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The Meaning and
Importance of Art
•Art is very important in our lives.
•In every age or country, there is
always art.
•A true work of art is made by
man himself not imitatively, but
creatively.
Art is that which brings life in
harmony with the beauty of the
world. – Plato

Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of

mind – one which demands for its
own satisfaction and fulfilling,
shaping of matter to new and more
significant form. – John Dewey
Art Appreciation is the ability to
interpret or understand man –
made arts and enjoy them either
through actual and work –
experience with art tools and
materials or possession of these
works of art for one’s admiration
and satisfaction.
 The
Functions of Art
1. Aesthetic function
2. Utilitarian function
3. Cultural functions
4. Social function
 The
Scope of Art
•According to Manaois, there
are two general dimensions
of arts, namely;
1. Fine arts or independent
arts
2. Practical arts or useful or
utilitarian arts.
Fine arts are made
primarily for aesthetic
enjoyment through the
sense, especially visual and
auditory
Practical arts are intended
for practical use or utility.
 The
Origin of Art
•Art is viewed as a reflection of creative
and ingenuity and inventiveness within a
culture.
•Art started during the primitive time
when superstition and beliefs in the spirits
are still very common in every culture.
•All arts originated in the temples of the
East and West. These arts pertain to gods,
goddesses, religious animals, demons,
priests, kings and queens.
 are the
materials which are
used by an artist to
interpret his feelings or
thoughts.
Medium and Technique
is the manner
in which the artist
controls his medium to
achieve the desired
effect.
 The architecture uses
Wood
Bamboo
Bricks
Stone
Concrete
Various building
materials
 The painter uses
Pigments on wood or
canvas to recreate
reality of nature
 The sculptor uses
Steel
Marble
Bronze
Metal
Wood
Visual arts are group
into two classes
Dimensional or
two-dimensional arts
Three dimensional
arts
Three- dimensional arts
Sculpture
Architecture
Landscape
Community planning
Industrial design
Crafts like ceramics
and furniture
 The Artist and his
Medium
The artist thinks, feels, and
gives shape to his vision in
terms of his medium
Each medium has its own
characteristics which
determine the physical
appearance of the finished
work of art
Wood can be carved in
great detail according to
the talent of the sculptor
Mediums of the Visual
Arts
Visual arts are those arts
that are perceived with our
eyes.
The most common visual
arts are painting, sculpture,
and architecture.
Watercolor Tapestry
Fresco Drawing
Tempra Bistre
Pastel Crayons
Encaustic Charcoal
Oil Silverpoint
Acrylic Printmaking
Mosaic Woodcut
Stained glass Engraving
Relief Intaglio
 as a medium is
difficult to handle because it is
difficult to produce warm and
rich tones but it invites brilliance
and a variety of hues
This is painting on a
moist plaster surface with colors
ground in water or a lime water
mixture
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 This medium is used
popularly by contemporary
painters because of the
transparency and quick-drying
characteristics of watercolor and
flexibility of oil combined
This is a stick of dried paste
made of pigment round with chalk
and compounded with gum water.
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Mosaic. is a picture of decoration
made of small pieces of inlaid
colored stones or glass called
“tesserae” which most often are cut
into squares glued on a surface with
plaster or cement
is one of the most expensive art
activities today because of the
prohibitive cost of materials.
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 Stained glass
as an artwork is common in
Gothic, cathedrals and
churches
is usually done on
paper using pencil, pen and
ink or charcoal.
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 These are
carbonaceous materials obtained
by heating wood or other organic
substances in the absence of
oxygen

A print is anything printed on a

surface that is direct result from
duplicating process.
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Performing arts are
those that are
performed by artist
usually on stage and
often places
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Methods of Art Production
In art production,
certain methods are
employed in order that
such presentation is
effective.
Performing arts are those
that are performed by artist
usually on stage and often
places.
Different methods
used by artist in the
production and
presentation of an art
are:
1. Realism
2. Abstraction
3. Symbolism
4. Fauvism
5. Dadaism
6. Futurism
7. Surrealism
8. Expressionism
 In painting,
this is the attempt to
portray the subject as
it is. Realists try to be
as objective as
possible.
 Abstraction art moves away
from showing things as they
really are.
 The painter or artist paints
the picture not as it really
looked.
Abstract subjects can also be
presented in many ways like:

