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Poetry and the arts feed the water and passions instead of starving
them. – Plato
Art is an imitation of nature and has healthful and formative effects
on the mind. – Aristotle
Beauty is defined as the capacity of an object aesthetically
contemplated to yield pleasant feelings. – Curt Ducasse
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.- Picasso
Art is the imitator of nature, it tries to offer an abridgment of reality. –
Coleridge
LIQUID MEDIA
Pen & Ink – Ballpen.
- Such thick and thin lines are referred to as calligraphic or
gestural
Brush & Ink – Favorite drawing tool for Asian artists.
- When ink is diluted with water and applied with a brush, The
result is called a wash.
PRINTS
- The art of multiples and each image is called impression( a
copy of an image)- is considered an original work of art.
- Editions – is a number of copy
COLOR
Casablanca movie was colorized by the colorizers.
PERSPECTIVE
Perspective is attributed to the Italian Renaissance architect Filippo
Brunellshchi
Linear Perspective –
Space and Light – the relationship between space and light are
sometimes placed under the heading of atmospheric or aerial
perspective.
TEXTURE – involves the tactile senses, the senses of touch.
- A unit thus repeated as a thematic element becomes a motif.
SHAPE AND MASS - a shape becomes a mass through a change
in viewpoint or in lighting.
PAINTING AND ITS CLASSIFICATION
1. Wall or Murals
- Fresco Art
- Mosaic Art
- Stained glass art
2. Panel
- Tempera
- Oil
- Water Color
- Tapestry
3. Book
- Manuscript Illumination
- Prints
CHRONOLOGY
1. Lascaux paintings – in the cave of Dordogne, France.
- It draws animals
- Lascaux animals are among the best examples of
“Paleolithic artists”.
2. Cosquer and Chauvet – cave 121 feet below sea level
- 25000 and 16000 years ago paintings
3. Venus of Willindorf 25,000 years ago – a sculpture of a woman
- it was named venus
- the statute was a fertility image and was less than 5 inch
tall.
- Possibly carried as an amulet or goodluck charm.