ART APPRECIATION 2.

Socially express his need for display, celebration, and

LESSON 1: HUMANITIES AND ARTS communication; and
HUMANITIES, study of human society and culture. It is 3. Physically express the need for utility of functional
called classics in renaissance. objects.
METHODS are primarily critical and speculative and Different Art Forms
have significant historical elements. - Functional art forms (the need for life to be
Study of: better).
- Ancient, Modern languages, Literature, Philosophy, - Architecture, weaving, furniture-making
History, Archeology, Anthropology, Human - non- functional art forms (the need to express
Geography, Law, Politics, Religion, Art aesthetics and beauty)
“Humanity scholars” or “humanists” – describe - painting, sculpture, literature,
philosophical position of humanism which “anti-humanist” - music, dance, and theater
reject. Functional art, is generally applied art - art created for
Vitruvian Man of Leonardo da Vinci use, not necessarily everyday use, but designed to serve a
- Leonardo’s attempts to relate man to nature. purpose and with an aesthetic in mind. They meet a need
- “The workings of the human body to be an for use and are works of art as well.
analogy for the workings of the universe.” -
- Demonstrates blend of math and art during LESSON 2: ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY
renaissance and Leonardo’s deep understanding of Philosophy, a field that attempts explain all aspects of
proportions. human existence.
HUMANITIES, latin word, humanus means human, Study of existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind and
cultured, and refined. languange.
It contains records of man’s quest for answers and about Art or Aesthetics, study of beauty and taste and use to
the world we live in. interpret individual works of art.
(Martin and Jacobus, 2004) studies man and manner in Philosophy of Art, study of the nature of art, including
which he conducts himself from the time of his existence concepts such as interpretation, representation and
to the present expression, and form.
Fundamental Principles of Humanities
1. Human nature is inherently good. The Artistic Philosophers
2. Individuals are free and can make choices. 1. Plato (428 – 347 BC)
3. Human potential for growth and development is - A philosopher of Ancient Greece who is known for
virtually unlimited. his Dialogues together with Socrates.
4. Self-concept plays an important role in growth and - He believed that “though arts can be used to train
development. citizens to have an ideal society, using arts to
5. Individuals have an urge for self-actualization. accomplish this should be strictly controlled.”
6. Reality is defined by each person. - He also explained that the physical world is a copy
7.Individuals have a responsibility to both them and to of a perfect, rational, eternal and changeless
others. original which he called FORMS.
ART, Greek “artizein” – to prepare,“arkiskein” - put - Art is imitation and dangerous.
together
“Artis” – craftmanship, skill, mastery of form. 2. Aristotle (384 – 322 BC)
Three branches of art: - A student of Plato who first distinguished between
- Painting, sculpture, architecture “what is good and what is beautiful.'
Constitutes art, disputed and has changed over time, - For him, the universal elements of beauty are
general descriptions mention an idea of imaginative or manifested by order, symmetry, and definiteness.
technical skill stemming from human agency and creation. - As exemplified in his Poetics, he stated that
The nature of art and related concepts, such as creativity physical manifestation of beauty is affected by
and interpretation, are explored in a branch of philosophy SIZE.
known as aesthetics. - He considered art as imitation, or a representation
Function of Art of nature and his emphasis of the art is on
1. Express oneself freely. POETRY which for him is more philosophical
than Philosophy itself.
 Poets imitated the following according to Aristotle: Ability of viewers to connect to artist and free mind of
1. Things and events which have been or still are; visual restrictions; artists moves away from reality; artist
2. Things which are said to be seen and are probable and alter shapes and colors.
3. Things which essentially are. Distortion - alteration of original shape to express
idea, convey feeling or enhance visual impact.
3. Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) Elongation - subject is lengthened, protracted or
- German, Enlightenment philosopher who wrote a extended
treatise on Aesthetics: Observations on the Mangling - subject is cut, lacerated, multilated or
Feelings of the Beautiful and the Sublime. hacked with reapeted blows.
- His main interest was not on art but on BEAUTY Cubism – abstract figures through cone, cylinder,
that it is a matter of TASTE. sphere, triangle, squarem cube and circle.
- Kant explained that TASTE can be both Symbolism – visible sign of idea to convey message;
SUBJECTIVE and UNIVERSAL. mystery is advocated making it interesting to viewers.
- For KANT, beauty is a question of form and color It involves studying background and personality of artist
is NOT IMPORTANT. and its inspiration.
