Activity 1.

GET TO KNOW ME

Elements present on the artwork: Elements present on the artwork:

 line  line
 shape  shape
 texture  texture
 colour and value  colour and value
 form  form
 tone  tone

Principles present on the artwork: Principles present on the artwork:

 Harmony  Harmony
 Balance  Balance
 Proportion  Proportion
 Variety  Variety
 Movement  Movement
 Rhythm  Rhythm
 Dominance/Emphasis

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Elements present on the artwork:
 line Elements present on the artwork:
 shape  line
 texture  texture
 colour and value  colour and value
 form  form
 tone  tone

Principles present on the artwork: Principles present on the artwork:

 Harmony  Harmony
 Balance  Balance
 Proportion  Proportion
 Variety  Variety
 Movement  Movement
 Rhythm  Rhythm
 Dominance/Emphasis  Dominance/Emphasis

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 Activity: 3: SPOT OUR DIFFERENCES
Name of Sculpture
2. Period, and era when it
was created
3. Materials used
4. The use of elements of
arts in the sculpture (lines,
shape, color, texture
5. The distinctive
characteristic of the
sculpture
“Pieta” by Michelangelo
Renaissance
(1498-1499)
Marble
lines
shape
color
texture
tone
form
This famous work of art
depicts the body of Jesus on
the lap of his mother Mary
after the Crucifixion. The
theme is of Northern origin.
Michelangelo's
interpretation of the Pietà is
unprecedented in Italian
sculpture. It is an important
work as it balances the
Renaissance ideals of
classical beauty with
naturalism.
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“Ecstasy of St. Teresa” by
Bernini
Baroque
 (1645–1652),
Marble
Golden spear
lines
shape
color
tone
texture
form
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
is the central sculptural
group in white marble set in
an elevated aedicule in the
Cornaro Chapel, Santa
Maria della Vittoria, Rome.
It was designed and
completed by Gian Lorenzo
Bernini, the leading sculptor
of his day, who also
designed the setting of the
Chapel in marble, stucco and
paint. It is generally
considered to be one of the
sculptural masterpieces of
the High Roman Baroque. It
depicts Teresa of Ávila.
 Activity: 4: HOW UNIQUE AM I

Renaissance Period

Mona Lisa
Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci

“Mona Lisa” stems from a description with the aid of

Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari, who wrote,
“Leonardo undertook to paint for Francesco del Giocondo
the portrait of Mona Lisa, his wife.” Mona, in Italian, is a
well-mannered structure of address originating as Madonna-
similar to Ma’am, madamme, or My Lady in English. This
grew to become Madonna and its contraction Mona. The
title of the painting, although traditionally spelled “Mona”,
is also generally spelled in Modern Italian as “Monna Lisa”.

Leonardo was fascinated by the way light falls on curved

surfaces. The gauzy veil, Mona Lisa's hair, the
luminescence of her skin – all are created with layers of
transparent color, each only a few molecules thick, making
the lady's face appear to glow, and giving the painting an
ethereal, almost magical quality.

Baroque Period
“Conversion of St. Paul”
Amerighi da Caravaggio
Amerighi da Caravaggio painted the Conversion of Saint Paul for
the Cerasi Chapel in the Roman church of Santa Maria del Popolo.
Caravaggio depicted Saint Paul at the moment of his conversion,
lying on his back with his hands thrown up in the air and his eyes
closed. The old hostler in the background seems not to notice, as
his is preoccupied with the horse, and not focused on Paul. This
painting in very different from other paintings of religious scenes.
A viewer who has never seen this painting before might easily
mistake the scene for a simple accident at a stable. Because of this,
Caravaggio has often been criticized for the ordinariness of his
religious depictions.

Caravaggio also applied different formal devices to enhance this

religious scene. His use of perspective and chiaroscuro brings the
viewer close to the scene, making the viewer feel as if he/she were
a part of it. To make the viewer feel even closer to Paul, this
painting hangs at eye-level in the chapel.

Caravaggio has been called sordid, grotesque, and violent.

Caravaggio has also been called brilliant and genius. But one thing
is for sure: he mastered Baroque painting and had a tremendous
influence on artists, especially painters, who followed.

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 Activity 5. PICK ONE

A B C

Renaissance Las Meninas Ectasy St.Theresa della Vittoria

ARTWORK TITLE Renaissance

LINE The line is used to make shape, pattern, form,

structure, growth, depth, distance, rhythm,
movement and a range of emotions.

SHAPE The shape is man-made, regular 3 dimensional,

abstract, geometric and transparent.

STONE The familiar stone types that are used today are
identified through four categories:
SEDIMENTARY, METAMORPHIC, IGNEOUS
STONE, and ARTIFICIAL.

SEDIMENTARY
Sedimentary stone came from organic elements such
as glaciers, rivers, wind, oceans, and plants. Tiny
sedimentary pieces broke off from these elements
and accumulated to form rock beds. Examples of
sedimentary stones include limestones, sandstones,
travertine.

METAMORPHIC
Metamorphic stone originates from a natural change
from one type of stone to another type through the
mixture of heat, pressure, and minerals. The change
may be a development of a crystalline formation, a
texture change, or a colour change. Metamorphic
stones include marble, slate and serpentine.

IGNEOUS
Igneous stones are mainly formed through volcanic
material such as magma. Underneath the earth
surface, liquid magma cooled and solidified. Mineral
gases and liquids penetrated into the stone and
created new crystalline formations with various
colours. Granite and basalt are prime examples of
igneous stone.

ARTIFICIAL
Artificial stone is produced by mixing marble
powder, resin and pigment, and then cast using the
vacuum oscillation to form the block. Cutting,
calibration, grinding and polishing are then done to
output the slabs. Some factories have developed a
special low-viscosity, high strength polyester resin,
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 with which the mound-pressing artificial marble has
high hardness, strength, good gloss, low water
absorption, wear resistance. Terrazzo,
conglomerated or cultured stones are some of
artificial stones.

COLOR
Color is the visual element that has the strongest
effect on our emotions. Color creates mood or
atmosphere of an artwork.

TEXTURE The surface quality of an – artwork the

roughness or smoothness of the material from
which it is made.

FORM Form is the physical volume of a shape and the

space that it occupies. Form can be
representational or abstract. Form generally
refers to sculpture, 3D design and architecture
but may also relate to the illusion of 3D on a 2D
surface.

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 Activity 6. ALL ABOUT ME

LINE make shape, pattern, form, structure, growth,

depth, distance, rhythm, movement and a range
of emotions.
SPACE Feeling of depth or three dimensions. The artist's
use of the area within the picture plane. The area
around the primary objects in a work of art is
known as negative space, while the space
occupied by the primary objects is known as
positive space.
COLOR has the strongest effect on our emotions. Color
creates mood or atmosphere of an artwork.
VALUE Artists able to create the illusion of light using
different color and tonal values. Value defines
how light or dark a given color or hue can be.
Values are best understood when visualized as a
scale or gradient, from dark to light. The more
tonal variants in an image, the lower the contrast.
TEXTURE The surface quality of an – artwork the
roughness or smoothness of the material from
which it is made.
SHAPE natural or man-made, regular or irregular, flat (2-
dimensional) or solid (3-dimensional),
representational or abstract, geometric or
organic, transparent

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