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INTRODUCTION: REVIEW

INTRODUCTION: REVIEW. What is Art? . Form of expression with aesthetic Organize perception A work of art is the visual expression of an idea or experience created with skill Is communication – it is a language that artists use to express everyday words can not express. Perceive:.

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INTRODUCTION: REVIEW

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  1. INTRODUCTION: REVIEW

  2. What is Art? • Form of expression with aesthetic • Organize perception • A work of art is the visual expression of an idea or experience created with skill • Is communication – it is a language that artists use to express everyday words can not express

  3. Perceive: • Is to become deeply aware through the senses of the special nature of a visual object. • You train your eye to perceive

  4. Purposes of Art • Personal Function • Social Function • Spiritual Function • Physical Function • Educational Function

  5. Personal Function • Artists create art to express personal feelings

  6. Social Function • Artists may produce art to reinforce and enhance the shared sense of identity of those in a family, community or civilization

  7. Spiritual Function • Artists may produce art to express spiritual beliefs about destiny of life controlled by the force of a higher power

  8. Physical Function • Artists and craftspeople constantly invent new ways to create functional art

  9. Educational Function • Artist produce artworks, such as symbols, painted signs, to impart information.

  10. Where Do Artists get Ideas? • Outward to their natural and cultural environment • Inward within themselves for creative motivation • Nature • People & World Events • Myths & Legends • Spiritual & Religious Beliefs • Creative Techniques • Artists of the Past • Ideas Commissioned by Employers

  11. Aesthetics • The values that allow you to judge art as satisfying • The philosophy or study of the nature of beauty and art • Sensitivity to beauty in the eye of the beholder

  12. Art Criticism • An organized system for studying a work of art

  13. Criteria • Standards of judgment

  14. A Four Step System • Description • Analysis • Interpretation • Judgment

  15. Description • What do you see? • Just the facts no opinions

  16. Analysis • How is the work organized? • The elements and principles

  17. Interpretation • What is the artist saying? • You explain the mood or meaning of the work. • Your interpretation is determined by the first two steps.

  18. Judgment • Is this work successful? • You use the aesthetic theories and qualities of art.

  19. Aesthetic Theories & Qualities of Art • Literal Qualities / Imitationalism • Design Qualities / Formalism • Expressive Qualities / Emotionalism

  20. Literal Qualities / Imitationalism • Are the realistic qualities that appear in the subject of work. • It has to look life like to be considered successful • Focus on realistic presentation

  21. Design Qualities / Formalism • Places the emphasis on the design • The arrangement of the elements of art using the principles of design

  22. Expressive Qualities / Emotionalism • Is concerned with the content • It requires the work to have a strong communication of feelings, moods or ideas from the work to the viewer

  23. Forms of Expression • Realism • Representational • Abstract • Non-Objective (Non-Representational)

  24. Realism • Represents the external world in an objective factual manner • This art deals with a subject matter

  25. Representational • To reproduce recognizable subject manner with a slight distortion due to personal interpretation and style • This art form deals with a subject matter

  26. Abstract • Imagery that simplifies, distorts or exaggerates the concept with personal interpretation and style. • Technique overrides the representation • This art form deals with a subject matter

  27. Non-Objective (Non-Representational) • Not intending to represent actual objects or elements of nature. • Does not deal with a subject matter

  28. Types of Art • Visual Arts • Performing Arts:

  29. Visual Arts • Permanent • Audience primarily uses sight • Fine Art • Deals with process • Motivation is self, enjoyed for owns sake • Commercial Art • Deals with product • Motivation is client needs, commerce relationship and/or trade

  30. Performing Arts • The human body is the medium • Occupies space and time within a moment • Audience uses sight and hearing • Process- rehearsal • Product- performance/show:never exactly the same • Fine Art • Commercial Art

  31. The Basic Properties of Art • Subject • Composition • Content

  32. Subject • The image viewers can easily identify in a work of art

  33. Composition • The way the principles of art are used to organize the elements of art

  34. Content • The message the work is trying to communicate

  35. Credit Line • Is a list of important facts about the work of art • Most credit lines contain at least six facts • Name of Artist • Title of Work, This always appears in italics • Year the work was created • Medium • Size • Location of ownership

  36. Art Basics • Materials • Tools • Medium

  37. Materials • The object used as the base of the creation of art

  38. Medium • Method of Expression • The material that is manipulated to create the image • Paint • Pastel • Charcoal

  39. Tool • The object that manipulates the medium to apply it to the material

  40. Symbol • Something that stands or represents for something else

  41. The Elements of Art • The basic visual symbols in the language of art • Line • Shape • Form • Space • Color • Value • Texture

  42. Principles of Design • The rules that govern how the artists organize the elements of art • Proportion • Balance • Unity • Variety • Rhythm • Emphasis

  43. Harmony • When all the Principles of Design are working together

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