Fauvism – name applied to the work produced by group of
Kinds of Aesthetic Responses according to Kant are: artist from 1905 to 1910; characterized by strong colours
1. Beauty results in pleasure if there is order, harmony, and and fierce brushwork.
symmetry; and Dadaism – protest movement that is playful and
2. Beauty leads to a response of awe that overwhelms the experimental; often nonsensical.
viewers of the art. “Dada” means hobby horse. Marcel Duchamp, famous
- painter.
UNIT II: LESSON 1: THE SUBJECT OF AN ARTWORK Revolt against tradition because it not follow principles in
Subject – main idea of artwork; essence of piece. art and shows wickedness of society. The aim is to schock
Representational/Object Art – artwork with subject; and provoke viewers.
recognizable. Futurism – developed in Italy, same as cubism; capture
Non Representational/Object Art – w/o subject; do not mechanical energy of modern life.
rely on representation; highly subjective; difficult to define. Surrealism – mirrors the evils of present society; “super
LESSON 2: THE SOURCES OF SUBJECT realism”; emphasizes subconcious state of the mind.
Nature – phenomena of physical world and life; most Began in Paris (1924) by French poet Andre Breton;
commonly used source of art. empasizes activities of mind mostly violence and cruelty;
People – most interesting subject of artwork. aim to reveal deep and ugly part of human nature.
History – depiction of factual event in the past; remember Expressionism – describing pathos, morbidity, chaos or
and teach lessons of the past. even defeat; Expressionists believe that man needs
Legends – art based on legends that is tangible even when spiritual rebirth for him to correct defects that ruin the
unverified; art brings life to these stories. society.
Religion - coveying ideas and beliefs about religion. -
Mythodology – stories of gods and goddesses; deities YUNIT III: LESSON 1: THE PROCESS OF ART
depict humanlike behaviours. PRODUCTION
Dreams and Fantasy - wonder of the unconscious. Production - heart of making art.
Technology – modernity of the present. Medium – tools to present subject.
LESSON 3: WAYS OF PRESENTING THE SUBJECT Technique – level of familiarity with medium being
Naturalism – depiction of realistic objects in natural manipulated.
setting; depict pieces showing idealized human form. Curation – “curare” means take care; managing,
Realism – represent subject matter truthfully, without overseeing, assembling exhibit.
artificiality; the most popular way of presenting art subject. -
Prevalent in the arts at many periods; illusionistic realisim LESSON 2: DIFFERENT MEDIA OF THE VISUAL
is accurate depiction of lifeforms and details of light and ARTS
color.  Graphic or Two Dimensional Arts
Abstraction – intuition and freedom of artist and viewers; Drawing – fundamental skill need in visual art
use oof imagination to look beyond what we physically see 1. Pencil – made of graphite from soft to hard.
and translate intangible emotions.
Hatching – series of thin parallel lines that run in same Collage – french word, “coller” means stick; art technique
direction by gluing or pasting materials or found objects.
Cross-hatching – thin parallel lines and criss-crossing with Printmaking - reproductions of graphic works; repeated
another parallel line transfer of master image fromprinting plate (matrix) onto
Stippling – use of sharp point of pencil ro make dot surface
patterns Relief Painting (Raised) - oldest method of
Blending – using finger to change the tone from dark to printmaking; cutting away certain parts of the surface and
light leaving the ‘raised’ part to produce the image.
2. Ink – oldest materials for drawing; great variety of Intaglio Printing (Depressed) - lines of the image
qualities are cut or incised to a metal plate.
3. Pastel – dry pigment held by a gum binder and Surface Printing (Flat) - Includes all processes in
compressed into stickes which printing is done from a flat surface.
Soft Pastel; Hard Pastel; Oil Pastel  Plastic or Three-Dimensional Arts
Stippling - Using pastel of different colors to produce A . Sculpture – “sculpere” means to carve; art of creating
small marks creating a pattern. three-dimensional forms or figures.
Feathering - Using the point of the pastel to make parallel Freestanding – scultures viewed from all sides
strokes creating a feather-like effect. Relief - figures project from a background.
