ARTS

Reading in
Art
GROUP 3
 • The product of creative
human activity in which
materials are shaped or
WHAT selected to convey an idea,
emotion, or visually
IS ART? interesting form.
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 • The word art can refer to the
visual arts, including
painting, sculpture,
architecture, photography,
WHAT decorative arts, crafts, and
other visual works that
IS ART? combine materials or forms.
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© 1993-2008 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights
reserved.
 • .We also use the word art in a
more general sense to encompass
other forms of creative activity,
such as dance, drama, and music,

WHAT or even to describe skill in almost

any activity, such as “the art of
bread making” or “the art of
IS ART? travel.” In this article art refers to
the visual arts.
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1993-2008 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.
 • In art, students can
formulate their own
problems that interpret
WHAT their emotions.
• They develop a degree of
IS ART? literacy in a medium
different from the written
language to communicate
their feelings.
 •Art evaluators pay
attention to subtleties,
whereas students must
WHAT think in term of editing
their experiences.
IS ART? •Art evokes different
realms of thinking.
 • Comprehending technical
terms and language
• Following directions
ART • Reading about the lives of
reading artists
• Reading the history of art
skills • Comprehending art
criticism, technical
approaches and so on.
 1. It is
the product of creative
human activity in which
materials are shaped or
QUIZ selected to convey an idea,
emotion, or visually
interesting form .
 2-3. Give at least 2 forms of
art.

ART 4. Art evaluators pay

______, whereas students
reading must think in term of
editing their experiences.
skills