FUNDAMENTALS OF ART

ART AS DEFINED IN VARIED

WAYS
Art as Representation: Mimesis

 . Plato- first developed the idea of art as

“mimesis,” which, in Greek, means copying or
imitation. For him, art is an illusion, a collection of
reflections. He stated that true forms were created
by God and they are all perfect and therefore
cannot be replicated.
Art as Expression of Emotional
Content.
 Expression became important during the Romantic
movement with artwork expressing a definite
feeling, as in the sublime or dramatic. Audience
response was important, for the artwork was
intended to evoke an emotional response. This
definition holds true today, as artists look to connect
with and evoke responses from their viewers.
Art as Form
 Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was one of the most
influential of the early theorists toward the end of the
18th century. He believed that art should not have a
concept but should be judged only on its formal
qualities because the content of a work of art is not
of aesthetic interest. Formal qualities became
particularly important when art became more abstract
in the 20th century, and the principles of art and design
(balance, rhythm, harmony, unity) were used to define
and assess art.
ELEMENTS OF ARTS
Elements of arts
 Line
 Shape
 Color
 Texture
Line
 Line is a continuous mark. In Art, used to define a space, create, an outline
or pattern, imply movement or texture and allude mass or volume.
 An element of art defined by a point moving in space. Line may be two-or
three-dimensional, descriptive, implied, or abstract.
 Types of Lines
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Diagonal
- Jagged
- Smooth
- Squiggly
- calligraphic
Shape
 An enclosed space whose boundaries are defined
by other elements of art such as line and color.
 Types of Shape:

- geometric (controlled, regular)

- organic (natural, free-flowing)
- symmetrical (same on both sides)
- asymmetrical
Color
 Color is the element of art that is produced when light,
striking an object, is reflected back to the eye. There
are three properties to color:
 The first is hue, which simply means the name we give to
a color (red, yellow, blue, green, etc.). The second
property is intensity, which refers to the vividness of the
color. A color's intensity is sometimes referred to as its
"colorfulness", its "saturation", its "purity" or its
"strength". The third and final property of color is
its value, meaning how light or dark it is. The
terms shade and tint refer to value changes in colors. In
painting, shades are created by adding black to a
color, while tints are created by adding white to a color.
Texture
 Texture, another element of art, is used to describe how
something feels or looks. A small selection of examples
of the descriptions of texture are furry, bumpy, smooth,
rough, soft, and hard. There are many forms of texture;
the two main forms are actual and visual.
-Visual texture is strictly two-dimensional and is perceived
by the eye that makes it seem like the texture.
-Actual texture (tactile texture) is one not only visible, but
can be felt. It rises above the surface transitioning it
from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.
ARTS IN ITS DIFFERENT
FORMS
Arts in its different forms
 Painting
 Drawing
 Sculpture
 Ceramics
 Photography
 Video
 Architecture
 Theatrical Performance
 Dance