Art Fundamentals Theory and Practice

1. Art FundamentalsTheory and Practice An Introduction

2. The Need and Search for Art • What does ART mean? • Art is the formal expression of a conceived image or imagined conception in terms of a given medium –Sheldon Cheney American author & art critic • What are the FUNDAMENTALS of Art? • The fundamentals are the Basics or “Ingredients” of art- subject, form, and content. • Subject- a person, a thing, or an idea (the “what”) • Form- the organization and arrangement of visual elements that develop unity in an artwork (the “how”) • Content- the emotional and intellectual message of an artwork (the “why”)

3. The Ingredients of Art: SUBJECT • Subject- a person, a thing, or an idea (the “what”) • A person or thing may be recognizable to the average observer, but an idea may not be • In abstract or semi-abstract works the subject may be somewhat perceivable or familiar • In nonobjective works, the subject is the idea behind the form of the work, and it communicates with those who can read the language of form • A work of art should be judged not by its subject alone but rather by how that subject is treated.

4. Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie 1942-43 Oil Paint Leroy Neiman Lights of Broadway

5. The Ingredients of Art: FORM • Form- the organization and arrangement of visual elements that develop unity in an artwork (the “how”). Form has various meanings when discussing art. • When applied to sculpture, form refers to the essence of the sculpture as expressed in its total organization • A sculpture’s appearance is a result of the use of the elements of line, texture, color, shape, and value and their relationship to the principles of harmony and variety. • Even when applied to two-dimensional work, formal organization involves all the visual devices available in the materials the artist uses to create the artwork. • Using these devices, effective artists arrange and manipulate their materials to convey what is being expressed. • An artist employs the principles of form to create meaning in structure

6. Native American totem pole Ketchikan, Alaska Frank Stella Ragga II 1970

7. The Ingredients of Art: CONTENT • Content- the emotional and intellectual message of an artwork (the “why”) • This can be a statement, expression, or mood found in the work by the observer, ideally attuned to the artist’s intentions. • For some, content is confined to associations produced by familiar objects or ideas. However this limits those observers to art that expresses familiar experiences. For example… • The development of the content of an artwork generally follows a certain course: • The artist is motivated by feelings about a subject (the “what”) • He or she then manipulates the artistic elements (line, shape, color, texture, etc.) to create a kind of form (the “how”) • That will result in the desired content (the “why”). The content expresses the artists feelings

8. Egyptian funeral Mr. Valentin posing on a bench made of nickels at the Storm King Sculpture Park

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