Artist and His Medium

(Part 2)
Art Appreciation
Artist and His Medium (Part 2)

Literature Music, Media in Dance and Types of Drama and Theater Cinema, Genres of
Music, Some Genres Dance and Genres of Motion Pictures
of Music Drama
What is
Literature?
• written works,
especially
those
considered of
superior or
lasting artistic
merit.
Examples of Famous
Literary Works
• Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
• The Great Gatsby - Francis Scott
Fitzgerald
• Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -
Mark Twain
• Grimm`s Fairytale - Jacob and
Wilhelm Grimm
• The Little Prince - Antoine de
Saint-Exupery
Other examples…

• Dante Alighieri –
Divine Comedy
• Bible
What is Music? • vocal or
instrumental
sounds (or both)
combined in such
a way as to
produce beauty
of form, harmony,
and expression of
emotion.
Mediums in Music

• Vocal
• Instrumental
• Digital
Genres of Music

Hip-hop
Pop music Rock Jazz
music

Country Electronic Rhythm and

Classical
Music music blues

Electronic
Heavy metal
dance music
As It Was - Harry Styles
In the End - Linkin Park
In da Club - 50 Cent
Forever in Love - Kenny G
Lacrimosa - Mozart
Between the Raindrops - Lifehouse ft. Natasha
Bedingfield
Happier - Marshmello ft. Bastille
Get You - Daniel Caesar ft, Kali Uchis
Slipknot - Psychosocial
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren
Bennett, Goonrock
What is Dance? • The movement of
the body in a
rhythmic way,
usually to music and
within a given space,
for the purpose of
expressing an idea
or emotion,
releasing energy, or
simply taking delight
in the movement
itself.
Types of Dance • Ballet
• Ballroom
• Contemporary
• Hip-Hop
• Jazz
• Tap Dance
• Folk Dance
Ballet

• an artistic dance form performed to

music using precise and highly
formalized set steps and gestures.
Classical ballet, which originated in
Renaissance Italy and established its
present form during the 19th century, is
characterized by light, graceful, fluid
movements and the use of pointe
shoes.
Ballroom • ballroom dance,
type of social
dancing, originally
practiced in
Europe and the
United States,
that is performed
by couples and
follows
prescribed steps.
Contemporary dance • “Contemporary dance
is a style of expressive
dance that combines
elements of several
dance genres including
modern, jazz, lyrical
and classical ballet.
Contemporary dancers
strive to connect the
mind and the body
through fluid dance
movements”
 • Hip-hop dance is a
vibrant form of dance
that combines a variety
of freestyle movements
to create a cultural
piece of art. Through its
three main styles of
popping, locking, and
breaking, hip-hop dance
has evolved into one of
the most popular and
influential styles of
dance.
Hip-hop dance
 • Jazz dance is a form
of dance that
combines both
African and
European dance
styles. This high-
energy dance has a
liveliness that sets it
apart from
traditional dance
forms, such as
classical ballet. Like
jazz music, jazz
Jazz Dance dance features
improvisation.
 • Tap dance, style
of dance in which
a dancer wearing
shoes fitted with
heel and toe taps
sounds out
audible beats by
rhythmically
striking the floor
or any other hard
Tap Dance surface.
 • a dance that
originates as ritual
among and is
characteristic of the
common people of a
country and that is
transmitted from
generation to
generation with
increasing
secularization
Folk Dance
 • a written work
that tells a story
through action
and speech and is
acted out : a
usually serious
play, movie, or
television
production. 2 :
the art or
profession of
What is Drama? creating or
putting on plays
 1. Comedy
2. Tragedy
3. Romantic
4. Melodrama
5. Tragicomedy
Genres of Drama
What is Cinema?
• a theater
where movies
are shown for
public
entertainment
; a movie
theater.
 • Drama
Genres of Motion Pictures
• Comedy
• Action
• Fantasy
• Horror
• Romance
• Thriller
• Historical
• Documentary