READING VISUAL ARTS (2/6/2024)

LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION OF ARTS 6. CULTURAL - art serves as aperture

(window) towards skills, knowledge,
beliefs, cultures, customs, to preserve the
traditions of different people.
ART
4 KINDS OF VISUAL ARTS
● A medium of artistic expression
● Conscious use of skill and creative 1) FINE ARTS - stands as the pinnacle
imagination, specially in the production of (highest level) of artistic expression,
aesthetic objects emphasizing aesthetics over functionality.
● Aesthetic means feeling of appreciation Also called as high arts like paintings,
and enjoyment of beauty sculpture, music, poetry, architecture.
2) CONTEMPORARY ARTS - arts made and
produce by an artist living today.
3) DECORATIVE ARTS - crafts, mosaic,
FORMS OF ART
glass art, studio
1. VISUAL ART - forms of art that create 4) OTHERS - graphic, fashion, interior
works which are visual in nature. Anything design
that can be perceived by the eye.
THE VALUE OF ARTS IN EDUCATION (5C’s)
Painting, drawing, photograph, etc.
2. LITERARY ART - forms of art in which the 01. CREATIVITY - art allows student to
author communicates his/her ideas express themselves and think outside the
through written works and connect to the box
story through individual level. 02. COLLABORATION - develops the value
3. PERFORMING ARTS - are creative form of teamwork
of arts performed by an individual or 03. CONFIDENCE - sense of pride
groups that uses body, voices, and/or 04. CULTURAL AWARENESS & EMPATHY -
inanimate objects which conveys artistic understanding
expression to a live audience. 05. CRITICAL PEDAGOGY - analyze, art that
helps students to develop the ability to
FUNCTIONS OF ARTS
criticize, interpret and reason out.
1. AESTHETIC - is a direct source of
sensual pleasure and elicits aesthetic
response.
2. ECONOMIC - serve its economic purpose
as there are creations of art that are useful
in our society. Paintings when artist makes
money from it.
3. EDUCATIONAL - those can be means to
pass down values, beliefs, traditions,
customs, and history of a culture.
4. RELIGIOUS - these are visual
representations of religious ideologies and
their relationships with humans.
5. SOCIAL - art serves it social function
when it bridges connection and bring
people together.
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LESSON 2: 7 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART

What are the elements of visual art? 4. COLOR - is the light reflected by an object

➔ Visual tools that the artist uses to create a - has the strongest impact on emotions and
composition, to help the artist the artwork
communicate. These are building blocks ● Red - love, passion, anger
to create necessary things/components. ● Orange - energy, happiness, vitality
● Yellow - happiness, hope, deceit
● Green - new beginnings, nature,
abundance
1. LINES - foundation of all drawings ● Blue - responsible, calm, sadness
● Violet - royalty, wealth, creativity
10 Kinds and its psychological response
● Black - elegance, mystery, evil
1) Curve - comfort and ease ● White - purity, cleanliness, virtue
2) Horizontal - distance and calm ● Gray - conservative, formality
3) Vertical - height and strength ● Brown - wholesome, dependability
4) Jagged - turmoil and anxiety ● Pink - beauty, femininity
5) Broken - insubstantial
5. PATTERN - repeating a certain element of art
6) Freehand - personal energy and mood of
to create a sense of balance, harmony, and
the artist
contrast
7) Mechanical - rigid control
8) Thick - strength 1) Natural - base on nature, leaf, branches of
9) Continuous - can lead the eye to different a tree. Inspiration from observing the
directions natural pattern that occurs in nature.
2) Manmade - patterns made by humans, fro
2. SHAPE - graphical representation of an objects
structural and decorative purposes
form or external boundary, outline or external
surface 6. TEXTURE - the roughness or softness of
materials by which it is made. The surface quality.
1) Square and Rectangle - strength and
stability Two ways:
2) Circle and Ellipses - continuous movement
3) Triangle - can lead the eye to the upward 1) Optically - sight
direction 2) Physical - touch
4) Inverted Triangle - create a sense of
imbalance 7. FORM - the shape of an artwork

3. TONE - lightness or darkness of color - the physical volume of shape and the
space it occupies
❖ to create the contrast of light and dark
❖ to create the illusion of form
❖ to create a dramatic or tranquil
atmosphere
❖ to create a sense of depth and strength
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PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL ART 6. UNITY

➔ The representation of how the artist used - refers to the sense of harmony and
the elements of arts to create meaning wholeness by using similar elements and
and convey the artist intent or purpose placing them in a way that create a feeling
➔ Determine wether or not it is successful or of oneness
finished - elements fit together

7. VARIETY

1. BALANCE - the differences of colors, lines, textures or

other elements to create visual diversity
- refers to the visual weight of the element
in the composition
- it is not balance if you feel discomfort
a. symmetry - mirroring, two sides of a face. ART CRITICISM
both sides have the same element at the
same position ➔ is the analysis, interpretation and
b. asymmetry - a composition is balanced evaluation of creations and their work
due to the contrast of the same element in ➔ the effort you made in analyzing the art
the composition ➔ do not mean negative, a thoughtful critic of
art as something valuable
2. CONTRAST
According to Edmund Burke Feldman, it is a
- use of the different element of art in the spoken or written “talk” about art. He also
composition such that element is made proposes 4 LEVELS OF ART CRITICISM:
stronger in relation to others
- opposite/unlike 01. DESCRIPTION
- “what do i see?”
3. EMPHASIS - you describe the artwork in terms
of what can be seen
- is when an artist create an area of the - by factual information or details
composition that is visually dominant and about the artpiece (date, artist,
commands viewers attention title, subject matter, lines, materials
used)
4. MOVEMENT 02. ANALYSIS
- “how does the artwork organized?”
- is the result of using the elements of the - refers to the element and principle
art such that they move the viewers eye of art that are used in work
around and within the image - analyze how part you see and
- to create illusion have described are arranged and
working
5. RHYTHM
03. INTERPRETATION
- refers to the movement within the art piece - “what does the work mean?”
that help the eye travel through to a point - seeks to explain the meaning of
of focus work based on what you have
- helps the eye move to a certain area learned in the art piece or
composition
1. What is the artist trying to
say?
 2. Why did the artist create
this artwork?
3. How does this relate to
you?
4. What feelings do you have
when looking at the
artwork?
5. What are the main ideas or
concepts created?

04. JUDGEMENT

- “is it significant?”
- “what do you think of the artwork?”
- “why do you think the art work is worthy or
valuable?’
- personal evaluation regarding your
understanding of the artpiece/work
- its benefits to viewers, does the others
benefits to this art work