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GOOD

EVENING
EVERYONE
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ART
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THE VISUAL ARTS

VISUAL ARTS ARE ARTS FORMS THAT


CREATE WORKS THAT ARE PRIMARILY
VISUAL IN NATURE, SUCH AS
CERAMICS, DRAWING, PAINTING,
SCULPTURE, PRINTMAKING, DESIGN,
CRAFTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO,
FILM MAKING, AND ARCHITECTURE.
VISUAL ARTS INCLUDE: Click icon to add picture
FINE ARTS –REFERS TO AN ART FORM PRACTICED
MAINLY FOR ITS AESTHETIC VALUE AND ITS BEAUTY
RATHER THAN ITS FUNCTIONAL VALUE.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS- INCLUDE NUMBER OF


MODERN ART FORMS SUCH AS:
ASSEMBLAGE, COLLAGE, MIXED-MEDIA,
CONCEPTUAL ART, INSTALLATION, HAPPENING AND
PERFORMANCE ART, ALONG WITH FILM-BASED
DISCIPLINES SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO ART,
AND ANIMATION, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
DECORATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS- INCLUDES Click icon to add picture
CERAMICS AND STUDIO POTTERY, MOSAIC
ART, MOBILES, TAPESTRY, GLASS ART, AND
OTHERS.

OTHER- GRAPHIC DESIGN, FASHION


DESIGN, AND INTERIOR DESIGN.
NEW TYPES OF BODY ARTS MAY ALSO FALL
IN THIS CATEGORY WHICH INCLUDES
TATTOO ART, FACE PAINTING, AND BODY
PAINTING.
Philosophical Perspective of Arts
ART AS MIMESIS (PLATO Click icon to add picture

 MIMESIS IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD


“MIMOS” MEANING TO IMITATE.
 IT IS A CRITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL TERM THAT
CARRIES A WIDE RANGE OF MEANING.
 IMITATION
 REPRESENTATION
 MIMICRY
 RECEPTIVITY
 SIMILARITY
 THE ACT OF RESEMBLING, THE ACT OF EXPRESSION,
AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE SELF.
ARTS AS REPRESENTATION
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SIMILAR TO PLATO'S
WRITING ABOUT MIMESIS,
ARISTOTLE ALSO
DEFINED MIMESIS AS THE
PERFECTION, AND
IMITATION OF NATURE.
ART OF ART SAKE
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“ART FOR ARTS SAKE” IS THE


USUAL ENGLISH RENDERING OF A
FRENCH SLOGAN FROM THE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, “I” ART
POUR I “ART”.
USED TO CONVEY THE IDEA THAT
THE CHIEF OR ONLY AIM OF A
WORK OF ARTS IS THE SELF-
EXPRESSIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
ARTIST WHO CREATES IT.
The SUBJECT OF ART
REPRESENTATION OF
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REPRESENTATIONAL ART OR
FIGURATIVE ART REPRESENTS
OBJECT OR EVENTS IN THE REAL
WORLD, USUALLY LOOKING EASILY
RECOGNIZABLE. IT USES FORM AND
IS CONCERNED WITH WHAT IS TO BE
DEPICTED IN THE ART.
NON-
REPRESENTATIONAL
OR NON-OBJECTIVE

THESE ARE THOSE


ARTS WITHOUT ANY
REFERENCE TO
ANYTHING OUTSIDE
ITSELF.
Source of Subject Art
PRIMARY SOURCE
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PROVIDES FIRST HAND


TESTIMONY OR DIRECT
EVIDENCE CONCERNING A
TOPIC UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THEY ARE CREATED BY
WITNESS OR RECORDERS
WHO EXPERIENCED THE
EVENTS OR CONDITIONS
BEING DOCUMENTED.
SECONDARY
SOURCE

 INTERPRET AND ANALYZE


PRIMARY SOURCES. BECAUSE
THEY OFTEN WRITTEN
SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER
EVENTS BY PARTIES NOT
DIRECTLY INVOLVED BUT WHO
HAVE SPECIAL EXPERTISE,
THEY MAY PROVIDE
HISTORICAL CONTEXT OR
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE.
SOME OF THESE SOURCE OF ART SUBJECTS ARE:

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GREEK AND ROMAN


NATURE HISTORY METHODOLOGY
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THE JUDAEO- ORIENTAL SACRED OTHER WORKS


CHRISTIAN TRADITION TEXTS OF ART
THESE DAYS, THE TERM "THE JUDEO-
SACRED TEXT - WRITIN
CHRISTIAN TRADITION" IS
MOST OFTEN MEANT TO EVOKE "THOSE G THAT IS VENERATED F
RELIGIOUS, ETHICAL, OR CULTURAL VALUES OR THE WORSHIP OF A
OR BELIEFS REGARDED AS BEING COMMON
TO BOTH JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY." DEITY
OBVIOUS ENOUGH, PERHAPS
KINDS OF SUBJECT
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LANDSCAPE,
SEASCAPE AND
STILL LIFE CITYSCAPE ANIMALS
A PAINTING OR DRAWING OF AN AN ARTIST CREATES ANIMALS ARE ALSO SYMBOLIC. MANY
ARRANGEMENT OF OBJECTS, CULTURES THROUGH THE AGES HAVE
TYPICALLY INCLUDING FRUIT
THE ILLUSION OF A REGARDED SPECIFIC ANIMALS
AND FLOWERS AND OBJECTS THREE-DIMENSIONAL AS REPRESENTING GODS, POWER, THE
CONTRASTING WITH THESE IN WORLD ON A FLAT SUPERNATURAL, AND IN THE CASES OF
TEXTURE, SUCH AS BOWLS NATIVE AMERICANS, USED IN NAMES.
CANVAS OR PAPER.
AND GLASSWARE.
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PORTRAITS FIGURES EVERYDAY LIFE

A REPRESENTATION OF ANY FORM OF MODERN THE WAYS IN WHICH


A PARTICULAR PERSON. ART THAT RETAINS
PEOPLE TYPICALLY
A SELF-PORTRAIT IS A STRONG REFERENCES TO
THE REAL WORLD AND
ACT, THINK, AND FEEL
PORTRAIT OF THE
PARTICULARLY TO THE ON A DAILY BASIS.
ARTIST BY THE ARTIST
HUMAN FIGURE.
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DREAMS AND
RELIGION AND FANTASIES
HISTORY AND LEGEND METHODOLOGY DREAMS CAN BE DEFINED AS A SERIES
A TERM USED TO REFER TO THE INTERPRETIVE OF SUCCESSIVE VISIONS, IMAGES, AND
FEELINGS EXPERIENCED BY A PERSON
IMAGES OF IMPORTANT OR MODELS ON WHICH THE
DURING HIS/HER SLEEP. FANTASY IS
MEMORABLE EPISODES ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS IMAGINING IMPROBABLE THINGS, WHICH
FROM LITERARY, PHENOMENA AND HAVE NO BASIS IN REALITY. DREAMS ARE
HISTORICAL OR RELIGIOUS RESOURCES ARE THE SOUL OF A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
SOURCES. DISCUSSED.
Different Levels of Meaning
Factual Meaning

Literal statement or the narrative content in


the work which can be directly apprehended
because the objects presented are easily
recognized.
CONVENTIONAL Meaning

Refers to the special meaning that


a certain object or color has a
particular culture or group of
people.
SUBJECTIVE
Meaning

Any personal meaning


consciously or
unconsciously
conveyed by the artist
using a private
symbolism which
stems from his own
association of certain
objects, action, or
colors with past
experience.
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