UNIT 1:ARTFUL
EXPRESSIONS
OBJECTIVE
•To understand the
Definition and
different type of Art
WHAT IS ART?
•Art as a kind of communication
and expression of culture.
•(Arte es un tipo de
Comunicacion de expresión y
cultura)
• The Seven Forms of Art
• Although there has been much speculation regarding the definition of art over the
years, there is a general consensus that there are seven main kinds of art, most of
which have been around for centuries if not thousands of years. These different
types of art are painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music, cinema, and
theater.
PAINTING (PINTANDO)
• Painting
• Painting is one of the oldest kinds of art, dating back tens of thousands of years, and
and is evident on caves at various sites across the world, such as the Drakensberg in
South Africa, the Northern Territory in Australia, and the Lascaux paintings in France
to name only three of many sacred sites that are scattered across the globe. Some of
of these sites have become designated world heritage sites to preserve cultural
history associated with those areas, and to preserve them.
SCULPTURE (ESCULTURA)
• Sculpture
• Sculpture is another ancient art form, dating back to some of the earliest
civilizations. Unlike painting though, this form of art involves the creation of art in
the three dimensions. The type of material used can be anything natural or artificial
– from clay, metal, bronze, marble and wood to objects that artists come across in
their everyday lives.
ARCHITECTURE
ARQUITECTURA
• Architecture
• People often identify architecture as going back to the very first structures that
people built as dwellings. If we are to define architecture in this way, we can think of
the teepee in America or the yurt in Mongolia. Some architecture has a distinct
aesthetic quality though – indeed, the relationship between utility and beauty is
sometimes central in architectural design as it is in other forms of art.
LITERATURE (LITERATURA)
• Literature
• The word “literature” is derived from the Latin word that is translated as “letters” and
refers to the written word in particular. Language is a powerful and symbolic way of
communicating, and writing is no exception. The earliest texts date back thousands
of years to Mesopotamia, although it is thought that writing developed
independently on different continents.
MUSIC (MÚSICA)
• Music
• Music is created when there is an organization of sounds, as vibrations, that are put
together to form an audible composition. Elements of a musical composition
include harmony, timbre, melody, and rhythm. Although the presence of music in
ancient civilization is harder to trace than visual art, remains of musical instruments
have been found that are thousands of years old.
CINEMA ( CINE)
• Cinema
• Relative to the other art types discussed in this article, cinema is a fairly recent form
of art. Instead of attributing the development of cinema to one inventor, many great
minds contributed to the entrance of cinema into people’s lives as is the case with
many great inventions and discoveries of our time.
THEATER (TEATRO)
• Theater
• Theater is a performance art that usually includes a visual element that has
been used for entertainment purposes for thousands of years. One of the
most famous locations central to bringing Romans together for
entertainment was the Colosseum which, although now in ruins, remains a
testimony to the flourishing culture of the Roman Empire. Indeed, Rome in
the 6th century BCE is seen as the earliest example of theater in the “western
world”.
GRACIAS