This document provides definitions and explanations of key concepts in art. It discusses subjects, styles, and techniques used in different art forms like painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, and literature. These include realism, abstraction, distortion, naturalism, mediums like fresco, tempera, and oil paint. It also covers elements of design, principles of organization, and technical processes in visual art forms. The document serves as an introductory guide to understanding different aspects of art.

1. MARIA ESTELLA V. SANCHEZ

2.  Any
person, object, scene, event
described or represented in a work of art.
 Art
 Art
that has subject is representational.
that does not have subject is nonrepresentational.

3. – things depicted as what
naturally appears in nature.
 Fernando Amorsolo
 Realism

4. – is a process of simplifying
and/or reorganizing objects and elements
according to the demands of artistic
expression.
 Hernando Ocampo
 Abstraction

5. – is done to mean
twisting, stretching, or deforming that
natural shape of the object. It is to
dramatize the shape of the figure to create
an emotional effect.
 Distortion
The Descent from the Cross by Rogier van der Weyden (c1435–38).

6. •Naturalism –is a style and theory of
representation based on the accurate
depiction of detail.

7. – object depicted by the artist.
 Content – reveals the artist’s attitude
toward his subject.
 Subject

Parisian Life by Juan Luna. 1892. Oil on Canvas. 22 x 31 in. (57 x
79 cm.)

8.  Refers
to the material
Classification:
Visual or space art – mediums can be seen
Two-dimensional art
Three-dimensional art
Auditory art – mediums can be heard and expressed in
time.
Combined art – mediums both seen and heard and exist
in both time and space.

9.  Painting
 Drawing
 Printmaking
 Photography

10.  Sculpture
 Architecture
 Landscaping
 Community
planning
 Industrial design
 Crafts
• Ceramics
• Furniture-making

11.  Music
• The first time I loved forever
 Literature
• The road not taken by Robert Frost
• Sonnet 116

12.  Dance
• Hip hop Dance
 Drama
• Macbeth
 Opera
• Les Miserables
 Movies
• Film Analysis

13.  Artist’s
knowledge of medium and his skill
in making what he wants to make.
• Ex. Poet’s technique in putting words together to
express an emotion or narrate a story.
 Poe’s Annabel Lee

15. Fresco – wet plaster, cannot be changed
• School of Athens by Raphael

16. Tempera – wooden panels, combination of
gypsum/chalk, gelatin or glue
Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

17. • Oil – ready mixed in tubes, dries slowly
Mona Lisa
by Leonardo da Vinci

18. • Water Color – 19th Cent., artist work rapidly and
cannot change anything

19. 
Horror Vacui – painters fill up all available spaces
with shapes and colors.
 Muslim
Wedding (left)
by Carlos Francisco, 1958
 Mangingisda (right)
by Carlos Francisco

20.  Stone
 Wood
 Metal
 Marble
 Bronze
 Glass
 Junk

21.  Stone
 Brick
 Concrete
 Steel
 Glass
 Wood

23.  Shape
of a work of art
 Horizontal
line – serenity and perfect
stability
 Vertical line – poised and stable
 Diagonal line – implies action, movement
 Curved line – grace and movement

28.  Series
of wave length
 Beam of light contains different colors why
we see objects as having colors
 Primary
colors
 Secondary colors
 Tertiary colors

29.  The
way two objects feel to the touch
 Smooth
 Rough
 Grooved
 Ridged
 Furry
 Silky

33.  Solidity
and thickness
– technique which concentrates
on the effect of blending light and shade on
objects to create an illusion of space and
atmosphere.
 Chiaroscuro
– is a style of painting which
exaggerates the effect of chiaroscuro.
 Tenebrism
 Use
of larger amount of dark areas beside
smaller areas of light for emphasis.

37. Perspective – objects become
smaller as they recede into the distance.
 Linear
Perspective – objects become
fainter in the distance due to the effects of
the atmosphere.
 Aerial

40.  Over-all
design of a work of art
 Triangular
 Circular
 Square
 Rectangular
 Oblong
– contained within the frame
 Open - action extends out of the frame
 Closed

47.  Mosaic
- -creates pictures on flat surface

48. Glass – enlivened tomblike a
interiors and introduced a bright and warm
atmosphere.
 Stained
- means of religious instructions

49. – decorated hangings to drab
interiors and served to warm the room.
 Tapestry

50.  Free-Standing
 High-Relief
 Bas-Relief
Sculpture – statuary
Sculpture – flat background
Sculpture – slightly raised

52. Retablo

53. – subtractive process;
removing unwanted portions
 Carving

55. – additive process; building
using wax or clay
 Modeling

56. – complex process; covers the
original model with a mold
 Casting

57. – additive process; method
of joining or fastening as
nailing, stapling, soldering and welding
 Fabrication

59. lintel – two vertical posts and
horizontal beam
 Post-and

60. – wedge-shaped blocks arranged in
semi-circle
 Arch

61. – triangular forms assembles into
rigid framework and functioning like beam
or lintel; bridges, gymnasium, halls.
 Truss

62.  Skeleton
– reinforced concrete and steel

63. – beam or slab extending
horizontally into space beyond its
supporting post
 Cantilever

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