NAME: GRANT KYLE DE GUZMAN DATE: APRIL 29, 2022

SUBJECT: ART APPRECIATION

ASSIGNMENT NO.13

QUESTION:
1. What are the visual elements in traditional motifs?
2. How are traditional motifs used?
3. What are the materials used in traditional create?
4. What are the end-products of handicrafts?
5. What is the significance of decorative symbol?

ANSWER:
1. The Visual Elements are Line, Shape, Tone, Color, Pattern, Texture and Form.

2. In art and iconography, a motif may be considered as a fragment or recurring element,

which is used to create larger work by joining together. Motifs are considered to be an

important step in designing and may be repeated in a pattern or design, often many times,

or may just occur once in a work.

3. The basic methods in building design and construction have been used for thousands of

years. Stacking stones, laying brick or lashing wood together in one form or another are

still used today in all parts of the world. But over the centuries, innovations in methods

and materials have given new expression to architecture and the human footprint on the

landscape. We can look to historical examples for clues that give context to different

style periods. In western culture, one of the earliest settlements with permanent structures

was discovered at Catalhoyuk (Links to an external site.) in Turkey (pictured below). The

rich soil that surrounds the settlement indicates the inhabitants relied in part on farming.

Dated to about 7500 BCE, the dwellings are constructed from dried mud and brick and

show wooden support beams spanning the ceilings. The design of the settlement

incorporates a cell-like structure of small buildings either sharing common walls or

separated by a few feet. The roofs are flat and were used as pathways between buildings.
4. This include art metal ware, wood ware, hand printed textiles and scarves, leather crafts,

hand knotted carpets and embroidered goods, wood design, shawls as art ware, stone

carvings, imitation jewellery and miscellaneous other handicrafts.

5. Lines, ellipses, rectangles, and other decorative symbol tools available in the Toolbox

have no technical meaning, but can help with readability. You can use them to surround

parts of a model to, for example, distinguish domains of activity