Scumbling – layering using pastel Low Relief (bas relief) - slightly raised/projected from its
Impasto – thickly applying pastel by pressing it hard on background.
paper creating opaque effect High Relief -- half of the figures project from its
Sgrafitto – applies thick deposit of pastel on support then background, more shadows are created.
using blunt pen, scrapes it off to reveal underlying color Kinetic (mobile) – capable of movement by wind,
4. Charcoal - organic medium that comes from burnt water or form of energy
wood. -
Compressed Charcoal - vine charcoal which comes in thin LESSON 3: PROCESS OF CREATING SCULPTURE
sticks that is easy to blend and erase. A. Subtractive Process - removing or cutting away pieces
Manufactured Charcoal - loose charcoal mixed with a of the material to form the figure.
binder and pressed into sticks. B. Additive Process - construction of a figure by putting
5. Paper - most common surface used in two- together bits of the material
dimensional art. C. Process of Substitution – casting; using a mold to
Hot-pressed Paper- Smooth produce a 3D figure
Cold-pressed Paper- Has moderate texture. D. Different Media of Sculpture:
Rough Paper- Has the most texture (tooth). - Stone - natural medium. Hard and relatively
Painting - process of applying paint onto a smooth surface permanent.
Pigment- Part of the paint that gives color. - Wood - natural medium. varies in hardness and
1. Watercolor - Pigments are mixed with water and durability
applied to paper. - Metal - three unique qualities: tensile strength,
2. Gouche – pigment mixed with water and added ductility and malleability.
with chalk material to give opaque effect - Plaster - finely ground gypsum mixed with water
3. Oil Paints – pigments are mixed with oil as its and poured into mold.
binder; dense painting medium with rich beautiful - Terra cotta (cooked earth) - Baked clay or clay
colors; discovered by flemish painter, Jan Van fired in a kiln at a relatively high temperature.
Eyck in 15th century - Glass - Made by heating and cooling a
4. Tempera – pigment mixed with egg yolk or white combination of sand and soda lime
as binder - Plastic - Synthetic medium made from organic
5. Fresco – pigment mixed with water and applied in polymers.
wall with wet plaster; for mural paintings -
6. Acrylic – modern medium with synthetic paint LESSON 4: ARCHITECTURE
using acrylic emulsion as binder Art of designing buildings
Mosaic – wall/floor decor made of small times or A. Construction Principles
irregularly cut pcs of colored stones or glass called tesserae.
Post and Lintel - use of two vertical supports (post) and Tenor - Highest adult male singing voice.
spanned by a horizontal beam (lintel). It was invented by Bass – male low and rich in quality
the Greeks. Baritone – male voice between tenor and bass
Arch – roman invention; separate pieces of wedge-shaped Instrumental Medium - Materials that
blocks called voussoirs arranged in a semi-circle. produce/create sound
- Barrel Vault - succession of arches. String Instruments - Provide basic orchestral sounds;
- Groin Vault - formed by intersecting arches Bowed strings - produce tones by means of a bow
resulting in four openings. of horse hair
- Dome - Structure with the shape of an inverted cup. Plucked strings - plucking the strings with a finger
Truss - triangular forms assembled to form a rigid or with a plectrum held in one’s hand.
framework. Woodwind Instruments - Create sounds by blowing into
Cantilever - makes use of a beam or slab that extends them
horizontally into space beyond its supporting post. Brass Instruments - Have cup-shaped mouthpieces and
Buttress - structure that is built as a support for the wall. expands into a bell-shaped end.
- Percussion Instruments - Makes sound by hitting them.
LESSON 5: MEDIA OF ARCHITECTURE Keyboard Instruments - keyboard which consist of a series
A. Compressive Strength - materials that can support of black and white keys.
heavy weights without crumbling or breaking down. Some Genres of Music:
B. Materials that are used for Creating Building and - Classical Music - European tradition; 1950-1830;
Infrastructures: symphony, concerto, and sonata were standardized.
Stones and Bricks - durability, adaptability to - Folk Music - Originated in the traditional popular
sculptural treatment culture
Lumber (wood) – building can be constracted - Pop Music - Began in 1950s and inspired in the
using wood except foundations. tradition of rock and roll.
Iron and Steel - Provide stronger and taller - Jazz – African-American; late 19th and early 20th
structures with less use of material - Blues - African Americans in the deep South of the
Concrete - Mixture of cement and water, with United States in the late 19th Century.
aggregates of sand and gravel. - Rock Music - evolved from rock and roll and pop
- music.
LESSON 6: LITERATURE AND THE COMBINED - Alternative Music - style of rock music; emerged
ARTS from the independent music of the 1980s and
A. Literature - Art of combining spoken or written words gained popularity in the 1990s.
and their meanings into forms which have artistic and -
emotional appeal. LESSON 8: DANCE, TYPES OF DANCE
Poetry - follow strict rules to the number and Dance - oldest of the arts; man’s gestures that express
length of lines and stanzas emotions through rhythmic movements.
