Arts 1100 - Module 5

Art as Expression

·         Way for artists to express emotion

·         Art does not induce emotion, it expresses it

Expressing

·         Needed for an emotion to be known

·         Able to explore his emotion and create art

·         Ex. crying because you’re sad

Describing

·         Destroys the idea of expression, because it clarifies the emotion

·         Ex. saying you’re sad instead of showing it

Forms of Art

1.      Visual Arts

2.      Film

3.      Performance Art

4.      Poetry Performance

5.      Dance

6.      Literary Art

7.      Theater

8.      Applied Art

Visual Arts

·         Appeal to the sense of sight

·         Subject is what the artist sees or what an object is perceived as

·         An art we perceive with our eyes

·         Expresses ideals, and distress of the artist

·         Mediums of Visual Art: paintings, drawings, letterings, printing, sculpture, digital imaging

·         It is the aesthetic appeal of any creation – a story, poem, dance, sculpture and painting – that constitutes ART.

·         Ex. architecture, clothes, appliances, decors, churches

Classifications of Visual Art

• Graphic Arts

• Plastic Arts

Graphic Arts

2D, flat, portrayals of symbols

Under Graphic Arts

1. Painting

2. Drawing

3. Graphic Process

4. Commercial Art

5. Mechanical Process

6. Photography

Under Plastic Arts

1. Architecture

2. Landscape Architecture

3. City Planning

4. Interior Design

5. Sculpture

6. Crafts

7. Industrial Design

8. Dress and Costume Design

9. Theater Design

Film

·         Successions of still images to create movement

·         Elements of Film Making: lighting, musical score, visual effects, direction, & more

Performance Art

·         Live art

·         Medium is mostly the human body using props, sounds

Elements of Performance Art

1. Time

2. Setting (Where the performance took place)

3. Performer

4. Audience (Relationship between the audience and the performers)

Poetry Performance

·         Artist express emotion through words

·         Concise and clear to stimulate emotion

·         Combination of words, movement, tone, volume, and delivery

Dance

·         series of movements

·         has no rules

·         has different meaning throughout history and culture

Types of Dances

1. Ethnologic

2. Social or Ballroom Dance

3. Ballet

4. Modern

5. Musical Comedy

Ethnologic

folk dancing

Social or Ballroom Dance

performed by pairs

Ballet

formalized w/c originated in the medieval times

Modern

personal theme, interpretative dances

Musical Comedy

performed in theaters

Literary Art

·         Words to express emotions

·         Writing with a unique style

·         Fiction and non-fiction

·         Combining spoken and written words w/c has artistic and emotional appeal

Types of Literature

1. Drama

2. Essay

3. Prose Fiction

4. Poetry

5. Miscellaneous

Drama

story recreated in front of an audience

Essay

reflective writing of personal thoughts, deep analysis of certain topics

Prose Fiction

narrative stories, more on realistic writing based on true events

Poetry

expressive literature, uses rhythm and concise wording to express emotions

Miscellaneous

not formally classified a literature, high quality of writing

Theater

·         Live performers to enact imaginary events to an audience

·         Follows a script

Applied Art

·         Increasing aesthetic value of everyday items

·         Industrial design, interior design, fashion design and graphic design are considered applied arts

·         Combining functionality and style