3 Domain:  Balance

Cognitive – aims to develop the mental skills and  Physical equilibrium

the acquisition of knowledge of the individual.  The weight of the things
Psychomotor – physical movement, coordination, Formal Balance:
and use of the motor-skill areas -left and right same product that should
Affective – involves our feelings, emotions, and be balance properly distribution of things
attitudes, and includes the manner in which we deal Informal Balance:
with things emotionally (feelings, values,  Uneven distribution of elements
appreciation, enthusiasm, motivations, and  Rhythm
attitudes.  Continuous moving pattern
Humanities – comes from the Latin word
 Demands consistency/being consistent
“humanistas”.
but still creative.
- looking for the skills of the person
 Can achieve by alternation.
- focusing in man but in the art
 Proportion
-art is made by man for man
-In art we feel connection  Comparative relationship
-are the records of man’s experiences, his  Uniform repetition of any elements of art
values, his sentiments, his ideals, and his goals.  Ratio between all elements
 Ultimately the expressions of man’s  Emphasis
feelings and thoughts.  Focal point of the artwork to attract
 Understanding what is the meaning of a attention
certain art, cultural, or the feelings of the  Emphasis of something
people.
What is art? Different genre of art:
-art wants to show beauty and meaning. Visual Art
Plato – art is trying to reach the ideal. -arts that perceive by the eye/spacial
 We see ourselves in a greater Graphic Art
perspective -visual art that have length and width/ 2
dimension
Assumption of Art: Plastic Art
 Art is timeless and universal -have height, width and volume/ 3
 Art is not nature and nature is not art, dimension
because art is manmade. Audio-Visual Art
 Art is personal and individual experience -arts that attract eyes and ears.
Ex: Performing arts: music, dance,
 Art involves experience
theater: Instrumental, Acapella, Mixed,
 Art must be creative not imitative
Drama, Comedy.
 Art goal is to communicate something
Literary Art
-arts that in written form
Benefits of Art: -it can be poem, play.
 Communicate Division of Arts Studies
 Feelings and appreciation 1. Aesthetic
-learns to admire the artist, and
5 principles of art: appreciate the art in the society.
 Harmony 2. Art History
- most essential -not just appreciate the writer, we
- all of elements put together sees as a tried to acquire who/or know the
whole background of the artist.
- music: blending of voices -we look on how significant their art
- all of the elements connected with in the society.
each other. 3. Art Production
 - everything blends well together
 -tries to use the creativity and tries to
apply the skills and knowledge to
produce art/ or make art.
4. Art Criticism
-learn to use his judgement and
learn to evaluate the art that there
are criteria set.
Visual Arts (Elements)
Line -can create shape
 has no shape
 Vertical Line – indicates height
 Horizontal Line – indicates width and
 rest
 Diagonal Line – manifest movement,
action and direction.
 Broken/Jacket Line – talks about
knowing chaos, tension, violence, and
war.
 Straight Line – means steadiness
 Curve Line – indicates movement that is
smooth.
 Repeating Line – indicates succession
 Constructing Line – combination of
horizontal and vertical line.
Color - the most noticeable and most
important in visual arts/ symbolizes life.
 Primary Color – red, blue, yellow
 Secondary Color – green, violet,
orange
 Tertiary/Intermediate Color - The
combination of primary and
secondary colors (blue-green, blue-
violet, yellow-green)
 Adjacent Color - colors that are
located next to each other.
 Analogous Color - two or more
colors that are side by side on the
color wheel and often contain the
same primary color (green, yellow,
orange).
 Complementary Color - colors that
have maximum contrast for each
other (red/green, yellow/violet, and
blue/orange)
 Split Complementary Color - the
colors on either side of a color's
complement or each color has a
corresponding color that is its
opposite on the wheel.
 Triadic Color - use three evenly
spaced colors on the color wheel.
 Cool Tone Color – cool colors
 Warm Color – striking color in the
eyes
 Prismatic Color – rainbow color
 Tints Color – lower the value/ light
color.
 Dark/Shade Color – higher value
compares to normal.
 Neutral Color – to balance color, to
lighten up or darken up the color.
Color Symbol:
 White – purity, cleanliness,
mourning.
 Black – death, darkness, evil
 Blue – sky, heaven, water, peace,
sadness
 Green – life, youthfulness, growth,
wellbeing
 Yellow – jealousy, divinity, deceive
 Brown – earth
 Orange – hunger, food, desire
 Gray – old age, decay
 Pink – love, femineity
Methods of presenting the subject:
 Realism – also termed naturalism. Realism
is the method of presenting as they appear
in real life. (ex: the erythraean sibyl by:
Michael Angelo)
 Abstractionism – drawing away from
realism, abstract means draw away,
departure from what is present in real life.
A. Distortionism - any change made
by an artist to the shape, size or
visual character of a form to express
an idea, convey a feeling or enhance
visual impact. (ex: Le Rene by Pablo
Picasso)
B. Mangling – removing a certain part
of the body. (ex: changes faces by
han xiao)
C. Elongation – certain part of the
body makes longer (ex: Hanka
Zborowski by Amadeo)
D. Cubism – their using geometrical
shape to make a figure (ex: bowl of
fruit)
E. Abstract Expressionism - different
types of abstractionism
F. Surrealism – beyond realism,
subject does not form a part of the
world. Sigmund Freud
G. Symbolism – shows reality but try
to depicts or show something much
deeper.
H. – optimistic
I. Nudism – shocking realism, want to
show dark side of reality.
J. Expressionism – showing the
emotions, emotional realism.
K. Impressionism – showing of
realism, focusing on something.
L. Futurism – realism in the future,
showing more futuristic.