Appreciating

the Visual Arts

Directions :
1. Choose 3 artworks and
identify the :
a. title of the artwork
b. creator of the
artwork
Directions :
2. Choose 3 artworks and
identify the :
a. title of the artwork
b. place where the
artwork can be seen
Visual

arts
fine arts
decorative arts
contemporary
arts
 Fine Arts
painting watercolor
sculpture graphics
drawing architectur
e
Decorative Arts
Tapestry Tattoo
Ceramics Woodwork
mosaic art interior
glass art design
Jewelry textile arts
 crafts
Contemporary Arts
Photograph Animation
y Graffiti
art print installatio
video art n art
 Mediums of Visual Arts
Two-dimensional Arts (Painting )
Watercolor
pigment mixed with
water
Some of the watercolor
artists are Vincent Van
Gogh, Frank Weber, Emil
Nolde, Jun Martinez,
Vincent Van Gogh, “Fishing Margarita Lim, Ang
Boats on the Beach” Kiukuk, and Ephraim
Samson.
 Fresco
one of the oldest types
of painting whose
outcome is like a
marble wall painting
fresco paintings
include: School of
Athens by Raphael, the
Sistine Chapel Frescoes
by Michelangelo, and Michelangelo, “The Creation of
the Expulsion from the Adam”
Garden of Eden by
Masaccio.
Tempera
employs an emulsion
of water, egg yolk or
whole eggs sometimes
with a little glue,
honey or milk
very long lasting, and
colors do not
deteriorate over time
dries quickly, and Botticelli, Birth of Venus
when dry, it produces
a smooth matte finish
 consists of color
Pastel pigment in powder
and a binder
compounded with
gum water
colors are
resplendent but
the finished
product is difficult
Edgar Degas, “Four to preserve
Ballerinas on Stage”
because the chalk
can rub off
Oil one of the most
high-priced and
high valued arts
Pigments are
mixed with
linseed oil or
turpentine and
applied to the
canvas that
Fernando Amorsolo, appears glossy
“Harvest Time” and last long
 Acrylic
synthetic paint
mixed with
acrylic emulsion
binder
quick drying
characteristics as
the watercolor Thomas Hart Benton, “The
and the Bicyclers”
flexibility of oil
 Mosaic
creating images
with an
assemblage of
small pieces of
colored glass,
stone, or other
materials often
glued on a surface
with plaster or A part of the mosaic
cement “Alexander the Great”
Stained Glass conjoining
small pieces
of precut
stained glass
that is clasped
by strips of
lead
mostly used
in church
Basilica Minore Nuestra windows
Senora de Piat in Cagayan
 piece of fabric with
images or designs
Tapestry or Textile formed by weaving
colored threads or by
embroidering on
canvas
Examples of
tapestries or textiles
are the “Gaddang
textile” from Nueva
Vizcaya, the “Inabel”
of Ilocos Norte, the
Bakong Textiles
Source: Department of Trade and Malong of Maranaw,
Industry Region 02 “The Lady and the
Unicorn” from
 Mediums of Visual Arts
Two-dimensional Arts (Drawing )
Pencils
To create lines,
the hard pencils
are used and for
creating textures
and shades, the
soft ones are
used
 Pen and Ink
executed with the use of black
and other colored inks like India
ink, Chinese ink, liners, markers,
and regular ballpoint pen are
some of the favorite samples
used by comic strip illustrators
and cartoonists.
 Charcoal
drawing material
made of carbon in
different forms like
stick, compressed,
powder, and vine
used in representing
broad masses of light
and shadow by
blending, smearing,
or smudging
 Crayons
colored sticks made from
paraffin wax mixed with
pigments
trendy among children
ideal surface for crayons is
paper
Mediums of Visual Arts
Two-dimensional Arts (Printmaking )

Katsushik
Hokusai,
“The
Underwave
of
Kanagawa”
 Printmaking
done by creating an artist’s plate, which
can either be original artwork or from an
image which can later on transferred to a
white paper using black ink
done for duplicating or making multiple
copies of an original drawing
“Dance of the Fire Birds”, “Interlude”, and
“Sabong” by Manuel Rodriguez Sr., the
Father of Printmaking in the Philippines ,
“Sabel” by Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera
 Lithography literally means “to write on
stone”
reproduction process that
uses a leveled stone or metal
plate on which the positive
image areas are worked by
means of a greasy substance
so that the ink will stick to the
surface, while the negative
image areas are made ink-
repellent
Notable lithography artists
are Pablo Picasso, Marc
Chagall, Claude Garache,
Wilfredo Lam, Ronald
Ventura, Ambie Abanos, and
Pablo Picasso, “Guernica 2”
Arturo Luz
Photography or Pictorialism
recording light or
other
electromagnetic
radiation, either
electronically
utilizing an image
sensor, or chemically
using a light-sensitive
material such as
Andreas Gursky, “Rhein photographic film
II”priced at US$ 4.3M
 Tattoo
permanent
insertion of
ink below the
skin, using a
sharp
instrument
Apo Whang-Od doing the
traditional hand poking tattooing
 Graffiti
writing or drawings
that have been
scribbled scratched,
or painted illicitly on
a wall or other
surface, often within
public view
also called "Street
Art," "Spray can Art,"
"Subway Art" or
"Aerosol Art" Eduardo Cobra
 Mediums of Visual Arts
3-dimensional
Arts
Sculpture
classifified as
freestanding,
relief, and
environmental