Distortion
Elongation
Mangling
Cubism
Abstract expression
Distortion
Elongation
Cubism
 A symbol
in general, is a visible
sign of something
invisible such as an
idea or a quality.
 This was the
first important art
movement of the 1900’s
 They use extremely
bright colors.
 Fauvism. This was the
first important art
movement of the
1900’s
 Fauvism. This was the
first important art
movement of the
1900’s
 Fauvism. This was the
first important art
movement of the
1900’s
 A protest movement
in the arts was formed in 1916
by a group of artist and poet
in Zurich, Switzerland.
 The dadaists reacted to what
they believed were outworn
traditions in art and the evils
they saw in society
 It developed in Italy
about the same time cubism
appeared in France.
Futurist painters wanted their
works to capture the speed and
force of modern industrial society.
 this movement in
art and literature was founded
in Paris in 1924 by the French
poet Andre Breton.
Unlike dadaism, it tries to
reveal a new and higher reality
that that of daily life.
 This method
was introduce in Germany
during the first decade of the
20th century
The emotional expressions in
expressionistic painting could
be describe as involving
pathos.
 The Different
methods used by
the artist in the
production and
presentation of an
art
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•We can say that an artwork is
realistic when the presentation
and organization of details in
the work seem so natural
•Realism is a way of presenting
the art subject.
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Abstract
• The painter or artist
paints the picture not
as it really looked.
• It is not “realistic”
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Most of these artists
tried to paint pictures
of comfort, joy and
pleasure
The elements of visual arts are
• Line
• Color
• Texture
• Space
• From
• Volume
 Line
•Line is an important
element at the disposal of
every artist.
•Line always have direction
Five basic lines

Vertical
Horizontal
Diagonal
Zigzag
Curved
Color
• Of all the elements of
art has the most
aesthetic appeal
Three Dimensions of Color

 Hue
 Value
 Intensity
Color
• Of all the elements of
art has the most
aesthetic appeal
Color Psychology
• BLACK authority, power,
implies submission
• WHITE innocence and purity
• RED emotionally intense
• BLUE peaceful
Color Psychology
• GREEN symbolizes nature easiest color
on the eye, relaxing and refreshing
• YELLOW is an attention getter,
enhances concentration and speeds up
metabolism
• PURPLE color of royality, wealth and
sophistication
• BROWN implies genuineness but can
also be sad and wistful
 Color Psychology
• BLACK authority, power, implies submission
• WHITE innocence and purity
• RED emotionally intense
• BLUE peaceful
• GREEN symbolizes nature easiest color on the
eye, relaxing and refreshing
• YELLOW is an attention getter, enhances
concentration and speeds up metabolism
• PURPLE color of royality, wealth and
sophistication
• BROWN implies genuineness but can also be
sad and wistful
 Color
Harmonies
 Related color
harmonies
 Constructed color
harmonies
TEXTURE
Texture is a color
element that deals
more directly with
the sense of touch
Color
• Of all the elements of
art has the most
aesthetic appeal
 Form applies to the
over-all design of a
work of art.
 It describes the
structure or shape of
an object.
Shape pertains to the use of
areas in two dimensional
space that can be define by
edges, setting one flat
specific space apart from
another
Shape can be geometric
 value
Degrees of
lightness or
darkness.
 value
Shape pertains to the use of
areas in two dimensional
space that can be define by
edges, setting one flat
specific space apart from
another
Shape can be geometric
Shape pertains to the use of
areas in two dimensional
space that can be define by
edges, setting one flat
specific space apart from
another
Shape can be geometric
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VISUAL
TRUTUSREC
STRUCTURE
WORKS
OF ART
NYRAMOH
HARMONY
 Harmony
• Harmony is the “art principle”
which produces an
impressions of unity through
the selection and
arrangement of consistent
objects or ideas.
• Harmony of lines and shapes – Lines
are made harmoniously by either
repeating the shape of the lines or by
connecting transitional lines to
contrasting lines.
• Harmony of size – (See proportions).
• Harmony of color – a color
combination or harmony means the
use of two or more colors in decorating
an article or object.
• Harmony of texture – the
character of texture can be
determined by feeling the
object with fingertips or by
looking at it.
• Harmony of idea – combining
antique and modern furniture
in the same room does not
show harmony of idea.
HYTRHM
RHYTHM
 Rhythm
• It is the most universal,
dynamic and pleasing art
principle.
CELABAN
BALANCE
 BALANCE
• BALANCE IS A CONDITION
OR QUALITY WHICH GIVES A
FEELING OF rest, repose,
equilibrium, or stability.
POPORTRION
PROPORTION
 Proportion

