Week 2 - ARTA111 Lecture
Week 2 - ARTA111 Lecture
ARTA111 LECTURE
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
VISUAL ARTS
Is the kind of art form that the
population is most likely more
exposed to, but its variations
are so diverse they range
from sculptures that you see in
art galleries to the last movie
you saw. Some mediums of
visual arts include paintings,
drawings, lettering, printing,
sculptures, digital imaging,
and more.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
Architecture
Architecture – is the art of designing
and constructing buildings and other
types of structures.
• It is often referred to as the
“mother of the arts” because it
houses, serves as background for,
or occurs in relation to other fields
of art.
• Materials used include stone,
concrete, brick, wood, steel, glass,
and plaster.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
Performance Art
Performance art is a live art and
the artist’s medium is mainly the
human body which he or she uses
to perform, but also employs
other kind of art such as visual
art, props, or sound.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
Theater
• Theater uses live performers
to present accounts or
imaginary events before a
live audience.
• Theater art performance
usually follows a script,
though they should not be
confused with literary arts.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
Dance
Dance is series of movements that follows
the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
FILM
• Film refers to the art of
putting together successions
of still images in order to
create an illusion of
movement.
• Filmmaking focuses on its
aesthetic, cultural, and social
value and is considered as
both an art and an industry.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
Poetry Performance
Poetry is an art form where
the artist expresses his
emotions not by using paint,
charcoal, or camera, but
expresses them through
words.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
Literary Art
• Literary art goes beyond the usual
professional, academic,
journalistic, and other technical
form of writing.
• It focuses on writing using a unique
style, not following a specific form
or norm.
• It may include both fiction and
non-fiction such as novels,
biographies and poems.
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
Applied Arts
Applied arts incorporate elements of
style and design to everyday items
with the aim of increasing their
aesthetical value. Artists in this field
bring beauty, charm, and comfort into
many things that are useful in
everyday life.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
1. ART IS
UNIVERSAL
ART IS UNIVERSAL
• present in all countries
• created by all people at all times
• no matter how isolated, people
sing, dance, tell stories, create
monuments, and draw visual
patterns
• man learn to draw before he can
even speak
• it lives because it is well-lived and
enjoyed
2. ART IS
CULTURAL
ART IS CULTURAL
• Art is a reflection of people and their social context
• Separation in art is equal to separation in society
• Through art, people feel proud of their customs and traditions.
• no high or low art
• all have the same potential to communicate with anyone.
3. ART IS
not NATURE
ART IS NOT NATURE
4. ART IS an
expression of
the mind.
ART IS AN EXPRESSION
OF THE MIND
• A product of the
imagination that
entertains, pleases and
inspire people.
• Color expresses the
artist’s personal
meaning and mood.
• Art is creative, not
imitative.
6. ART
involves
EXPERIENCE
• When a work is finished,
ART involves an experience occur.
EXPERIENCE • Artists use their
experiences to ventilate
their feelings through the
works that they make.
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7. ART IS
SUBJECTIVE
ART APPRECIATION
NATURE OF ARTS
1. Art is a diverse range of human
activities:
• The production of works of art
• The criticism of art
• The study of the history of art
• The aesthetic dissemination of art
NATURE OF ARTS
2. Art represents reality, a
representation.
• Depicting objects and
scenes from the world.
NATURE OF ARTS
3. Art is an expression
• An attempt to translate the
unnamed and the unknown.
• Our quest to create meaning
NATURE OF ARTS
4. Art serves as a means of
communication of emotions.
• To communicate political,
spiritual or philosophical
ideas.
• To create a sense of beauty
• For pleasure or to generate
strong emotions.
NATURE OF ARTS
5. Art matters –because it illustrates human experiences
NATURE OF ARTS
6. Art is universal
NATURE OF ARTS
7. Art is creation
• A combination of
already existing
material elements
into new forms