Mediums and Classifications of Art

Art

This is a visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination.

Plato

According to him, art is merely an imitation or a copy of reality

Leo Tolstoy

According to him, art is the expression of feelings and sentiments or intentions of the artist.

Visual Arts

These are works created primarily for visual perception, imagination, and expression.

2D and 3D

What are Visual Arts classified into?

Architecture

Art and method of building and designing structures with an artistic element instead of relying solely on construction abilities.

Residential Architecture

This type of architecture focuses on designing and constructing homes and living spaces for individuals or families.

Commercial Architecture

This type of architecture refers to buildings designed for businesses, trade, and services such as offices, malls, and stores.

Industrial Architecture

This type of architecture involves buildings designed for manufacturing, production, storage and more.

Religious Architecture

This type of architecture is designed for places of worship and spiritual activities.

Dance

Is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and

often symbolic value.

Photography

This is art through photos taken by the photographer. This may be inspired by people, objects, events, or the environment.

Photography

This is the process of capturing light to create an image.

Photojournalism

Documentary visual account of specific subjects and events, literally representing object reality rather than the subject intent of the photographer.

Theatre

This is a collaborative art form that combines words, voice, movement, and visual elements to express meaning.

Broadcast and Televisual

It is the distribution of audio and video content or other messages to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium.

Digital Arts

It is a comprehensive term for any manifestation of arts where computer or digital technology has been utilized in its creation

Installations

This is described as the large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time.

Fine Art Photography

A type of photography that imbues photos with an artistic statement and selective vision of reality.

Music

An art that involves the creative use of sound to express insights and emotions.

Aesthetic Value

It refers to the value which causes an object to be a “work of art”. This appeals to our sense of beauty.

Intellectual Value

A value of art that enriches our mental life by making us realize fundamental truths about ourselves. It stimulates our thoughts.

Suggestiveness Value

This is the quality associated with the emotional power of art. It moves us deeply and stirs our feelings and imaginations.

Spiritual Value

A value of art that elevates the spirit by bringing moral values; and the capacity to inspire.

Permanence Value

A value of art that allows it to be viewed again and again; as its appeal is lasting and enduring.

Universality Value

A value of art that makes it forever relevant and appeals to one and all, anytime, anywhere because it deals with elemental feelings and fundamental truths. It is timeless & timely.

Style Value

This is the peculiar way in which an artist sees his subįect, forms his ideas, and expressesthem.

Form

This is the physical structure or shape of a work of art.

Line

This is the act of creating an illustration using basic strokes of varying weights and angles that demonstrate form and depth.

Color

Is the element that is produced when light strikes an image. This creates the mood of the artist.

Hue

This is a particular variety of a color. The term or title we assign to colors.

Intensity

This is the vividness of the color. It is the saturation strength.

Value

This is the lightness or darkness of the color.

Space

This refers to the artist's use of the area within the picture plane.

Negative Area

A type of space that refers to the area around the primary objects.

Texture

This is the perceived surface quality of a work of art.

Shape

This is a flat, enclosed area of an artwork created through lines, textures, or colors.

Length, Width, Depth

What comprises an art’s form?