Fiction – Written work that is not real and which - Ethnologic (ethnic) - folk dances associated with
uses elaborate figurative language. national and/or cultural groups.
Non-fiction – Subject matter comes from real life. - Social or Ballroom – dance performed in pairs.
Drama - plays or any written works that are meant - Ballet - Originated in royal courts of the Medieval
to be performed. era.
- - Social or Ballroom - Sometimes called
LESSON 7: MUSIC, MEDIA IN MUSIC, SOME contemporary or interpretative dances. They
GENRES OF MUSIC represent rebellion against the classical formalism
Music - art of combining and regulating sounds of varying of ballet.
pitch to produce compositions that express various ideas - Musical Comedy (musicale)- performed by one
and feelings. dancer or a group of dancers.
Vocal Medium - oldest and most popular medium -
for music is the human voice. LESSON 9: DRAMA AND THEATRE AND GENRES OF
Classification of Human Voice (Komien,2008): DRAMA
Soprano - Highest female singing voice. Drama – is intended to be acted-out or performed on stage
Contralto – female low and rich in quality in front of an audience.
Theatre – Combined art that includes music, dance, - Vertical Line - bottom to top; standing.
painting, sculpture, and architecture. - Diagonal lines - slanting lines.
Genres of Drama (DiYanni, 2000): Positive – action, movement; move forward and act
- Tragedy - literature’s greatest dramatic genre Negative – feeling of uncertainty; stress and defeat.
- Melodrama – Emphasizes the never ending battle - Zigzag lines - angular lines that resulted in abrupt
between good and evil wherein good always wins. change in the direction of a straight line;
- Comedy – Exact opposite of tragedy. unpleasant and harsh which portrays tension,
- Satire – Portrays human weakness and criticized conflict, chaos, or violence.
human behavior to pave the path to some form of - Curved lines - curvilinear lines; grace, movement
salvation for human actions. and flexibility indicative of life and energy.
- Farce – Light humorous play in which the
emphasis is on the jokes, humorous physical action,
exaggerated situations and improbable characters.
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LESSON 10; CINEMA, GENRES OF MOTION
PICTURES AND PEOPLE BEHIND MOTION
PICTURES
Cinema – Series of images that are projected onto a screen
to create the illusion of motion.
Genres of Motion Pictures:
- Feature Films – Commonly shown in movie
theaters. -
- Animated movies – Use images created by artists/ LESSON 2 – PROPERTIES OF COLOR AND HOW
animators. COLORS RELATE
- Documentary movies – deal primarily with facts, Color - adds beauty and meaning to all forms of art; the
not fiction. property of light; composed of a series of wavelengths;
- Experimental films – Sequence of images, literal ROYGBIV
or abstract, which do not necessarily form a Properties of Color
narrative. Hue - name given to the color,
- Educational Films – Specifically intended to - Primary Hue – red, yellow, blue
facilitate learning at home or classrooms. - Secondary hues – two hues are mixed; orange,
People Behind a Motion Picture: green, violet
- Actors – Play the roles of the characters. - Intermediate hues – mixing primary and secondary
- Producer – handles finances. hue; red orange, blue green, blue violet
- Screenwriter – develops stories and ideas for the - Tertiary hues – mixture of two secondary hues
screen or adapts interesting written pieces of work Value - lightness or darkness of a color.
as motion pictures. Shade - black is combined with hue.
- Director – Studies the script, plans and visualizes Tint - white is added with hue.
how the film should be portrayed and guides the Intensity - brightness or dullness of a color; gives color its
actors and the production crew as they carry out strength.
the project. - Less intense when white is added, lighter in value
- Intensity diminishes when black added; value
UNIT 4: ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART darkerns
LESSON 1 - LINE AND KINDS OF LINE - Gray added, no change in value
How Colors Relate
Line – path made by moving point; a series of dots; - Color harmony - method of establishing color
prolongation of point; Paul Klee - a dot that went for a quality in a composition.
walk. - Monochromatic harmony - single color in the
Kinds of lines composition is varied in intensity and value by
- Straight lines - Geometric, impersonal and differ in adding white or black.
the direction that they take
- Horizontal lines - left to right; laying down.
 - Complementary Harmony - two colors that are horizon line – line at eye level
opposite each other in the color wheel are placed Foreground - the bottom part.
side by side. Middle ground - where the horizon is.
