are often made out of wood or metal. Sculptures are three-dimensional pieces of art that are created by shaping various kinds of material. Among the most popular are stone, steel, plastic, ceramics and wood. Sculpture is often referred to as plastic arts. Sculpture goes back to ancient Greece. It has been important in various religions of the world over many centuries. Are the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievement.