Fine Arts EC-6 GENERALIST

Visual Arts

sculpture, painting, printmaking, basket weaving, ceramics, metalworking, textiles, blacksmithing, jewelery

Fine Arts

does not include applied arts (basket weaving, ceramics)

What is the goal to art education?

Develop children's aesthetic perception, provide experience with many art forms, and facilitate reflections on and discussions of observations and responses.

What are the four main strands of art?

1) Perception
2) Creative Expression
3) Historical/cultural heritage
4) Critical evaluation

Printmaking

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Elements of Art

The individual components that combine to create artwork - line, shape, space, value, color, texture

Primary colors

Red, yellow, blue

Secondary Colors

Green, Orange, Violet

Compound Colors

Colors containing a mixture of the three primary colors

Value

Darkness/Lightness of an artwork

Organic Shapes

Natural looking shapes, leaves, animals, clouds

Principles of Art

Guidelines that artists follows to create art and to deliver their intended message - emphasis, balance, rhythm, contrast, movement, and harmony

Emphasis

Making one part of the artwork stand out

Balance

Position of objects in such a way that none of them overpower the other components of the artwork.

Rhythm

The type of pattern used in the artwork.

Contrast

Used to create interest through the combination of elements.

Movement

The way the artists produce the appearance of motion.

Harmony

Used to represent a sense of completeness in the artwork.

Art Movement

When a group of artists during a specific period have a common style

Prehistoric period

cave arts, paleolithic age

Ancient Period

Sculptures of rocks (Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, Greeks) , pyramids from Egyptians

Classical Period

1,000 years after the Ancient Period
Physical beauty
Hellenistic Period
Pantheon - Domed temple of all the gods

Gothic Architecture

Combination of search for engineering and structural development and adoration of God.
Pointed arches and vaults, stained glass windows

Medieval Period

Romanesque styles
Decorative arts of the Byzantine Empire, the Near East, Germans and Celtics tribes
Realism is less important than the message
Gothic architecture

Romanesque Styles

Round arches, vaulted ceilings, and heavy walls that are ornately decorated with symbolic figures of Christianity.

Renaissance Period

-True human characterization and realism.
-Revival of Greek architectural elements.
-Emotional and dramatic; use of color and movement increased, composition was more vigorous, and reference to classical iconography increased
-Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Correggio, Giorgione, Bellini

Baroque

17th Century; exaggerated motino, elaborate and detailed artwork.
-drama, tension, exuberance
-painting, literature, and music

Rococo Art

-light, pastel-toned
-swirling composition

Nineteenth-century Art

-landscape paintings
-Depiction of everyday life and the natural environment in a fee, painterly style.
-Romanticism, realism, and impressionism
-John Constable, Joseph Malord William Turner, Charles Daubigny Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Realism

-Gustave Courbet, Jean-Francois Millet, Honore Daumier
-emphasized quickly observed and sketched moments from life, the relations of shapes and forms and color, the effect

Impressionism

-Edouard Manet
-1860s
-light color to capture the impression of images as opposed to the real "real" image.
-landscapes and everyday-life painting.
-Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Edgar Degas
-Van Gogh, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec

Surrealism

-20th century
-subconscious and metaphysical important elements
-influence of psychology
-Salvador Dali,