The Visual Arts

AAp – Art Appreciation

Prepared by:

Prof. Jonathan P. Erfe

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What does it take to be

“visually literate”?
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 VISUAL LITERACY

 The ability to process flat

two-dimensional pictures or
our three-dimensional world
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Elements

 LINE
 A mark on a surface. Lines may be
continuous or broken. They are used to
create patterns and textures, to imply
three dimensions, and to direct visual
movement.
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 SHAPE
 An area with identifiable boundaries.
Shapes may be organic, based on
natural forms and thus rounded or
irregular, or they may be geometric,
based on measured forms.
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 MASS
 The solid parts of a three dimensional
object. An area of space devoid of
mass is called negative space; while
positive space is an area occupied by
mass.
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 FORM
 The shape and structure of something.
In discussion of art, form refers to
visual aspects such as line, shape,
color, texture, and composition.
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 COLOR
 The sensation produced by various
wavelengths of light. Also called hue.
Red, blue, and yellow are the primary
colors, which cannot be made from
mixing other colors. Secondary colors
(orange, green, and purple) are hues
produced by mixing two primary colors.
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 VALUE
 The lightness or darkness of an area of
color, or as measured between black
and white. The lighter, the higher in
value it is; the darker, the lower in
value.
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 TEXTURE
 The appearance or feel of a surface,
basically smooth or rough. Texture may
be actual, as the surface of a polished
steel sculpture, or implied, as in a
painting of human flesh or the fur of an
animal.
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 COMPOSITION
 The arrangement of the formal
components of a work, most frequently
used to describe the organization of
elements in a drawing or painting.
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 PERSPECTIVE
 A system of portraying three-dimensional
space on a two-dimensional surface. In one-
point linear perspective, lines recede toward
a single vanishing point on the horizon line.
In two-point perspective there are two
vanishing points. Atmospheric or aerial
perspective uses properties of light and air,
in which objects become less distinct and
cooler in color as they recede into distance.
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Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

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Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

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Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

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Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

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Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

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Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

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Juan Luna, Spoliarium, 1884

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References

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