ART APPRECIATION EXAM

Humanities

The expression of ourselves without using of words (painting,sculptures, dancing, mosaic, cross stitch, collage, paper and folding)

Humanities

The study of man’s expression feelings, thought, intuition, values, and ideas

Humanities

The study of man’s experience, goals, and aspirations

Humanities

It is used to dramatize individual expressions

During Renaissance Period

Revival of Greek classical ideals, development of human virtue, education of the young and guidance of adults

During Medieval Age

The humanities dealt with the metaphysics of the religious philosopher. The promotion of Christianity as Universal religion

During 19th and 20th century

Is to appreciate and understand the importance of human being, his ideas and aspirations

OTHER RELATED FIELDES IN HUMANITIES

1. Anthropology

2. History

3. Literature 

4. Philosophy

5. Religion

6. Sociology

7. Visual and Performing Arts

Art

It came from the Latin word “ars/artis” which means to do or man made

Art DEFINITION

It is a medium of expression because through arts we express our ideas, emotions, feelings, without using words.

Art DEFINITION

Creative activity which involves skill or expertness in handling materials and organizing them into a new.

Work of Art DEFINITION

A thing of beauty having aesthetic value. Obra maestra, provides aesthetic values to the viewers.

Work of Art DEFINITION

It must have an artistic merit and literary merit.

Work of Art DEFINITION

It is a symbolic state of meaning rather having a practical function.

TYPES of Work of Art

1. Banaue Rice Terraces

2. Madonna & Child

3. Mona Lisa

4. Spolarium

5. The Last Supper

Importance of Art

Drives our existence

Importance of Art

Satisfies the needs for personal expression

Importance of Art

Develop our skills to express ourselves

Importance of Art

Challenge us to see things differently

Importance of Art

It unleashes our hidden desires and passion

Importance of Art

It can change our ways in life

Importance of Art

To see the truth that we might understand before

Importance of Art

It gives pleasure, satisfaction and gratification

FUNCTIONS of Art

To express beauty

FUNCTIONS of Art

It gives man moment of relaxation and spiritual happiness

FUNCTIONS of Art

It serves as a channel of man’s passion

FUNCTIONS of Art

Arts reformed man

FUNCTIONS of Art

Overcomes the feelings of restlessness and loneliness

Ground breaking

that it does not follow regular convention or already tried artistic methods real closely. It is not, in short, just one more soap opera following an old, old formula, no matter how well done.

Best selling

it is very popular in its day or is produced by an artist who has done other very popular piece.

Inherently beautiful

means just as the art critics do require and demand that a work of art have an inner harmony, beauty, and emotional/intuitive meaning that are unified, strong and intense, and deeply moving to us. Something that appeals to your senses and emotions.

By the Audience

focus on how audience classified arts

Performing Arts

something an artist used body as a medium. An art form that is moving from one place to another.

Visual Arts

usually exist in two-dimensional form and stay in one place. Something that we see and hear.

Literature

talks about language that affects our imagination and make us think

Sculptural

a three-dimensional form that we can touch, see, and climb. It stays in one place.

By Critics

Focus on how people judge art

Major Arts or Fine Arts

those that includes music, literature, sculpture, painting, dance, theater, photography, and architecture.

Minor Arts or Applied Art

those that includes ceramics, furniture, weaving, photography, and letterings.

Pure Art

created and performed for other sake and to satisfies the audience

Practical Art

with a purpose, for practical use that something is useful

By an Artist

Characterize by special sensing, physical and special senses

Sight art

something that you can see, imagine, and create

Sound Art

something that you can hear

Touch Art

something that you can feel or touch

Real Art

something that is understandable “what you see is what you get”, objective and representational.

Abstract Art

non subject matter, non-representational that we cannot understand on the part of the listener.

Gray Tree

The monochromatic __________  is an early artwork by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.

Gray Tree

It shows us Mondrian’s early experiments with cubism.

Gray Tree

Belief that spirituality was intrinsically tied to nature.

Color (Hue)

gives meaning, value, intensity and saturation to an object. It has series of wave lengths which strikes our retina.

Properties of Colors

1. Value

2. Saturation

3. Hue

Value

lightness, brightness, darkness of color

Saturation

degree of quality, purity, and strength such as scarlet and indigo. 2 to 3 colors in things.