- Analogous harmony - when hues that are adjacent Background - the topmost part.
or beside each other Color - used to give the illusion of distance.
- Color temperature - warmth or coolness of a color. Warm colors - and make objects look closer
Warm Color – dominant is yellow Cool colors - recede making objects look farther away.
Cool Colors – dominant is blue Perspective - effect of distance on the appearance of
Light and Shadow (Value) - achromatic value; changes in objects.
the amount of reflected light which ranges from black to - Linear perspective - give the perception distance
gray to white by means of converging lines.
Chiaroscuro - technique of manipulating light and shadow - Aerial perspective (gradient) - effect of haze, mist
in painting. or atmosphere on the object.
Rembrandt and Caravaggio went a step further and Space in sculpture - single solid object or an assemblage of
exaggerated the use of shadows to an extreme called solids that exhibits space; or space may be perceived as it
tenebrism or “dark manner”. enters into relations with its surroundings
Fernando Amorsolo - mastered chiaroscuro; focus on Space in architecture - created and defined by the shape,
manipulation of light position, and the materials employed by the architect.
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LESSON 3: SHAPE AND CLASSIFICATION OF Movement
SHAPES Actual movement - results in kinetic art.
Shapes - two ends of a line meet to enclose an area. Implied movement - variety of lines are used
Picture plane - any flat surface onto which the artwork is together, repeated, change in position, or
created. decreased/increased in size.
Negative shapes - between the shapes that are not occupied -
by any form. LESSON 5 – ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Classification of Shapes Rhythm - movement or pattern with uniform recurrence of
- Natural or organic shapes - seen in nature accented and accented beat
- Abstract shapes - little or no resemblance to Melody - succession of tones arranged in such a way as to
natural objects. give it a musical sense. It may also refer to the rising and
- Non-objective or biomorphic shapes - seldom have falling of the tune in time.
reference to recognizable objects Harmony - sounding of a series of groups of tones in the
- Geometric shapes - triangles, rectangles, squares, same time; pleasing sound that is produced when two or
cylinders, cubes. more notes are played together.
Single volume is the fundamental unit in sculpture. - Concordance - the combination of sounds are in
- agreement which makes it sound good
LESSON 4 - TEXTURE, METHODS OF CREATING - Dissonance - is not pleasant to hear.
SPACE AND MOVEMENT Timbre - tonal quality or the character of the tone that is
Texture - feel or tactile quality of the surface of an object; produced by an instrument or by the human voice.
add richness and vitality in paintings. Form - structure or the framework of a composition
Visual texture - textured can be perceived by the eyes. Vocal Forms
Space - illusion in the graphic arts. created by techniques - Opera - drama set to music complete with actions,
that add depth and distance to two-dimensional art. costumes and scenery
Methods of Creating Space - Cantata - religious story told in music without
Overlapping planes (interposition) - create space when an actions
object covers a part of another object which is behind it. - Moro-moro - Philippine drama set to music which
Relative size - objects that appear large/big indicate depicts the conflict between the Christians and the
nearness and small-sized objects as distant; interpreted as Muslims.
power and import. Instrumental Forms
Position on the picture plane (relative height) – spatial - Sonata - long composition for solo instruments
representation is based upon the position of objects relative (piano, Violin)
to the bottom of the frame. - Symphony - sonata for the orchestra
 - Dynamics - loudness and softness of the sound - Playwright’s - work out the plot in terms of the
pp pianissimo - very soft actual actions to be performed and dialogue to be
p piano - soft spoken by actors within the limited facilities of the
mp mezo piano - half soft stage
ff fortissimo - very loud - Performers - who portray the characters in a play.
crescendo - gradually becoming louder - Director - works with the playwright to present
decrescendo - gradually becoming softer which is interpreted and translated into dramatic
action.
- Production Design - includes the scenery, props,
Elements of Dance make-up, costumes, lights, music, sound and all
- Music – motivates the dancers to move in tune other special effects used in a theater production.
with its rhythm. -
- Movement - how the dancers use their bodies to LESSON 8 - ELEMENTS OF CINEMA (MOTION
move and create organized patterns. PICTURE)
- Choreography - how the steps and movements are Acting and the Stars - art of portraying or impersonating a
connected for it to be performed in an organized character in the story; actor’s portrayal must be perfect and
manner. complete.
- Technique - skill of the dancer in executing the Set and Directors - should know the setting of the story
movements. and build artificial sets.
