LINES LINES Art App Unit 4

Curiosita

is approaching life with a heightened level of wonder and continuous search to know and learn more.

Dimostrazione

the commitment to test knowledge and to persist in this task, which includes experiencing both success and failures in undertaking.

Sensazione

experiencing life through refinement of the senses. For example, the eyes should do more than see, it should be able to distinguish between the beauty of various colors, note minute details and savor the physicality of everything the world has to offer.

Sfumato

literally translates to “going up in smoke”. It is accepting life’s paradoxes and uncertainties. It is knowing and realizing that not everything is cause and effect and that events happen that even logic can explain.

Arte/Scienza

finding a balance between art and science or logic and imagination. This relates to the concept of a whole brain thinking (not just the left and right brain).

Corporalita

taking care of one’s body. Ensuring that healthy habits are practiced and sustained. A sound mind is usually the product of a sound body and vice versa.

Connessione

realizing that all things are interconnected. It is discovering patterns in the way things work and how things and lives work out.

interconnectedness

seeing how events in the past led to the present state of affairs.

Curiosita, Dimostrazione, Sensazione, Sfumato, Arte/Scienza, Corporalita, Connessione

7 Da Vincian Principles

Michael J. Gleb

Who conducted a research and wrote a book, “How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci”

Rule of Thirds

Its major function is to serve as a guide for visual artists on the proper placement of their subjects on the picture plane to achieve a more interesting composition

Rule of Thirds

used by visual artists (painters, digital artists, and photographers) to create compositions that meet the requirements for a good design.

balance

the distribution of the visual weight of objects, color, texture and space. The use of these elements should be balanced to make the viewers see and feel design as stable.

Symmetrical balance

type of balance that results when the elements used on one side of the design are similar to those on the other side.

Asymmetrical balance

the sides of the composition are different but still looked balanced.

Radial balance

achieved when the elements are arranged around a central point. Elements may exhibit similarities as they spread around the central point.

emphasis

the part of the design that catches the viewer's attention. The artist will usually make one area stand out by contrasting it with other areas.

movement

the path the viewer's eye takes when looking through the work of art. It can be implied along lines edges, shape, and color within the work of art.

pattern

the repetition of objects, shapes, lines, or symbols all over the space or picture plane.

proportion

the feeling of unity created when all parts relate well with each other.

repetition

works with patterns to make the work seem active. It creates unity within the artwork.

rhythm

created when one or more elements of design are used repeatedly to produce a feeling of organized, continuous, sometimes flowing movement. To keep it exciting and active, variety is important.

variety

the use of several elements of design that adds interest in order to hold the viewer's attention and guide the viewer’s eye through and around the work of art.

unity

the feeling of harmony between and among the parts of the work of art, which creates a feeling of completeness in the composition.

form, content, context

Generally, the visual arts are made-up of three key elements that are independent of each of their specific elements. In the appreciation of the visual arts, these three elements present themselves as:

form

refers to how specific elements in the artwork are organized to produce a unified whole

primary and secondary features

Form is further classified into:

primary features

This is how the artwork appears to the viewers.Its physical attributes in terms of medium, color, texture and size.

secondary features

This is how the primary features of the artwork relate to one another. Particularly, this refers to balance, proportion, unity and harmony that are used to create the whole composition.

content

refers to the message the artist wants to convey through his art.

factual, conventional, subjective level

The levels of content are:

factual level

the literal interpretation of the work, its images, attributes, actions and poses.

conventional level

takes into consideration the basic genres and the figurative meanings usually indicated by familiar signs and symbols and the quality of work.

subjective level

takes into consideration the effect of form and content on the viewers of the art.

context

refers to the various circumstances that influence how a work of art was produced and interpreted.

primary and secondary context

The two types of context are:

primary context

pertains to the characteristic of the artist, his personality, beliefs, interests and values.

secondary context

pertains to the setting. The historical period, time in which the work was produced. Included here are the functions served by the art work, its religious and philosophical conviction, socio political and economical undertones, climate and geography.

balance, emphasis, movement, pattern, proportion, repetition, rhythm, variety, unity

Principles of Design

acting

art of portraying or impersonating a character in the story

set and directors

they should know the setting of the story and build artificial sets.

