ARTS REVIEWER Physical Functions of Art – easy to spot and

understand – artwork that is crafted order to

LESSON 1 serve some physical purpose

ARTS - craft or specialized form of skill PHILOSOPICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ART

ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS  Art as an imitation

 Art as an representation
Art is universal – art will always be present  Art as a disinterested judgement
Art is not nature – art is made by man  Art as a communication of emotion

Art involves experience – he knows what that LESSON 4

something is about
Subject – visual focus – what?
LESSON 2 Content – meaning that is communicated by
the artist – why?
“Imagination is more important than
knowledge” Form – elements and the medium put together
– how?
Imagination – embraces the entire world
TYPES OF SUBJECT
Knowledge – limited to all we now know
Representational art – subject that refer to
ART AS EXPRESSION – artist has the freedom to objects or event – also termed figurative art
express himself the way he wants to
Non-representational art – does not make any
Popular art expressions: reference to the real world
 Visual arts Abstract art - a departure from reality
 Film
 Performance art LESSON 6
 Poetry performance
 Architecture ELEMENTS OF ART: VISUAL
 Dance
 Literary art 1. LINE – point moving at an identifiable
 Theater path
 Applied a. Horizontal and vertical lines
-horizontal refers to the lines that are
LESSON 3 normally associated with rest or calm
-vertical connote the elevation for
FUNCTIONS OF ART action.

Personal Functions of Art – varied and highly
subjective – need for self-expression
Social Functions of Art – addresses a particular
collective interest as opposed to a personal
interest
b. Diagonal and crooked lines
- Diagonal lines convey movement and
instability
- Crooked lines reminiscent of violence,
conflict or struggle
 c. Curved lines – bend or coil
2 – 3 SHAPE AND FORM
Shape – 2D: height and width
Form – 3D: height, width and depth
a. Geometric – mathematical propositions
b. Organic – readily occurring in nature
4. SPACE – inferred from a sense of depth
a. positive space – white space,
negative space
negative space – shadow is heavily used
b.3 dimensional space - variety of
techniques such as shading
5. COLOR – Enhances the appeal of an artwork
a. hue – dimension of color gives its
name, -- primary colors – secondary colors –
tertiary colors
b. value – brightness and darkness of
color – light colors – dark colors
Tint - lighter color than the normal value
Shade - darker color than the normal value
c. Intensity – colors brightness and
dullness
- Bright or warm colors - positive energy
- Dull or cool colors – seriousness, calm
- Monochromatic harmonies – variations
of hue
- Complementary harmonies – 2
opposite color
- Analogous harmonies – colors beside
each other in the color wheel
6. Texture - sense of touch and sight
PLANES AND PERSPECTIVE
3 Types of perspective
- One-point perspective
- Two-point perspective
- Three-point perspective
ELEMENTS OF ART: AUDITORY
1. RHYTHM – music that situates it in time
- Largo – slowly and broadly
- Andante –walking pace
- Moderato – moderate speed
- Allegro – fast
- Vivace – lively
- Accelerando – gradually speeding up
- Rallendato – gradually slowing down
- Allargando – getting slower
- Rubato – robbed time
2. DYNAMICS – loudness or quietness of
music
- Pianissimo (pp) – very quiet
- Piano (p) – quiet
- Mezzo-piano (mp) – moderately quiet
- Forte (f) – loud
- Fortissimo (ff) – very loud
3. MELODY – linear presentation
(horizontal) of pitch
4. HARMONY - vertical, arises when
pitches are combined to form chords
5. TIMBRE – linked to the color of music
6. TEXTURE – number of melodies
- Monophonic – single melodic line
- Polyphonic - two or more melodic lines
- Homophonic – main melody
accompanied by chords
PRINCIPLES OF ART
1. BALANCE – visual elements in view of
their placement in relation to each
other
- Symmetrical – reflected to the other
- Asymmetrical – not the same on each
side
- Radial – central point in the
composition
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 2. SCALE AND PROPORTION – size in
relation to what is normal for the figure
or object
- Proportion can be:
Natural – realistic size
Exaggerated - unusual size
Idealized – perfection
3. EMPHASIS – attention of the viewer to
a focal point
4. CONTRAST – disparity between the
elements that figure into composition
5. UNITY - compositions intended to
imbue a sense of accord or
completeness from the artwork
6. VARIETY - principle that aims to retain
the interest by allowing patches
7. HARMONY – achieve a sense of flow
and interconnectedness
8. MOVEMENT – directions of the viewing
eye as it goes through the artwork
9. RHYTHM - element is repeated,
creating implied movement
10. REPITITION – artwork in recurring
manner
11. PATTERN – image created out of
repetition
HYBRID ART –emergence is hinged on the
frontiers of science and technology
LESSON 7
PREHISTORIC ART
Paleolithic art – stones
Neolithic art – metal
EGYPTIAN ART – it should be religious and
spiritual
Old kingdom – architectural wonders was
constructed
Middle kingdom – shift in the political hierarchy
New kingdom - references from both of the
preceding kingdom
LESSON 8
ANCIENT GREECE
4 periods of greek art
- Geometric – starting to get back from
the onslaught of what seemed to be
their dark ages.
- Archaic - placed importance of human
figures
- Classical – sculpture and architecture
- Hellenistic – showcasing emotions and
depicting reality
ANCIENT ROME – romans were known to
be master builders, which earned their
reputation for grand monuments and
architectural infrastructures.
MIDDLE AGES – characterized by ignorance
and darkness
RENAISSANCE ART – “individual” as the
subject of art – revival of roman theatrical
plays
MANNERISM – product of renaissance
period – copying subjects from existing
works of art
BAROQUE AND THE RACOCO
Baroco – irregularly shaped pearl
Rome – birthplace of baroque period
Baroque period – music was also flourished
NEOCLASSICISM – movement in Europe
that transpired during the 18th and 19th
centuries
ROMANTICISM - art movement, used the
central themes of Neoclassicist artworks as
a springboard
REALISM – focuses on the accuracy of
details that depicts and somehow mirrors
the reality
IMPRESSIONISM – led to break from the
tradition in European painting – style of
painting that emerged in the mid- to late
1800s

POST IMPRESSIONISM –result of both of

the influence and rejection of
impressionism

NEO-IMPRESSIONISM – considered as a
response to empirical realism of
impressionism

ART NOUVEAU - ornamental style of art

was a break from the conservative
historicism – ornamental styles uses the
organic lines

FAUVISM – style of painting that emerged

in france around 20th century

CUBISM – 2D surface of the picture plane

FUTURISM – 20th century art movement

that is started in Italy – highlighted the
speed, energy, dynamism and power of
machines