Classifying Artworks Flashcards
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According to Manaois: Two General Dimensions of Arts
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FINE ARTS OR INDEPENDENT ARTS
PRACTICAL ARTS/ USEFUL/ UTILITARIAN ARTS
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made primarily for aesthetic enjoyment
- e.g. music, painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, dancing & drama
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FINE ARTS OR INDEPENDENT ARTS
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for practical use (for the common good of the many)
- e.g. industrial art, applied or household art, civic art, commercial art, graphic art, agricultural art, fishery art..
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PRACTICAL ARTS/ USEFUL/ UTILITARIAN ARTS
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According to Josefina Estolas
• Arts grouped according to
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Major and Minor Arts
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painting, architecture, sculpture, literature, music, and dance
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Major Arts
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decorative arts, popular arts, graphic arts, plastic arts & industrial arts
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Minor arts
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GROUPING THE ARTS (Estolas et al)
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Visual Arts Performing Arts Literary Arts Popular Arts Gustatory Art of the Cuisine Decorative Arts
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Graphic Arts
Plastic Arts
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Visual Arts
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theater, play, dance & music
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Performing Arts
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short stories, novels, poetry and dramas
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Literary Arts
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film, newspaper, magazine, radio, television
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Popular Arts
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involves skill in food and beverage preparation
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Gustatory Art of the Cuisine
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visual objects produced for beautifying houses, offices, cars and other structures
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Decorative Arts
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Different Forms of Art on the Basis of medium
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Arts can be
Visual
Auditory
Combined
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medium that can be seen and which occupy space
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Visual Arts
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Visual Arts into 2 classes
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Two dimensional arts
Three-dimensional arts
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painting, drawing,
printmaking, photography
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Two-dimensional arts
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sculpture, architecture, landscape, community planning, industrial designs, crafts like ceramics and furniture
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Three-dimensional arts
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We perceive arts with our eyes classified into two groups
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Graphic Arts
Visual Arts
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covers any form of visual artistic representation
- portrayals of forms and symbols are recorded on a 2-di surface
- all processes & products of the printing industry
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Graphic Arts
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process of applying pigment to a surface to secure effects involving forms and colors
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Painting
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processes for making multi-reproduction of graphic works
- involve the preparation of a master image of the drawing or design on some durable material
- classified by the nature of the surface from which the printing is done:
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Graphic Processes
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Graphic Processes
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Relief Printing
Intaglio Printing
Surface Printing
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unwanted portions of design are cut away on the master image
- the printed image is formed by the remaining surfaces
- e.g. linoleum cuts, woodcuts, wood engravings
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Relief Printing
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a method of printing from a plate on which incised lines, which carry the ink, leave a raised impression
Intaglio Printing
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Intaglio printings
Dry Point
Etching
Engraving
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artist draws directly on a metal plate
Dry point
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drawings or designs on metal plates covered with wax
Etching
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done on a metal plate with a cutting tool called a barin, which leaves a V-shaped trough; designs entirely composed of lines and/ or dots
Engraving
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printing is done from a flat (plane) surface
Surface printing
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Surface Printings
Lithography
| Silkscreen
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printing from a flat stone; based on the repulsion between grease and water
Lithography
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silk is stretched over a rectangular frame and unwanted portions in the design are blocked out
Silkscreen
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includes designing of books, advertisements, signs, posters, and other displays to promote sale or acceptance of product, service or idea
Commercial Art
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developed by commercial printers for rapid, large- quantity reproduction of words and pictures in one or more colors
Mechanical Processes
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a chemical-mechanical process by which images are produced on sensitized surfaces by
action of light
Photography
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includes all fields of the visual arts in which materials are organized into 3- dimensional forms
Plastic Arts
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the art of designing and constructing buildings and other types of structures
Architecture
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planning outdoor areas for human use and enjoyment: gardens, parks, playgrounds, golf courses
Landscape Architecture
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Plastic Arts
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Architecture
Landscape Architecture
City Planning
Interior Design
Sculpture
Crafts
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planning and arranging the physical aspects of a large or small community
City Planning
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design and; arrangement of architectural interiors for convenience and beauty
Interior Design
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design and
construction of 3-di forms
representing natural objects
or imaginary shapes
Sculpture
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designing and making of objects by hand for use or for pleasure
Crafts
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an inorganic, non- metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling.
Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous .
Ceramic
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the mass noun for the movable objects ('mobile' in Latin) intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping
in beds, to hold objects etc.
Furniture
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signifies items of personal adornment, such as necklaces, rings, brooches, earrings and bracelets.
Jewelry Making
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process of building, making or carving something using wood. Along with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was certainly one of the first materials worked by primitive human beings.
Wood working
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from the French word: coller, to glue
• made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
• may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork, photographs, a piece of moss or even a dead mole and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas.