Hue

name of the color

CLASSIFICATION of Colors

1. Primary Colors

2. Secondary Colors

3. Intermediate Colors

4. Tertiary Colors

Primary colors

colors that cannot be formed from mixtures because they are pure colors

Secondary color

colors form out of combination of two primary colors.

Intermediate colors

colors form out of mixing one primary and one secondary.

Tertiary colors

form out of combination of two secondary colors.

Line

one- or two-dimensional art that indicates direction, orientation, movement, and energy. It is considered as the oldest, simplest, universal element.

Direction of Line

1. Vertical Line

2. Horizontal Line

3. Diagonal Line

4. Jagged Line

Vertical line

basic framework of all forms, power & delimination, strength, stability, simplicity, and efficiency.

Horizontal line

creates an impression of serenity and perfect stability. Rest, calmness, peace, and reposed.

Diagonal line

it shows movement and instability. Portrays movement action.

Jagged line

it shows violence, zigzag, confusion, and conflict.

Curve line

it shows a gradual change of direction and fluidity. It signifies subtle form.

Medium

it denotes the means of artists to express his ideas, it pertains to materials used to express feelings through art.

Rhythm

pattern, arrangement of lines, color, synchronization or connection of path that suggest gracefulness.

Style

the typical expressing and training of artist and outlook in life.

Structure

surface and quality of object either real or made to be appeared real. It gives variety and beauty on art.

Shape

the enclosed space defined by other elements of art. shapes may take on the appearance of two-d or three- objects.

Principles of Art

1. Emphasis

2. Balanc

3. Harmony

4. Variety

5. Movement

6. Rhythm

7. Proportion or scale

8. Unity

Emphasis

the composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the body of the work.

Balance

it is a sense of stability in the body of work. It can be created by repeating same shapes and by creating a feeling of equal weight.

Harmony

achieved in a body of work by using similar elements throughout the work, harmony gives an uncomplicated look to your work.

Variety

refers to the differences in the work, you can achieve variety by using difference shapes, textures, colors and values in your work.

Movement

adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewers eye throughout the picture plane.

Rhythm 

a type of movement in drawing and painting. It is seen in repeating of shapes and colors. Alternating lights and darks also give a sense of rhythm.

Proportion or scale

refers to the relationships of the size of objects in a body of work. Proportions give a sense of size seen as a relationship of objects. such as smallness or largeness.

Unity

is seen in a painting or drawing when all the parts equal a whole. Your work should not appear disjointed or confusing.

DIFFERENT SUBJECT of Work of Art

1. Nature

2. Woman/man

3. Emotion

4. Places

5. Animals

6. Events

7. Saints

8. Churches

9. Child

10. Fruits

11. Toys

12. Landscape

13. Seascapes

14. Religion

Different ways of presenting the subject

1. Realism

2. Abstraction

3. Distortion

Realism

the artists portrays the subject as ease.

Abstraction

there is no subject but only his feelings and ideas. You cannot figure out the subject/object.

Distortion

usually done to dramatize the shape of a figure or to create an emotional effect. Measurement is not proportioned.

Artist and His Medium

As the materials, the artist way of expressing his emotion in

order to communicate his ideas.

1. Visual

2. Auditory/time

3. That can be seen and heard

Artist and His Medium

How to control his medium to achieve his desire in the work of art. It also pertains to technical requirement of the particular work of art. It is how he manipulates his medium

Visual

that can be seen and can occupy space.

Auditory/time

that can be heard.

Painting

The practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface (support base). In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting.

Paintings

May have for their support such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, clay or concrete.

Paintings DEFINITION

Paintings may be decorated with gold leaf, and some modern paintings incorporate other materials including sand, clay, and scraps of paper.

Paintings DEFINITION

Tangible canvass that we see through the use of his hands.

Paintings DEFINITION

It is the most widely practiced and appreciated.

PURPOSES of Painting

Painting commemorates historical events.

PURPOSES of Painting

For recognition of religious activities.

ELEMENTS of Painting

1. Color

2. Line

3. Perspective

4. Proportion

5. Texture

6. Rythm

Different Mediums in Painting

1. Oil

2. Pencil

3. Watercolor

4. Charcoal

5. Tempera

6. Fresco

7. Pastel

8. Acrylic

9. Mosaic

10. Crayon

Different Techniques

1. Realism

2. Surealism

3. Cubism

4. Expressionism

5. Impressionism

6. Symbolism

7. Pointilism

8. Futurism

9. Minimalism

10. Fauvism

11. Dadaism

12. Constructivism