Arts

Arts
• Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating
visual, auditory or performing artifacts – artworks,
expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill,
intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional
power.

• The arts represent an outlet of expression, that is usually

influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change
culture.

• As such, the arts are a physical manifestation of the

internal creative impulse.
 Arts
• Major constituents of the arts include literature;
including poetry, novels and short stories, and epics
,performing arts – among them music, dance, and theatre;

• Arts like photography and cinematography, and visual arts –

including drawing, painting, ceramics, and sculpting. Some art
forms combine a visual element with performance (e.g. film)
and the written word (e.g. comics).
a.) PAINTING – refers to the application of color,
pigment, or paint to a surface or support. These
surfaces may include paper, wood, canvas, metal, or
walls. Paint is made of pigment mixed in a binder.
b.) SCULPTURE – a three-dimensional artwork
which may be made through different processes,
such as carving, modeling, assembling, or casting.
It may be executed as a free-standing object, in
relief, or in environments, and a variety of media
may be used.
c.)ARCHITECTURE – the art and science of
designing and constructing buildings (structures),
and other environmental features.
ELEMEMENTS OF ART

LINE COLOR

SHAPE TEXTURE

VALUE SPACE
 The most basic of all the
elements. A line is an identifiable path
traced by a moving point. Lines vary in
types. They can be horizontal, vertical,
diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin.
Different lines used to signify different
feelings.

 Horizontal line – suggests a feeling of

rest, serenity, or perfect
stability
 Vertical line – dominance, height,
power
 Diagonal line – uncertainty, unrest,
movement, or action
 Curved line – flow, softness, flexibility,
grace
 Shapes and forms are figures which define objects in a
space. A shape is a two-dimensional figure. Circles, triangles,
and square are common examples of shapes. Forms exists in
three dimensions.

• Geometric shapes - such as circles, triangles or squares have

perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in
nature.
• Organic shapes - are associated with things from the natural
world, like plants and animals.
 It is the relative degree of
lightness or darkness in anything
that is visible. It gives an
impression of solidity, distance,
and depth. Early European artists
used a technique which is defined
by a strong contrast between light
and dark. This is called
chiaroscuro.
 It is the product of light reflected
off objects. We see different colors
because of light’s various intrinsic
qualities, specially because of its different
wavelengths. In visual arts, the
relationship of colors is best seen in a
color wheel.

 Primary colors – Red, Yellow, amd

Blue (Red, Green, Blue in light)
 Secondary colors – Orange, Green, and
Violet
 Tertiary colors – Yellow Green, Blue
Green, Blue Violet, Red Violet, Red
Orange, and Yellow Orange.
Color Symbolism
 Artist usually use color harmonies.
These combinations of color which the
artist uses to covey his or her message
through the element of color.
Monochromatic
– the use of
a single color
tint in different
values or shades
Analogous – 3 to 4 neighboring colors
with one color in al mixture.
Complementary – any two opposite colors
with one colors on the color wheel.
Split complementary – any three colors wherein
two of which are beside the complement of the
third color.
Triad – three colors that form an equilateral
triangle in a color wheel.
 Properties of Color:

1. Hue – Identity or the quality by which we

distinguish colors
• Cool colors – colors which possess the
dominance of blue
• Warm colors – colors which possess the
dominance of red or yellow
2. Value – lightness or darkness of a hue.
3. Intensity or saturation – refer to the strength
of a hue
or example if you have a Hue which is red.

• Decreasing Saturation/Luminosity will cause the

red to start moving into the pink areas.
•Hue minus Saturation = lighter color

• Decreasing Value/Brightness will cause the red

to move into the maroon or burgundy range.
•Hue minus Value = darker color
 Refers to surface characteristics. A
surface maybe rough, smooth, glossy,
coarse, irregular etc.
 SPACE
• Refers to the area in which an artist arranges
elements in a composition. Space can be two-
dimensional (2D) such as in painting and
photography, or three-dimensional (3D), such as
in sculpture and installations.
• Depth can also be suggested in two-dimensional
works, by the application of linear perspective – a
graphing of distances between objects.
Types of perspective:
• One-point – a representation of
distance by means of converging
lines.
• Two-point – there are two points in
line with each other in a horizontal
position. All lines converge on
these two points.
• Foreshortening – the modification
of an established scale in a drawing
of the human figure to represent
perspective.
The Principles of
 The idea of visual equilibrium which gives an impression of
stability or instability.

 Symmetrical Balance – it has equal visual weight on either side of

the canvas. It is visually stable.

 Asymmetrical Balance – an uneven balance

Radial Balance – a symmetrical balance wherein elements are

distributes evenly around a central point.
Proportion (or scale)
Refers to the size relationships of one
part to another, and of the parts to the whole.
Emphasis and Subordination
• To emphasize means to draw attention to certain
parts of a composition. An emphasis is the focal
point that rests on the subordinate space and
easily attracts the attention of the viewer.
Rhythm
A visual rhythm is
characterizes by the repetition or
alteration of elements.

Rhythm can be:

 Regular – repetition of a single
motif
 Altering – use of two different
motifs alternately
 Progressing – motifs may be
presented in a gradual shift in
characteristics, like size (from
small to large)
 Unity
occurs when all of the
elements of a piece combine to make
a balanced, harmonious, complete
whole. Unity is another of those
hard-to-describe art terms but,
when it's present, your eye and
brain are pleased to see it.