The Purposes of Art The Language of Art

1. The Purposes of ArtThe Language of Art General Art and Fine Arts Classes Ms. Murray and Ms. McCaffrey Cardinal Spellman High School

2. Introduction to Art • Artwork is a visual expression of an idea or experience created with skill. • Art is a language artist use to express ideas and feelings that every day words can not express. • To perceive is to become deeply aware through the senses of a special nature of a visual object. • Perception is a sensation to which you attach a meaning to an object or feeling.

3. The Purpose of Art • There are 5 Purpose (reasons) why people create art. • Spiritual • Educational • Personal • Physical • Social

4. Spiritual Function • Artist create art for religious purposes. Examples: Religious paintings done during the Renaissance, sculptures of religious figures,etc.

5. Educational Function • Artwork created for instructional purposes. To provide visual instruction. • Examples: stained glass windows, illustrations of bible stories, street signs.

6. Personal Function • Artwork that is created to express the feelings and emotions of the artist. • Examples: self portraits, paintings that describe a emotional time in the artist life.

7. Physical Function • Artwork created to be used by people. Made to make life easier in some way. • Examples: Clothing, utensils, plates, buildings, furniture.

8. Social Function • Artwork that is produced to reinforce an enhance a shared sense of identity in a family, community, or civilization. • Examples: yearbook, family portrait, 9/11 memorial, murals done in your community.

9. The language of Art • 3 things all artwork have: • Subject-The image the viewers can easily identify in a work of art. • Non-objective,meaning that there is no recognizable subject matter and it is an arrangement of the elements of art.

10. Composition-The way in which the principles of art are used to arrange the elements of art. • Content:The message the work communicating. It may be an idea, theme, or emotion. It is up to the view to interpret the artist’s meaning.

11. Things to look for when viewing art. • Credit line: A list of all the important facts about a work of art. • Name of artist • Title of work – Appears in Italics • Year created- date may appear with a “C” in front of it, which stands for circa. This means that the exact year is unknown and that the artwork as created around the given year.

12. Medium-Materials used to create the artwork. If one or more material is used it is called mixed media. Size-2D Measurements: height and width 3D measurements: Length, height and width . Location: Where it is currently located, name of gallery, museum, collection. If the artwork is on loan by a collector or from another museum, their information will be here

13. The Elements of Art: the basic symbols in the art language, the visual building blocks. When comparing art to spoken language the elements would be considered the words. The elements are: • Line • Shape • Space • Form • Color • Value • Texture

14. Principles of Art:The rules that govern how artist should organize the elements. When comparing art to spoken language the elements would be considered the grammar. The Principles are: • Rhythm • Movement • Balance • Proportion • Variety • Emphasis • Harmony • Unity

15. The Elements of Art • These are the things that we use to create artworks. The 6 elements of art are: • Line • Shape (2 Dimensional) • Form (3 Dimensional Shapes) • Value (shading) • Space • Color

16. Line- A line is a dot who went for a walk. • A one dimensional moving point. • It can vary in length and width.

17. Shape • A 2 dimensional closed figure. • 2 types of Shapes • Regular: Shapes that have names, and are mathematically created. Square, Circle, Triangle. • Free Form/Organic: Shapes that do not have a name and are found in nature.

18. Form • A 3 dimensional shape. Showing depth. • Examples: Cone, Sphere, Cylinder, Cube.

19. Value • The lightness or darkness of an object. • Creates the illusion of being 3 dimensional

20. Space • The area around, above, below, within an object. • 2 Types of Space • Positive space: The area taken up by the object. • Negative space: The empty space around or within an object.

21. Color • An element of art that is derived from reflected light. • Color has 3 properties: Hue, value and intensity.

22. The Principles of Art • These are the rule used to arrange the elements of art. The 8 Principles are: • Balance • Movement • Emphasis • Variety • Contrast • Proportion • Harmony • Unity

23. Balance • The equalization of visual elements. • 2 Types of Balance • Symmertical balance: 2 halves of an image are balanced by being identical mirror images. • Asymmetrical balance: the balance of unlike objects.

24. Symmetrical Balance

25. Asymmetrical Balance

26. Movement • Used to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewers eye through the artwork.

28. Emphasis • One part of a work becomes dominate over the other parts. Being noticed by the viewer first.

30. Variety • The differences and contrasts with in an artwork. Artwork that is too much of the same thing can become boring. Adding similar things of different sizes and shapes etc. make it more interesting to look at.

32. Contrast • The differences in Elements. • Examples: Large/ small light/dark

34. Proportion • The size relationship of one part to another part. • Proportion used when creating clothing. All pieces of the clothing are proportionate to your body. • Size relationships can be exaggerated to create a cartoon effect. Example Caricature.

36. Harmony • Creates unity by stressing the similarities of separate but related parts.

38. Unity • The quality of wholeness or oneness. • Everything looks complete and belongs together.