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Medium

the material or the substance out of which a work is made. Through these materials, the artists express and communicate feelings and ideas

Conventions

the medium has become largely dependent on __, artists are experimenting and inventing new mediums and techniques, thereby widening the range of artistic tools.

Art as Human Creation (a valid concept).

Art is the sense of the artificial or the man made is a concept that pertains to the product of human activity

Art doesn’t imitate or copy anything

It thrives on otherness, on the very essence of what it means to be different and unique.

Sculptor

• Fall within the category of “three dimensional” arts.

• Three dimensional arts occupy space and have volume.

• Uses metal, wood, stone, clay, and glass

Architect

• Uses wood, bamboo, bricks, stone, concrete, and various building materials.

• Buildings are also called “three dimensional arts” because like sculpture, they occupy space and have volume..

Painter

Uses pigments (watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink, etc.) on a usually flat ground (wood, canvas, paper, stone wall such as in cave paintings)

Printmaker

• Uses ink printed or transferred on a surface (wood, metal platesm or silk screen) that is in keeping with a duplication or reproducing process.

• classified as “two dimensionals” arts because they include the surface or ground on which coloring substances are applied.

Musician

Uses sound and instruments (including the human voice) while the dancer uses the body

T’boli chanter

A __ sings creation stories in a way that is different from a classical singer or pop music singer influenced by the western music scale.

Dancer

Uses the body and its movements. Dance is often accompanied by music, but there are dancers that do not rely on musical accompaniment to be realized.

Theater Artist

Integrates all the arts and uses the stage, production design, performance elements, and script to enable the visual , musical, dance, and other aspects to come together as a whole work.

Photographer/Filmmaker

Uses a camera to record the outside world. The filmmaker uses the cinematographic camera to record and put together production design, sound engineering, performance, and screenplay.

Writer

Uses different mediums to share their ideas and stories. The most important medium is language or words

Musical Arts

Include music, poetry, and dance that is accompanied by music.

Practical Arts

Use for everyday and business life such as design, architecture, and furniture.

Environmental arts

Occupy space and change in its meaning and function depending on their categories including architecture, sculpture, and site-specific works such as installations and public art.

Pictorial arts

Include painting, drawing, graphics, and stage and production design.

Dramatic arts

Include drama, performance arts, music, and dance.

Technique

The manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired formal effect, and communicate the desired concept

Art Critique

A systematic study and assessment of a piece of art

Gather important knowledge about the art

Title of the artwork

Artists’ name

When was the piece created?

Where was it made?

The types of medium used to create the work

The exact size of the artwork

Describe what you see

Describe the artwork using fair words

Avoid using words like “beautiful”, “ugly”, “evil” or “good”

Describe the work’s elements

Line

Shape

Form

Color

Value

Texture

Space

Describe how to use the line?

Lines may be explicit or symbolic. Different lines may produce various moods or effects.

Hue

red, blue, yellow, green, etc. (color)

Value

Lightness or darkness

Intensity

Purity of a color

Line

An element of art defined by point moving in space.

Color

An element of art made up of three properties.

Hue, Value and Intensity

Shape

An element of art that is two-dimensional, flat or limited to height and width.

Form

An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; height, width and depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder). May also be free flowing.

Value

The lightness or darkness of tones or colors.

White is the lightest value

Black is the darkest.

The value halfway between these extremes is called mid gray

Space

An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art.

Negative space

is the region of the area around the primary objects

Positive space

is the space occupied by the primary objects

Texture

An element of art that refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched.

Principles of art

The means an artist uses to organize the elements within a work of art.

Rhythm

- A principle of design that indicates movement, created by the careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat.

Harmony

- A way of combining similar elements in an artwork to accent their similarities (achieved through use of repetitions and subtle gradual changes).

Balance

- A way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art. Major types are symmetrical and asymmetrical.

Emphasis

A way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements.

Proportion

A principle of design that refers to the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other

Gradiation

A way of combining elements by using a series of gradual changes in those elements. (Large shapes to small shapes, dark hue to light hue, etc. )

Variety

A principle of design concerned with diversity or contrast. Variety is achieved using different shapes, sizes, and/or colors in a work of art

Movement

A principle of design used to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewer’s eye throughout the work of art.

Subject

refers to what they are all about. If there is an image, we identify that image and recognize how it is presented.

Themes

are what connect subjects to their social milieu, and there are many ways of determining the theme of an artwork.