Arts appreciation Flashcards
(52 cards)
The latin word for humanities
Humanus
Form of arts
Visual arts
music
Dance
Theatre or drama
Literature
a many faceled subject.
The Scope of humanities
One of the oldest & important of the areas of art
Architecture
the communication of certain Ideas & feelings by means of sensuous medium-color, sound, bronze, marble, words and film
Art
The latin word for art
ars
The __ __ are those we perceive with our eyes.
Visiual Art
Components of Graphic art
painting
drawing
graphic processes
commercial arts
mechanical processes
photography
This group includes all fields of the visual arts in which materials are organized into three-dimensional forms.
The Plastic Arts.
component of plastic arts (3d models)
Architecture
Landscape Architecture
City planning
Interior Design
Sculpture
Crafts
Industrial Design
Dress and Costume Design
Theater Design
he art of combining spoken or written words and their meanings into forms which have artistic and emotional appeal is called_____
Literature
the art of arranging sounds in rhythmic succession and generally in combination. Melody results from this sequence, and harmony from the combinations
Music
Component of music
Vocal Music
Instrumental Music
Music Combined with Other Arts (opera)
A drama or play is a story re-created by actors on a stage in front of an audience. The following are the most common types of drama.
Drama and Theater
Component of Drama and Theater
Tragedy
Melodrama
Comedy
involves the movement of the body and the feet in rhythm. Some important types include:
Dance
Components of Dance
Ethnology
Ballroom
Ballet
Modern
Musical Comedy
The definition
of art has generally fallen into (3) categories:
representation
expression
form.
Plato first developed the idea of art as which, in Greek, means copying or imitation
Mimesis
became important during the Romantic Movement with artwork expressing a definite feeling, as in the sublime or dramatic. Audience response was important, for the artwork was intended to evoke an emotional response. This definition holds true today, as artists look to connect with and evoke responses from their viewers.
Art as Expression of Emotional Content
one of the most influential of the early theorists toward the end of the
18th century. He believed that art should not have a concept but should be judged only on its formal qualities
because the content of a work of art is not of aesthetic interest.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
the definition of art was anything done with skill as the result of knowledge and practice.
from the 11th century on through the end of the 17th century,
Occurred during the Dutch Golden Age
This meant that artists honed their craft, learning to replicate their subjects skilfully.
17th century Netherlands.
Enlightenment and its emphasis on
science, empirical evidence, and rational thought, art began to be described as not just being something done
with skill,
Romantic period of the 18th century,