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Fernando Amorsolo, Afternoon MealUnder the Mango Tree, 1961,Oil on Canvas

What is Art?Art - the product of creative human activity in which materials are shaped or

selected to convey an idea, emotion, or visually interesting form .

Visual arts - the arts whose objects are appreciated by viewing or through thesense of sight.

Visual Arts are a class of art forms, including painting, sculpture, photography, andothers, that focus on the creation of artworks which are primarily visual in nature.The visual arts are distinguished from the performing arts, language arts, culinary arts,and other such classes of artwork. The definition is not strict, and many artisticdisciplines involve aspects of the visual arts as well other types Artwork - A general term referring to any artistic production.

Common Types of Visual ArtsWe have two ways of looking at this topic when we refer to art.

1. 2D Artworks – they are flat has a dimension of height and width,.

Painting or 2-dimensional art viewedonly from front side.

• Painting

• Drawing

• Printmaking

• Photography

• Textile Art

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Body Art• Comics

• Mosaic

2. 3D Artworks - they are solid and has three dimension of length, width and depthThey can be viewed on all sides – front, back, sides, up, down

• Sculpture

• Architecture

• Ceramics/Pottery

• Landscape Design

• Jewelry

• Furniture

• Glass Art

When you view a sculpture or piece of pottery, a 3-Dimensional art, you need to viewit from all sides. If one were to view it just from the front, a lot of expression and detailwould be missed.

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Dimension - A measure of spatial distance.Height - The first dimension, the measurement of the distance from the level of the lowestpoint to the level of the highest point of a shape or space.Width - The second dimension, after height. Width is usually the measurement of the extent of a shape or a space from side to side.Length - Usually refers to the longest dimension.Depth - The third dimension. The apparent distance from front to back or near to far in an

artwork. When depth refers to an object's smallest dimension, then this distance can also becalled its thickness.

The Language of ArtArt is a powerful language. Through it, artists communicate thoughts, ideas,and feelings. Like most languages, the language of art has its own specialvocabulary. Unlike other vocabularies, however, the vocabulary of art is notmade up of words. Rather, it is made up of visual elements. The visual elementsinclude line, shape, form, texture, value color and space.The Elements of Art are the building blocks for a work of art. Artist use the elementsplanned and organized ways. They are organized according to the Principles of Design.

Elements of Art - The basic components used by the artist when producing works of art.Those elements are color, value, line, shape, form, texture, and space.

Line - A mark with length and direction(-s). An element of art which refers to the continuousmark made on some surface by a moving point.

Kinds of Line1. Curve line - a mark with length and direction that forms an irregular

shape, or one that might be found in nature, rather than a regular, mechanical shape

Such convex, concave, scroll, spiral and wavy linesCurve - A line or edge that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous way.

The lines that arc through space

Concave- having a surface or boundary that curvesor bulges inward

ConcaveConvex - having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as does the exterior of a sphere, or a balloon. Convex

2. Straight line - a mark with length and direction that is straight and forms a geometric shapeSuch as vertical, horizontal, diagonal linesStraight - Extending continuously in the same direction without curves or other deviations

Vertical - The direction going straight up and down.Horizontal - Straight and flat across, parallel to the horizon.Diagonal - Having a slanted direction.

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Vertical Horizontal DiagonalShape - An element of art, it is an enclosed space defined and determined by other artelements such as line, color, value, and texture. Shape is an area enclosed by line, or seen as an area because of color or value changes.Shapes have 2-dimensions – the height and width. They appear to be flat.

Kinds of Shape1. Geometric Shapes – shapes that have smooth, even edges and angular corners.

They are typically made with straight lines or shapes from geometry, including circle, ovals,triangles, rectangles and squares.

height

width

2. Organic or Natural Shape – shapes found in nature such as trees, leaves, animals etc.Organic shapes are usually more rounded and appear most often in nature.

3. Positive Shape - filled with something, such as lines, designs, color, or shapes. Thesubject matter is the representational objects and is usually positive (like the sheep).

4. Negative Shapes - the background (black area) is the negative shape in thecomposition. The empty area in an artwork, a void.

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