• POPORTION IS THE ART

PRINCIPLE WHICH shows
pleasing relationship between
a whole and its parts and
between the parts themselves.
PISHEMAS
EMPHASIS
 EMPHASIS
EMPHASIS IS THE PRINCIPLE OF ART
WHICH TENDS TO CARRY THE EYES FROM
THE CENTER OF INTEREST OR DOMINANT
PART OF ANY COMPOSITION TO THE LESS
IMPORTANT OR SUBORDINATE PARTS.
There is no emphasis without subordination,
and no subordination without emphasis or
dominant.
Methods of emphasizing objects
• 1) by arrangement or grouping of
objects.
• 2) By decoration.
• 3) by color contrast.
• 4) by the use of plain background
space.
• 5) by the use of
• 6) by action or movement.
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DEVELOPMENT
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VISUAL
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DEVELOPMENT
OF
ARTS
 Painting
Pre-Historical Painting

Painting were focused on

animal spear and other
rudimentary materials.
 Greek Art

The Prehistoric Greek Art seen in four

periods:
1. Formative or Pre-Greek period
2. First Greek period
3. Golden Age
4. Hellenistic Period
Motif was sea and nature
 Roman Art
The Prehistoric Roman Art had
gone through two periods
1. Etruscan period
2. Roman period
Ancestor worship
Commemorative statue
 Medieval Period
The were three art classification
during the medieval period
1. Early Christian
2. Byzantine
3. Gothic art
 Gothic art
(Madona and Child)
Francisco-Flemish Painting

Portable easel painting

and oil paintings were
utilized
 Renaissance Art
The Renaissance is divided into
three periods
1. Early Renaissance painting
was on man and nature of
fresco technique.
2. High Renaissance
Painting style consists of the
deepening of pictorial space
making the sky dramatic
with dark clouds
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3. Mannerism period. Human on figurie with
the use of oil painting and color
 Baroque Art

Painting style is ornate and

fantastic appealing to the
emotion, sensual and highly
decorative with light and
shadow for dramatic effect
Famous painters:
Paul Rubens
Rembrandt
El Greco
Diego Velasquez
Murillo
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Rococo Art

The painting style

emphasized voluptuousness,
picturesque and intimate
presentation of farm and
country.
Famous Rococo painters:
Watteau
Fragonard
Hogarth
Reynolds
Ingers
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 Romantic Art

The emphasis of painting is

on the painter’s reactions to
past events, landscape and
people.
Francisco Goya the
famous painter in this
period
Manuel Osorio de Zuniga
 19th Century Painting
(modern art)

Art was aimed to please the

public.
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 Impressionists

Paul Cezanne
• The greatest impressionist
•The Father of Modern Art
Expressionists
•Vincent Van Gogh was the Father
of Expressionism.

•He use bright, pure colors mixed on

the palette but applied to the
canvas in small
Simplicity in art

• Paul Gauguin was simple in

his artistic.
•He studied the technique of
craftsmen, applied these to
his canvas.
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