- Theme - content or the main ingredient of the Music and Musical Director - indispensable in motion
dance. tells what the dance is trying to convey. It pictures
has something to do with the message of the dance Color - an innovation in cinematography.
- Design - planned organization or patterns of Make-up, Hair and Costume Design - are responsible for
movement in time and space. applying the specific type of make-up, hairstyle and
- Costume - enhance the effect of the dance. costume to the actors before they face the camera.
- Sound, Camera and Special Effects Technicians -
LESSON 6 - ELEMENTS OF DRAMA responsible for making the dialogue clear and music of
Drama - written primarily to be performed. The fine quality.
performance is done by actors on stage before a live -
audience. LESSON 9 - PRINCIPLES OF ART
Plot - overall structure of the play; what the story is all Form - how specific elements in the artwork are organized
about. to produce a unified whole.
- Exposition - familiarizes the audience with the - Primary Features - how the artwork appears to the
characters and the situation viewers. Its physical attributes in terms of medium,
- Complication - middle part of the play which color, texture and size.
develops the conflict - Secondary Features - how the primary features of
- Resolution - anticlimax or the part where the artwork relate to one another. Particularly, this
conditions in the story are normalized and the refers to balance, proportion, unity and harmony
situation becomes stable. that are used to create the whole composition.
Setting - locale and period in which the story takes place. Content - message the artist wants to convey through his
Characters - persons involved in the story. art.
Dialogue - words uttered by the characters in the story. - Factual - literal interpretation of the work, its
Pantomimes rely heavily on actions, gestures, facial images, attributes, actions and poses.
expression and sound effects. - Conventional level - takes into consideration the
Theme - what the story means; be directly or indirectly basic genres and the figurative meanings usually
stated. indicated by familiar signs and symbols and the
- quality of work
LESSON 7 - ELEMENTS OF THEATER - Subjective level - effect of form and content on the
Theater art - performed live; immediate and once viewers of the art.
performed Context - various circumstances that influence how a work
cannot be undone. of art was produced and interpreted.
 - Primary context - characteristic of the artist, his serve as a guide for visual artists on the proper
personality, beliefs, interests and values. placement of their subjects on the picture plane to achieve
- Secondary context - pertains to the setting; a more interesting composition.
historical period, time in which the work was
produced. The Seven Da Vincian Principles
- Curiosita - approaching life with a heightened level of
LESSON 10 - PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN wonder and continuous search to know and learn more.
Principles of design - describe the ways in which an artist Dimostrazione - commitment to test knowledge and to
has used or can use the elements of art to create beautiful persist in this task, which includes experiencing both
compositions. (Grieder 1996) success and failures in undertaking.
Balance - distribution of the visual weight of objects, color, Sensazione - experiencing life through refinement of the
texture and space. senses.
- Symmetrical balance - when the elements used on Sfumato - “going up in smoke”; accepting life’s paradoxes
one side of the design are similar to those on the and uncertainties; knowing and realizing that not
other side. everything is cause and effect and that events happen that
- Asymmetrical balance - when the sides of the even logic can explain.
composition are different but still looked balanced. Arte/Scienza - finding a balance between art and science or
- Radial balance - when the elements are arranged logic and imagination; concept of a whole brain thinking
around a central point. Corporalita - taking care of one’s body; sound mind is
Emphasis - catches the viewer's attention. usually the product of a sound body
Movement - path the viewer's eye takes when looking Connessione - realizing that all things are interconnected;
through the work of art. discovering patterns in the way things work and how
Pattern - repetition of objects, shapes, lines, or symbols all things and lives work out.
over the space or
picture plane.
Proportion - feeling of unity created when all parts relate
well with each other.
Repetition - works with patterns to make the work seem
active.
Rhythm - created when one or more elements of design are
used repeatedly to produce a feeling of organized,
continuous, sometimes flowing movement.
Variety - use of several elements of design that adds
interest in order to hold the viewer's attention and guide the
viewer’s eye through and around the work of art.
Unity - feeling of harmony between and among the parts of
the work of art, which creates a feeling of completeness
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LESSON 11 - THE RULE OF THIRDS AND THE
SEVEN DA VINCIAN PRINCIPLES
Rule of Thirds
- used by visual artists to create compositions that
meet the requirements for a good design.
- surface with two equally spaced vertical lines and
two equally spaced horizontal lines.
- lines divide the picture plane into nine equal parts
with four intersecting points.
- placing an object in one of the intersecting points
results in a pleasing composition.
- Balance is achieved by placing another object at
the point opposite the first one.