Napoleon Abueva, “Family Group”

 Architecture
art and technique of designing and
building,
both utilitarian and aesthetic
Materials usually used for architecture
are stone, brick, wood, concrete, iron
and steel
methods applied are post and lintel,
arch, vault, dome, truss framed
structures and wall
UST Main Building – Renaissance Revival
by Fr. Roque Ruano
The Athena building in Cagayan State University
 Ceramic Art
made
from clay
bodies and
fired in a
kiln to
obtain the
finished
form
Iguig pottery
 Animation
images are
manipulated
to appear as
moving
forms

Reggie Entienza, “Urduja”

 Jewelry decorative
objects worn
on clothes or
body
usually made
from valuable
metals, such as
gold and silver,
and precious
stones

Ancient Filipino Jewelries

Installation Art configuration or
installation of
objects in a
space, such as a
room or
warehouse
complete unified
experience,
rather than a
display of
separate,
individual
Cagayan State University- artworks
Sanchez Mira Campus
 Four Features of Visual Art:
Theme relates to the meaning of a
painting, rather than the subject.
Theme is deeper and broader and
conveys something more universal.
Themes are usually implied rather than
explicitly stated.
To examine the theme in visual arts is
look at the ideas conveyed by the visual
experience as a whole.
 Four Features of Visual Art
Mood is the atmosphere in a painting, or
the feeling expressed.
The mood is studied through evaluating
the emotional reaction or response of the
viewer or evaluating the overall mood of
the artwork.
Some of these moods are energetic,
excitement, serious, sedate, positive,
peaceful, calm, melancholic, tense,
uneasy, uplifting, foreboding, calm,
turbulent, disturbing.
 Four Features of Visual Art
Tone refers to lightness or darkness of
colors which can help to create a sense of
depth or distance in art.
Tone can be used to create a 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 distance, and to create a rhythm or
pattern within a composition, and these
are to be considered in analyzing the tone
of visual arts.
 Four Features of Visual Art
Composition refers to where the
artist placed the subject matter.
It is considered as the exactly the
same as the layout of a piece of
artwork.
It is how the elements of visual arts
are organized.
 Principles of Visual Arts
Harmony is a way of combining similar
elements in artwork to accent their
similarities (achieved through the use of
repetition and subtle, gradual changes)

Rhythm is a principle of design that

indicates movement, created by the
careful placement of repeated elements
in a work of art to cause a visual tempo
or beat.
Edvard Munch, “TheDance of Life”
 Principles of Visual Arts
Balance is a way of blending
elements to add a feeling of
equilibrium or stability to a work of
art. Major types are symmetrical and
asymmetrical.
Proportion is a principle of design
that refers to the relationship of
individual elements to the whole and
each other.
Principles of Visual Arts
Emphasis s a way of mixing
elements to stress the differences
between those elements.
Variety is a principle of design
concerned with diversity or contrast.
It is achieved by using different
shapes, sizes, or colors in a work of
art.
Principles of Visual Arts
Movement is a principle of
design applied to create the look
and feel of action and to guide
the viewer’s eye throughout the
work of art.
The Principles of Art using “The Starry Night”,
by Vincent van Gogh
 Elements of Visual Arts
Line is an element of art illustrated
by a point moving in space. It may
be two- or three-dimensional,
descriptive, implied, or abstract.
Lines may be straight, curved,
angular, flowing, horizontal,
vertical, diagonal, contour, thick,
thin, implied, etc. (ualr.edu)
 Elements of Visual Arts
Shape is an element of art that is two-
dimensional, flat, or restrained to height
and width. Shape can be geometrical or
organic. (Art Quizlet)
Form is an element of art that is three-
dimensional and encloses volume;
includes height, width, and depth (as in a
cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder).
Form may also be free flowing.
 Elements of Visual Arts
Space is an element of art by which
positive and negative areas are defined
or a sense of depth achieved in a work of
art.
Color is an element of art composed of
three characteristics: hue, value, and
intensity. It can be primary, secondary,
mixed, complimentary, monochromatic,
decorative, warm, cool, dark, etc.
 Elements of Visual Arts
Hue is the name of color.

Value is hue’s lightness and

darkness (a color’s value
changes when adding white or
black to it).
 Elements of Visual Arts
Intensity is the degree of brightness and
purity (high-intensity - the color is sharp
and bright; low-intensity - the color is
faint and dull).
Texture is an element of art that
indicates to the way things feel or look as
if they might feel if touched. Texture can
be rough, smooth, real, implied,
repeating, etc.
Raphael Sanzio, “The School of Athens”