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Art App Chapter 1-2
Art App Chapter 1-2
Instructor: Jennifer T. Malanguis
Essay: In not less than 5 sentences in each questions,
answer the following. (10pts each)
6. Create Harmony
artist makes use of the composition to put an order
in the diverse content of his work
Answer the following questions briefly
and concisely. (5pts each)
Describe the setting of the poem/story.
Describe the characters in the story.
Do you think that Porphyria loved her lover? Prove
your answer.
Do you think that Porphyria’s lover loved her?
Support your answer.
How did Porphyria’s lover killed her?
Why do you think that he killed her? Cite evidences
from the poem.
Classifications of Art
1. Visual Arts - those forms that create works which
are primarily visual (forms perceived by the eyes)
a) Painting - aims to evoke an emotion from the
viewers. It is practice by applying colors or other
media to a surface with a brush or other objects.
b) Sculpture - characterized as the art of representing
an imagined or observed objects in hard materials
such as glass, metals, or wood in three dimensions.
c. Architecture - provides us the physical structure we
lived.
a profound expression of human culture in a
particular period, and it will endure and outlive us
in forms of monuments that future generations will
study and strive to understand.
d. Drawing - enhances the way we see the world
around and conditions us to capture its details in a two-
dimensional medium
critical element of art throughout history and in the
contemporary art world.
e. Photography - a process of creating portraits by
recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive medium,
such as electronic image sensors or photographic films.
2. Performing Arts
those forms in which the artists used his/her own
body, face, and presence as a medium.
a) Theatre (Drama) - uses performers to present the
experience of a real or imagined event before a live
audience in a specific place and time.
b) Music - helps to express our mood and feel the way
through our emotions and ideas. Based on a study,
different types of music may be suitable to different
moods though classical music is still recommended
as the most calming music option.
c) Dance - expressed through body movement which
entails social interaction, or presented in a spiritual or
performance setting
Reflection paper for A Modest Proposal (by pair)
Rubrics :
Creativity = 50
Storyline – 25
Relevance to the theme - 25
Chapter 2
Aesthetic Arts and
Crafts
BASIS FOR ART CRAFT
COMPARISON
An unstructured Craft refers to an
Meaning
and boundless
form of work, that
activity, which
involves creation
expresses of tangible objects
emotions, feelings with the use of
and vision is hands and brain.
called art.
Decorative or
Serves Aesthetic purpose functional
purpose
Emphasizes Ideas, feelings and Right use of tools
visual qualities. and materials.
Result of Innate talent Skill and
experience
Arts and Crafts
started during the 19th century in Europe
as a design reform and as a social movement
motivated by the William Morris
It involves activities related to making things which
require a combination of skill, speed, and patience.
William Morris
born on March 24, 1834, in Walthamstow, England
was known for his pattern designs, particularly on
fabrics, and wallpapers
a proponent of socialist ideals, Morris believed that a
designer should have the skill of any media in
producing designs that intricate intertwining fruit,
flower, and foliage pattern
died on October 3, 1896, at the age of 62 years old in
London, England.
Types of Arts
and Crafts
1. Textile Crafts
word “textile” is from a Latin phrase “texere” which
means “to braid" or "to construct.“
refer to any craft where you work with fabric, yarn
or surface design
uses plant or any synthetic fibers in creating practical
or decorative objects
Types of Textile Crafts
1. Cross-stitch - a form of natural pain relief. It is a
popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which
X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used
to form a picture.
2. Crochet- It is a process of creating fabric from yarn,
thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook.
3. Sewing- It is the crafts of fastening or attaching
objects using stitches made with a needle and thread
Types of Textile Crafts
4. Weaving- It is a fabric production method in which
yarns are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or
cloth.
5. Tatting- It is a technique for handcrafting particularly
in making durable lace which is constructed by a series
of knots and loops.
6. Shoemaking- It is the process of making footwear.
7. Lace- It is an openwork fabric, patterned with open
holes in the work, made by machine or by hand.
Types of Textile Crafts
8. Macramé- It is a form of textile-making which
requires very few tools and just some pure knowledge
of basic knotting.
9. Millinery- It is the designing and manufacture of
hats.
10. String art- It is an arrangement of colored thread
strung between points to form an abstract geometric
design.
Cross-stitch
Crochet
Sewing
Weaving
Tatting
Shoemaking
Lace
Macramé
Millinery
String art
2. Wood Crafts
a skill that pertains to the woods, especially in
making one's way through the woods or in hunting,
trapping, etc.
relates to subsistence lifestyles with implications of
hunting-gathering (Horace, 1906)
Types of Wood Crafts
1. Carpentry-It is a skilled trade in the cutting,
shaping, and installation of building materials
during the construction of buildings.
2. Marquetry- It is the art and craft of applying pieces
of veneer (thin slices of wood) to a structure to form
decorative designs.
3. Woodturning- It is a form of woodworking that is
used to create wooden objects
Types of Wood Crafts
4. Wood carving- It is a form of woodworking to form a
wooden figure or objects by using a knife or a chisel.
5. Cabinetry- It is a skill in making a box-shaped piece
of furniture with doors and drawers for keeping
various objects.
6. Upholstery- It is the work of building cushion and
cover furniture.
