Visual Art

Folk Art Fine Art Commercial Art

• Use of everyday materials • Valued for aesthetic quality • Valued for its ability to
• Produced with simple technology (meant to be looked at only) advertise or sell a product
• Use of repeating patterns • Can be meant to communicate • Skills learned in a school such
• Use of contrasting colors political, religious, spiritual or as a college or trade school
• Decorative or ornate philosophical ideas • Types:
• Can be meant to induce Product design
• Created for functional purposes
emotions of the viewer Illustration
• Themes come from daily life Graphic design
• Source of economic livelihood for • Themes include: Photography
Makeup
the artisans still-life Television commercials
landscape Music videos
• Expresses village/cultural identity portrait Animation
allegory (history and religion) Computer graphics
• Skills learned through
abstract Anime
apprenticeship with family Fashion Design
members • Skilled learned in a school Interior Design
such as an academy or
university