LESSON 2. Part 1(Arts: Components, History And Development)

Question 1

Four common essentials of art:

Answer 1

-Art has to be man made.
-Art should be creative, not imitative.
-Art must benefit and satisfy man.
-Art is expressed through a certain medium.

Question 2

Is the matter to be described or to be portrayed by the artist. The subject of art is varied. It refers to any person, objects, scene or event.

Answer 2

Subject of Art

Question 3

Two Kinds of Art as to Subject:

Answer 3

-Objective Art (Representational)
-Non-Objective Art (Non-Representational)

Question 4

A kind of art that represents, description, stories or references to identifiable objects or symbols.

Answer 4

Objective Art

Question 5

A kind of art as to Subject that does not represent any concrete object or symbol.

Answer 5

Non-Objective Art

Question 6

What are the Three(3) Ways of presenting the subject?

Answer 6

Realism, Abstraction, and Distortion

Question 7

Refers to the movement or style of representing familiar things as they replicate reality. The term is also generally used to describe artworks painted in a realistic almost photographic way.

Answer 7

Realism

Question 8

Refers to art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures.

Answer 8

Abstraction

Question 9

Refers to the art of twisting, stretching, or deforming the natural shape of the object.

Answer 9

Distortion

Question 10

What are the five(5) elements of art?

Answer 10

Color, Lines, Shapes, Texture, and Value

Question 11

An element of art that gives quality to the pictorial field and has the ability to elevate sensation of pleasure. It creates mood and symbolizes ideas as well as expression of personal emotion.

Answer 11

Color

Question 12

An element of art that is used by the artist to imitate or to represent objects and figure on the flat surface.

Answer 12

Lines

Question 13

An element of art that is used by the artist to represent the subjects of the art. The subject can be represented through a natural, abstract, and non-objective shape.

Answer 13

Shapes

Question 14

An element of art that defines the tactile quality of the surface of an object. It expresses a sensuous and decorative quality and creates a spatial depth.

Answer 14

Texture

Question 15

An element of art that depicts the tonal relationship between light and dark areas of painting.

Answer 15

Value

Question 16

What are the six(6) principles of design?

Answer 16

Balance, Emphasis and Subordination, Harmony, Proportion, Rhythm, and Variation.

Question 17

Is the gravitational equilibrium in visual arts which depicts the feeling of equality in weight, attention (attraction) of the various elements.

Answer 17

Balance

Question 18

A type of balance which means, Identical.

Answer 18

Symmetrical

Question 19

A type of balance which means no formal balance on either
side of the artwork but the subjects are placed in parallel position.

Answer 19

Asymmetrical

Question 20

Reflects between the more important and less important in artworks. It is concerned in stressing the proper importance to the parts and to whole artworks.

Answer 20

Emphasis and Subordination

Question 21

Means that all parts of visual image are related and complement with each other. There is an agreement between the parts of a composition
which result in unity.

Answer 21

Harmony

Question 22

Means the ratio of the one part to another and of the whole that can be expressed in size, number, and position. It is the comparative harmonious relationship between two or more elements in a composition with
respect to size, color, quantity, degree, setting, etc.

Answer 22

Proportion

Question 23

Means repetition or continuance flow of regular visual
units. This refers to the feeling of movement achieve through the repetition of the regular visual unit.

Answer 23

Rhythm

Question 24

An elements and subjects of artworks contrast with or slightly
different from others which prevent monotony or uniformity.

Answer 24

Variation