Carpentry
Marquetry
Wood carving
Cabinetry
Upholstery
3. Metal Crafts
refer to the art of executing artistic designs in metal
for both practical and aesthetic purposes
are designed for decorative items or functional
objects that are beneficial and useful to us all
works are of bronze, silver, gold, tin, copper, lead,
brass, and iron
Types of Metal Crafts
1. Jewelry- It is a form of personal adornments, such
as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets.
2. Metal Casting- It is a process by which a liquid
material (bronze, copper, glass, aluminum, and iron)
is poured into a mold, which contains a hollow
cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to
solidify.
3. Welded sculpture- It is an art form in which statue
is made using welding techniques.
4. Paper or Canvas Crafts
refers to an extremely durable plain-woven fabric
used for making backpacks, tents, marquees, and
other sustainable items.
Types of Paper Crafts
1. Bookbinding- It is the process of physically
assembling a book from some folded or unfolded
sheets of paper or other material.
2. Card making- It is a hand-made technique for
producing greeting cards.
3. Collage- It is a technique where the artwork is made
from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating
a new whole.
Types of Paper Crafts
4. Origami- It is a Japanese cultural art of paper folding
5. Paper-Mache- It is a composite material consisting of
paper pieces or pulp, sometimes reinforced with
textiles, bound with an adhesive.
6. Scrapbooking- It refers to a method of arranging,
preserving, and presenting personal and family history
in a book form
7. Rubber Stamping- It is a craft in which some type of
ink made of dye or pigment applied to an image or
pattern that carved, molded, laser engraved or
vulcanized, onto a sheet of rubber.
Bookbinding
Card making
Collage
Origami
Paper-Mache
Scrapbooking
Rubber Stamping
5. Plant Crafts
refer to skills using plant parts as the medium
Types of Plant Crafts
1. Corn dolly making- It relates to the making of
shapes and figures (known as ‘dollies’) from straw
(such as barley, oats, and wheat).
2. Floral Design- It is the art of using plant materials
and flowers to create a pleasing and balanced
composition.
3. Pressed flower craft- consists of drying flower
petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten and
exclude light and moisture.
Fundamental principles of
Arts
1. The Principle of Harmony
When all of the elements of art interact well in an
artwork, visual harmony is attained
accomplished by using similar types of geometric
shapes, lines or colors within a work of art to create a
unified composition.
using various cool or warm colors would help to
produce a harmonious work of art.
Harmony
Fundamental principles
of Arts
2. The Principle of Variety
A stable composition will also demonstrate the
principle of variety
accomplished by using differing colors, lines, and
shapes within an artwork to make key areas stand
out
Artists can use this idea to direct a viewer’s eye to a
place within the art that he or she wants to
emphasize
Fundamental principles
of Arts
3. The Principle of Balance
refers to the symmetry of opposing visual forces
created in a work of art when colors, forms, shapes
or textures are combined harmoniously.
4. The Principle of Movement
is the way that an eye moves throughout a work of
art
An artist creates a visual movement to drive the eye
to the focal point of the artwork
Balance and Movement
Fundamental principles
of Arts
5. Principle of Emphasis
refers to the need for an artist to create a focal point
within an artwork
artistic point is an essential part of a work of art, and
the viewer’s eye should drawn to that area.
6. Principle of Proportion
created when the sizes of elements in an artwork art
are combined harmoniously
The artist usually tries to make all of the parts in a
composition relate logically to each other to depict
the human form within the proper proportion
Emphasis and Proportion
Fundamental principles
of Arts
7. Principle of Rhythm
refers to the use of visual pattern within a work of
art
Models within an artwork are created by repeating
certain colors, line or shapes in specific areas
It can also be used to form a variety of texture within
a work of art.
Rhythm
Subject and Content of Arts
The matter to be described or to be portrayed by the
artist
May refer to any person, object, scene, or event.
Anything under the sun
Could be make-believe, imaginary, and invented.
Can also be real events
Two kinds of Art as to
Subject:
1. Representational or Objective Art
depicts subjects that are commonly recognized by
most people
Something that is real
Uses “form” and are concerned with “what” is to be
depicted
Attempt to portray the subject as it is.
Examples: Mythology and Religion, Dreams,
Fantasies, Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes
2. Nonrepresentation or
Nonobjective Art
Arts without any reference to anything outside itself
Abstract in a sense that it does not represent real
objects in our world
Uses “content” and is concerned with “how” the
artwork is depicted.
The artist attempts to only show his ideas and
feelings not as objective as the realist or the
representational artist.
Sources of the Subject Art
1. Nature - animals, people and their activities, nature
as landscapes.
2. History – all art is conditioned by the historical
period it is created.
3. Greek and Roman Mythology – very important
source of subjects in the arts.
4. Religion – played and enormous role in inspiring
works of visual arts, music, literature and
architecture of all ages.
Sources of the Subject Art
4. Sacred Oriental text – Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism,
Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism and Islam.
Class Activity
Pressed Flower Craft
Materials required
1. Toothpicks
2. Wood glue
3. Container to hold the glue
4. Pressed flowers (any home-made or purchased air
dry presses; microwave presses; or traditional method
of pressing in books)
References
Panisan, W.K., Bongabong, M.C.L.,
Boongaling, C.C. G., Trinidad,
M.A.B. (2018). Art appreciation.
Philippine copyright 2018. Mutya
Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-971-
821-797-9