Collage
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medium can be heard and are expressed in time
| • music and literature
Auditory Arts
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The art of combining spoken or written words and their meanings into forms which have artistic and emotional appeal
Literature
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Literatures
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Drama
Essay
Prose Fiction
Poetry
Miscellaneous
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a presentation made up of words, sounds, and actions of characters
Drama
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non-fiction, expository writing ranging
| from informal, personal topics to closely reasoned critical treatments of important subjects
Essay
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narratives created by the author, as distinguished from true accounts
Prose fiction
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literature of a highly expressive nature using special forms and choice of words and emotional images... Narrative poetry includes epics, romances & ballads... Lyric forms include the sonnet, ode, elegy, song
Poetry
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history, biography, letters, journals, diaries and other works not formally classed as literature
Miscellaneous
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Art of arranging sounds in rhythmic succession and generally in combination
• Both a creative and a performing art
Music
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Common forms of music
song, march, sonata, suite, fantasy, concerto, and symphony
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Musical compositions fall into 3 groups:
VOCAL MUSIC
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
MUSIC COMBINED WITH OTHER ARTS
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Composed primarily to be sung
| • The voice/s are generally accompanied by one or more instruments
Vocal Music
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Classification of Vocal Music
Long Vocal Forms
Short Vocal Forms
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Long Vocal Forms
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Opera
Cantata
Oratorio
Moro-moro
zarzuela
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Short Vocal Forms
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Folk songs
Art songs
Kundiman
Anthem
Ballad
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four general types: keyboard (piano, organ); stringed (violin, cello, guitar); wind (flute, clarinet); brass winds (trumpet, saxophone); percussion (drums, xylophone)
Instrumental Music
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medium can be both seen and heard and exist in both space and time
• Dance, opera, drama, and the movies • Along with the music, these are also
known as the performing arts
Combined Arts
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Music Combined with other Arts
Opera
Operetta and Musical Comedy
Oratorio and Cantata
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drama set to music; entirely sung with orchestral accompaniment; staged with accomplished singers, elaborate scenery & costumes
Opera
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also a drama set to music but is light, popular, romantic & often humorous or comic
Operetta and Musical Comedy
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sacred musical drama in concert form; oratories are usually based on Biblical themes
Oratorio and Cantata
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Ballet music and background music for motion pictures
Other form of Arts
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Story recreated by actors on a stage in front of an audience
Drama and the Theater
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Common types of drama and theater
- tragedy
- melodrama
- comedy
- miscellaneous
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One of literature’s greatest dramatic art forms
• It is a drama of serious nature in which the central character comes to some sad or disastrous end
• Portray suffering
Tragedy
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Emphasis on the action rather than on character
| • The action is sensational or romantic and usually has a happy ending
Melodrama
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With happy endings
Comedy
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a light, amusing tale of lovers in some dilemma which is finally solved happily
The Romantic Comedy
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a light, humorous play; emphasis on jokes, humorous physical action, ludicrous situations and improbable characters
Farce
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“drawing room comedy”; sophisticated, sometimes satirical; characters are usually high-society types & situations have little to do with real life; emphasis on witty dialogue
Comedy of Manners
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drama blending tragic and comic elements; with happy ending
Tragicomedy
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dramatized stories from the Bible & of the lives of saints
Miracle and Mystery plays
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characters represent specific vices & virtues
Morality plays
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plays written for reading rather than for staging
Closet Drama
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based on piano works which revolve around the musical pieces composed under the inspiration of a literary work
Piano drama
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encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as
an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording photographic images
with cameras, or by creating images
using animation techniques or visual effects.
Involves the movement of the body & the feet in rhythm
Film
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Important types of film:
1. ETHNOLOGIC
2. SOCIAL OR BALLROOM DANCES
3. THE BALLET
4. MODERN
5. MUSICAL COMEDY
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Folk dancing associated with national and cultural groups
Ethnologic
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Popular types of dancing generally performed by pairs
| •Waltz, fox trot, rhumba, tango
Social or Ballroom Dances
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Formalized type of dance which originated in the royal courts of the Middle Ages
• Solo or concerted dances with mimetic actions accomplished by music
• Generally built around a theme or story
The Ballet
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Contemporary or interpretative dances
• Represent rebellion against the classical formalism of ballet
• Emphasize personal communication of moods & themes
Modern
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Dances performed by soloists, groups and choruses in theaters, night clubs, motion pictures & TV
• Combines various forms of ballet, modern, tap & acrobatics
Musical Comedy
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Process of Creation
3 Major Phases
The artist must have an idea
He must have a material to work with
He must give form to his idea
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SOME GUIDELINES IN
UNDERSTANDING A WORK OF
ART:
What did the artist make?
What is it about? (subject)
What did the artist want to show in his work?
What is the artwork for? (function of the art)
What is the artwork made of? (materials or medium used)
How is the material put together or organized? (materials or medium used)
What is the personality or individuality of the art work? (style and mood or temper of the art work)
How good is it? (This is the judgment)
What is the meaning conveyed by the art? How does it make life more meaningful?
