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Humanities 1 - Art Appreciation

This document provides an overview of art appreciation and the components and methods of visual art. It discusses that art has two main sections - visual art (painting, sculpture, architecture) and performing art (music, theater, literature, dance). It also explains that art uses sensuous mediums like color and form to communicate ideas and feelings symbolically. The document then outlines several methods for presenting visual art, including realism, abstraction, distortion, elongation, cubism, abstract expressionism, symbolism, fauvism, dadaism, futurism, surrealism, and impressionism.

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Humanities 1 - Art Appreciation

This document provides an overview of art appreciation and the components and methods of visual art. It discusses that art has two main sections - visual art (painting, sculpture, architecture) and performing art (music, theater, literature, dance). It also explains that art uses sensuous mediums like color and form to communicate ideas and feelings symbolically. The document then outlines several methods for presenting visual art, including realism, abstraction, distortion, elongation, cubism, abstract expressionism, symbolism, fauvism, dadaism, futurism, surrealism, and impressionism.

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Humanities 1

Art Appreciation

Humanities from the Latin word HUMANUS which means human, cultured, and
refined.

Art Tree
 ART IS COMPOSED OF TWO SECTIONS: THE VISUAL ART WHICH IS
COMPRISED OF – PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE.
 THE PERFORMING ART WHICH IS COMPRISED OF – MUSIC, THEATER,
LITERATURE AND DANCE

Art as a Language
 Is charged with feelings and significance, the desire to create a universal
language.
 Concerns itself with communication of certain ideas and feelings by means of
a SENSOUS MEDIUM like color, sound, marble, words and film.
 These sensuous medium are fashioned into symbolic language marked by
beauty of design and coherence in form.
 These symbols appeals to our mind, arouse our emotions, kindle our
imagination and enchant our senses.
WHAT IS THE COMPONENTS OF ART?
 Composed of an ARTIST who exhibits exceptional talents or skills in
music, design, drawing or writing; and
 The PERFORMER who interprets the art.

THE METHODS OF PRESENTING THE VISUAL ART


1- REALISM – the attempt to portray the subject as it is. Realists try to be as
objective as possible.
2- ABSTRACTION – the attempt of the artist to show only his idea or his feeling;
not as objective as the realist.

THE DIFFERENT ABSTRACT PRESENTATION


1- DISTORTION – clearly manifested when the subject is in distorted condition or
twisted out.
2- ELONGATION – is when the art subject is lengthen, protracted or extended.
3- MANGLING – is rarely used by artist today. Here, the subject is either cut, or
mutilated.
4- CUBISM – stresses abstract form through the use of a cone, cylinder or sphere
at the expense of other pictorial elements. The use of geometrical shapes is
common in Pablo Picazzo & Paul Cezanne art works.
5- ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM – is a style that is characterized by the use of
large canvasses and a deliberate lack of refinement in the application of the
paint, strong color, uneven brush strokes and rough texture.

OTHER WAYS OF PRESENTING THE VISUAL ART


1- SYMBOLISM – the use of a visible sign of an idea to convey to the viewers,
readers or audiences the message of his work.
2- FAUVISM – the artist use of bright colors which shows pictures of comfort, joy
and pleasure. This is the method used by Henry Matisse, Raoul Drify and George
Ronault.
3- DADAISM – is a protest movement in the art that is playful and experimental.
“Dada” means a “hobby horse”. Dadaism is most often nonsensical. Marcel
Duchamp is the famous painter using this method.
4- FUTURISM – developed in Italy about the same time as cubism appeared in
France. Futurist painters wanted their works to capture the mechanical energy of
modern life.
5- SURREALISM – this method mirrors the evils of the present society. Surrealism
means super realism, influenced by Freudian psychology which emphasizes the
activities of the subconscious state of the mind.
6- IMPRESSIONISM – this method presented the artist’s impression on the art
subject, not as detailed as a realist painting.
7- EXPRESSIONISM – are art works describing pathos, morbidity chaos or even
defeat. Introduced in Germany from 1900 – 1910.

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