Music

It is is indispensable in motion pictures.

musical director

The one in charge of selecting, composing new songs, writing orchestration, preparing background music, creating musical scores and supervising all recording.

sound technicians

responsible for making the dialogue clear and music of fine quality. They make sure that there is no background noise.

theater art

performance is immediate and once performed cannot be undone. Its magic begins when the curtains are raised and the stage lights go on.

playwright

Its role is to work out the plot in terms of the actual actions to be performed and dialogue to be spoken by actors within the limited facilities of the stage.

performers

the ones who portray the characters in a play.

performers

the ones who portray the characters in a play.

production design

includes the scenery, props, make-up, costumes, lights, music, sound and all other special effects used in a theater production.

playwright, performers, director, production design

Elements of theater

Drama

basically one of the genres of literature that is written primarily to be performed. The performance is done by actors on stage before a live audience.

plot

the overall structure of the play. It is concerned about what the story is all about

exposition, complication, resolution

The Plot progresses through the following:

exposition

the part that familiarizes the audience with the characters and the situation they are in.

complication

happens in the middle part of the play which develops the conflict that was started in the exposition

resolution

also called the anticlimax or the part where conditions in the story are normalized and the situation becomes stable.

setting

the locale and period in which the story takes place. It includes the scenery, props and costumes used in staging. It is the background of the play that informs the audience where and when the story will take place.

characters

the persons involved in the story. They may seem real to the audience depending on how the playwright structures the dialogues to make the characters come to life

dialogue

refers to the words uttered by the characters in the story. It what the characters use when conversing with each other or when expressing his thoughts and emotions

pantomimes

They rely heavily on actions, gestures, facial expression and sound effects.

Theme

what the story means. It is how the individual elements are put together to give the story significance and perspective. It relates something about life that is presented in its totality.

positive diagonals

indicate action and movement i.e., to move forward and act.

negative diagonals

conveys feeling of uncertainty, stress and defeat.

zigzag lines

Are angular lines that resulted in abrupt change in the direction of a straight line thus forming angles.

Sir Isaac Newton

Who discovered the color spectrum?

hue

It is the name given to the color, for example; red, green, violet and blue.

primary hues

these hues cannot be produced from combining any hues.

secondary hues

When two primary hues are mixed in equal amounts,

intermediate hues

Mixing equal amounts of the primary and secondary hues produces

tertiary hues.

Combining in equal mixture any two secondary hues produces the

value

refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

shade

When black is combined with hue.

tint

When white is added with hue.

intensity

denotes the brightness or dullness of a color

white

Hues become less intense (dull) when____ is added because color becomes lighter in value.

black

The hues’ intensity diminishes when ____is added and as the value darkens.

gray

If ____ is added, the result will be a variation in intensity without any change in value.

color harmony

one method of establishing color quality in a composition

Monochromatic Harmony

When a single color in the composition is varied in intensity and value by adding white or black.

Complementary Harmony

results when two colors that are opposite each other in the color wheel are placed side by side.

Analogous harmony

results when hues that are adjacent or beside each other in the color wheel is used in a composition.

Split-complementary harmony

uses 1 base color & 2 secondary color that are placed symmetrically in the color wheel

Triadic harmony

3 evenly spaced colors

Tetradic harmony

2 sets of complementary found opposite in the color wheel

color temperature

refers to the relative warmth or coolness of a color.

yellow

Warm colors are colors that have _____ as its dominant component

blue

cool colors have ___ as their dominant component.

achromatic value

Light and shadow focuses on what is known as _____.

Chiaroscuro

the technique of manipulating light and shadow in painting.

tenebrism or dark manner

exaggerated use of shadows to an extreme

Fernando Amorsolo

in the local sense, he also mastered chiaroscuro, but his focus was more on the manipulation of light rather than shadow.

picture plane

any flat surface onto which the artwork is created

negative spaces

these are between the shapes that are not occupied by any form.

natural or organic shapes

classification of shape that are seen in nature like the shape of leaves, animals, mountains, flowers and seashells.

abstract shapes

classification of shapes that have little or no resemblance to natural objects.

Non-Objective Or Biomorphic Shapes

seldom have reference to recognizable objects, but most often show a similarity to some organic forms.

Geometric shapes

these are triangles, rectangles, squares, cylinders, cubes.

single volume

It is the fundamental unit in sculpture.

texture

refers to the feel or tactile quality of the surface of an object. They also add richness and vitality in paintings.

visual texture

in such cases where touching the artwork is not allowed, textured can be perceived by the eyes.