Visual Communication 

Observe and Analyze:

• Craftsmanship: way of using materials and media to produce $over average$ artwork
• design: use of elements and principles
• aesthetics: they way something looks, preferably pleasing. - __unique to work__
• reflection to society: reason of creation
• \*all cats rot dead \*

Aesthetic properties

• sensory: the texture we see on the canvas or what we physically feel/touch.
• formal: organization of elements/subjects
• technical: tools and equipment used to make art
• ==expressive: emotional response==

Why creation?

• utility: making objects that can be used
• @@religion: art for religion uses - **book art ** - covers@@
• politics: propaganda, statues
• i^^nformation: teachings of culture/religion - decor^^
• %%history: drawings/tales of religion - *pot *%%
• aesthetics: pretty to look at

Subject Matter:

• Narrative: tell a story
• Religious subject: $Religious Figures$
• Literary: scenes from written works
• Landscapes: nature
• Cityscapes: architecture
• Figure: human form; usually in nude
• Portrait: painting of someone else by artists
• Self-portrait: painting of self by artist
• Historical subject: i$mportant event$s in history
• Genre: everyday activity
• Social Comment: visual statement of society
• Still-life: in-animate
• Animals
• Expression: painting of something with expression of feeling; not actually what they are viewing
• Abstract: simplification of items into simple shapes; represents something
• non-subjective: does not look like anything; feelings.

Museums

• Museums: Fine Arts Boston, LA museum of art, gallery in DC
• preservations: forumulating pigments, color matching, repairing canvas
• archaeologists - unearth and discover evidence of past cultures that have not been shown to the current human generation.
• process: catalog, reference, photograph ~ CRP