CPAR | Classifications of Artforms

Classifications of Artforms

1. Visual Arts

2. Architecture

3. Music

4. Dance

5. Theater/Drama

Visual Arts

• created primarily for visual perception

• classified according to dimension

Two-Dimensional Arts

any artwork depicted on a flat surface

Examples of Two-Dimensional Arts

• painting

• sketch

• mixed media

• graphic arts

• photography

• prints

Three-Dimensional Arts

any work with volume and mass

Examples of Three-Dimensional Arts

• Sculpture

• Jewelry

• Monument

• Furniture

• Fashion Design

• Assemblage

Elements of Visual Art

• line

• shape

• form

• texture

• color

• space

• value

Architecture

• man-made environments created as a space for human habitation and as a setting for rituals

• more than just thee art and science of erecting buildings, it strives to create the ideal environment for any human activity

• collectively referred to as designed environment

• manipulation and modification of spaces to become meaningful and memorable places to inhabit

Sub-Disciplines

• interior design

• landscape architecture

• urban engineering

Kinds of Architecture

• religious

• residential

• industrial

• commercial

Music

sound and silence organized based on time

Elements of Music

• pitch (melody and harmony)

• rhythm (tempo, meter, and articulation)

• dynamics (loudness and softness)

• timbre

• texture/color

Genres of Music

• folk

• indigenous

• classical

• popular

• independent

Dance

• consists of purposefully selected sequences of human movement

• has aesthetic and symbolic value and is acknowledged as such by performers and observers

• described by its choreograpu, its repertoire of movements, or its historical period or place origiong

Dance Forms

• ballet (mother of all dances)

• contemporary

• folk

• hip hop

• indigenous

• street

• modrrn

• popular

Elements of Dance

• body

• actions

• space

• time

• energy

Theater**

• collaborative form of art that uses live performers to present something about the human condition or an experience of real or imagined event before a live audience experience to the audience

• combines of gesture, acting, speech, song, music, and dance

• can be on the street or a protest, school plays, ritual performance, sarsuwela, puppetry, or stand-up comedy.

Elements of Theater/Drama

• plot

• theme

• character

• dialogue

• music/rhythm

• spectacle

Cinema

• aesthetic communication through the design of time and three-dimensional space into two-dimensional images with sound, film, and video

• essentially photographs shot in rapid succession on a strip of film

  • when projected to a screen the progression of still images gives an illusion of movement

  • older video recorded images and sound in magnetic videotape which was displayed on TV monitors

Elements of Film/Cinema

• plot

• structure

• character

• dialogue

• scene

Broadcast and Televisual Arts

• the distribution of audio and/ or video content or other messages to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium such as television, radio, and the internet.

• a video camera converts a moving image into electronic signals. The signals are then transmitted to a monitor, which decodes them and reconstitutes the image for display.

Elements of Radio Broadcasting

• Human Voice

• Music

• Sound Effects

• Silence

Digital Arts and Computer-Mediated Works

• a comprehensive term for any pieces of art created using a computer or digital technology

• must be generated in digital form

• root can be traced to mathematics and computer science and is placed under the larger category of new media art.

Installation Art

• art piece usually of mixed media (mixing of materials and forms in creating an artwork) that is organized for and placed in a specific space for a temporary period

• is designed to transform the perception of a space as it occupies an entire room or outdoor space in which the spectator should walk through to engage fully with the work of art to create a unified experience in the given environment.