Forms of Art
BELL RINGER
• USING 3 DIFFERENT COLORS AND AT LEAST 3
DIFFERENT SHAPES DRAW A SYMMETRICAL
PATTERN.
• DRAW THE PATTERN ON A INDEX CARD
What is visual art
• Art should mirror reality, it must look like
something seen in the real world
• Art must be pleasing to the eye, even if it is
not realistic
• Art should express the artist ideas, beliefs, and
feelings so that others can understand them
• Not every form of art will have all of these
some will have 1 or maybe 2
• Example, some do not look life like but
succeed in communicating ideas and feelings
Andrew Wyeth Soaring
Nancy Graves, Zaga
Hugo Robus, Despair
VARIOUS FORMS OF ART CONTINUED
2 PRIMARY FORMS OF ART EXIST
FINE ARTS & APPLIED ARTS
• Fine arts refers to painting,
sculpture and architecture, arts
which have no practical function
and are valued in terms of the
visual pleasure they provide or
their success in communicating
ideas or feelings
• One exception is architecture,
which can be both attractive and
functional
• Applied arts is most often
used to describe the design or
decoration of functional
objects to make them
pleasing to the eye
• Artists who create applied
arts or crafts are usually
referred to as designers
artisans, or craftspeople.
Maria and Julian Martinez black on black
storage jar
Chrysler
Building
Why Artist Create
• Do artists create as a means of gaining
recognition and glory?
• This is actually a new thought
• During the middle ages the names of most
artists were unknown
• This changed during the Renaissance when
artists hoped to gain fame through their art
The Impulse to Create
• Most artist admit that they continue to create
art simply because they have to;
– Ex: Katushika Hokusai, as seen below, was so
driven to do art that he illustrated 437 different
volumes and no fewer than 30,000 pictures
Art in Your Life
• Self expression art allows you to express and
idea or emotion in a work of art
– EX this artist used his painting to communicate
personal emotions in a subtle and poetic manner
Edvard Much, Starry Night
Art in Your Life
• Decision Making and Problem Solving
– When you examine and create art you do both
• What subject should I paint or sculpt?
• Which medium and technique should I use?
• How can I arrange those colors, shapes, lines most
effectively?
• Examining Art involves similar skills
– Identify the subject depicted in the art work
– Determine the medium and technique used
Art in Your Life
• Real World connections
– It helps build ideas and nurture a place in the mind for
original ideas to take hold and grow
– Art Education provides experience in problem solving
process areas such as:
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Clarify the problem
Identify possible outcomes
Test each possible solution
Select the solution that seems most appropriate
Also nourishes an appreciation of differing points of view,
flexible thinking and self discipline
Arts in Your Community
• Museums – the function of a museum is to
encourage the enjoyment of art through
direct interaction with original works of art
– They identify and display artworks that have been
judged to be significant by members of the art
community
– Exhibits are offered all throughout communities
– Libraries and Online Resources best sources about
art and artists
TICKET OUT THE DOOR
• 3RD & 4TH PERIOD EXPLAIN HOW FINE ARTS
DIFFER FROM APPLIED ARTS
• 5TH PERIOD IDENTIFY 3 PLACES WHERE A
PERSON CAN OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT
ART AND ARTISITS