Art can be defined in many ways and encompasses a wide variety of mediums. Traditionally, art has fallen into three main categories: art as representation which copies or imitates something beautiful or meaningful; art as an expression of emotion to evoke responses in viewers; and art as form which is judged solely based on aesthetics and design principles. Key principles of art and design that help create unity and harmony include balance, rhythm, and harmony. Ultimately, art is subjective and anything that stirs emotion can be considered art.

1. THE NATURE OF
Art

2. “ART” when we hear that word some of
our minds jump to?
MUSEUMS

3. FRAMED PAINTING

4. But really art is for ANYONE who wants to experience it
and its other found in place we might not realize;
SONGS YOU
LIKE

5. MOVIES YOU
WATCH

6. POEMS

7. THEATER

8. QUILT

9.  ART is anything that
stirs emotion in you!
 EVERYONE is entitled
to their own preferen
ces and feelings whe
n it comes to art.

10. WAYS DEFINING ART
The Jean Besquiat painting
was sold for $110.5 million
at Sotheby’s Auction in May
2017.

11. The terms art is related to the Latin word “ars”
meaning
Art- the expression or application of human creative skill
and imagination.
Skill- ability.
Craft- skill in making things by hand.

12. The definition of art has generally fallen into
three categories
Art as REPRESENTATION
Art as EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONAL CONTENT
Art as FORM

13. Art as REPRESENTATION
 Plato first developed the idea
of art as “mimesis” which in t
he Greek means COPYING or
IMITATION.
 Primary meaning of art was, f
or centuries, defined as the re
presentation or replication of
something that is beautiful or
meaningful.

14. Art as EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONAL CONTENT
 Expression became important
during the Romantic moveme
nt with artwork expressing a
definite feeling, as in sublime
or dramatic.
• Today artist look to connect
with and evoke responses fro
m their viewer.

15. Art as FORM
 Immanuel Kant (1724-18
04) was one of the most i
nfluential of the early the
orist toward the end of th
e 18th century.
 He believed that art shou
ld not have a concept bu
t should be judge only o
n its formal of aesthetics
interest.
 Became more abstract in t
he 20th century, and the p
rinciple of art and design:

16. PRINCIPLE OF ART AND DESIGN:
BALANCE
 Refers to how the elem
ents of art (line, shape
, color, value, space, f
orm, texture) relate to
each other within the c
omposition in terms of
their visual weight to cr
eate visual EQUILIBRIU
M.

17. RHYTHM
 is a principle of art that can be
difficult to describe in word
 We can easily recognize rhyth
m in music because it is the u
nderlying beat that we hear. In
art, we can try and translate th
at into something that we see
in order to understand an art
works visual beat.

18. HARMONY
- in art overall is achieve
d when the elements of
an artwork come togeth
er in a unified way.

19.  refers to a set of comp
ositional strategies use
d by an artist to make
the parts of painting or
another work of art ha
ng together as a whole
through visual related
ness.
UNITY

20. END