Module 3.
Visual Arts
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Today’s Goal?
➜ Four Common Essentials of Arts
➜ Elements of Visual Arts
➜ Methods of Presenting the
Subject
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FOUR COMMON
ESSENTIALS OF
ARTS
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FOUR COMMON ESSENTIALS OF ARTS
➜ Art has to be man-made;
➜ Art must be creative, not imitative;
➜ Art must benefit and satisfy man;
➜ Art is expressed through a certain
medium or material by which the
artist communicates himself to his
audience.
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Elements of Visual
Arts
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➜ Line
➜ Color
➜ Texture
➜ Shape
➜ Space and Perspective
➜ Volume/ Value
➜ Form
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Line
A line is a series of connected dots or a prolongation of a
point to show the shape or form of any piece of art.
Expressive Lines Constructive lines
– tend to be found in – lines that are very measured,
nature and are very geometric, directional and
organic. angular. They tend to appear to
be man-made because of their
precision.
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Expressive Lines
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Constructive Lines
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Line
❑ Vertical Lines. Vertical lines show height or stature, poise,
balance, force, strength, dignity, and dynamism.
❑ Horizontal Lines. Horizontal lines indicate width, rest, repose,
quietness, calmness, serenity, infinity, contemplation, and
inaction.
❑ Diagonal Lines. Diagonal lines manifest movement, action,
and direction
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Line
❑ Broken or Jagged Lines. Broken or jagged lines connote chaos,
confusion, tension, disturbance, violence, or war.
❑ Straight Lines. Straight lines exhibit steadiness, stiffness, stillness,
inactivity, and force.
❑ Curved Lines. Compared to diagonal lines, curved lines, whether
concave (inward) or convex (outward) indicate smooth
movements.
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❑ Repeating Lines. Repeating lines are a succession of vertical,
horizontal, diagonal, or curved lines. They are used to show rhythm.
❑ Contrasting Lines. Contrasting lines are a combination of vertical
and horizontal lines or a combination of diagonal lines in opposite
directions.
❑ Modified Lines. Modified lines are a combination of straight and
curved lines or a combination of lines of varying shapes.
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Color
- Color is the most important and most
noticeable of all the elements of visual arts.
- Dependent on the presence of light, it is that
property of an object that makes it appealing to
the visual sense.
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Color
Primary Colors.
The primary colors are blue, red, and yellow (BRY).
They are described as primary colors because they are
the first to be produced and the rest of the colors are
produced as a result of their combination.
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Color
Light Colors/Tints. Light colors or tints are those
colors with values lower than the normal value.
Dark Colors/Shades. Dark colors or shades are those
colors with values higher than the normal value.
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Color
Rainbow or Prismatic Colors. Prismatic or rainbow
colors are those colors that form a rainbow or a prism.
Neutral Colors. Neutral colors are those that serve to
balance colors.
Color
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The colors have some psychological and other connotations.
❑White- is used to connote purity, chastity, holiness,
mourning, surrender, meekness, and goodness.
❑Black -is used to signify death, mourning, darkness,
and evil.
❑ Blue -is used to indicate the sky, heaven, the sea,
serenity, sadness, peace, and masculinity.
❑Green -is used to connote life, nature, good health,
and well-being.
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Color
The colors have some psychological and other
connotations.
❑Yellow -is used to signify jealousy, divinity, deceit,
treason, and degradation.
❑ Brown -is used to mean the earth, spiritual death,
and renunciation of the world.
❑ Orange -is used to indicate food.
❑Gray -is used to signify old age, gloom, and decay.
❑Pink- is used to mean love and femininity.
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Texture
Texture is the element of the visual arts. associated with the sense of
touch. It is the surface characteristic of an area.
- Tactile (or Real) Texture - is the way the
surface of an object feels.
-Implied Texture - is the way the surface
of an object looks like it feels.
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Shape
The shape is the external appearance of the clearly defined area. It
contributes to the final form of the artwork.
Geometric shapes have smooth even edges
and are measurable.
Organic shapes have more complicated edges
and are usually found in nature.
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Forms
- Forms refer to the overall composition of the artwork. It
describes the entire shape or organization of the thing or
object created.
- A Form is a shape that has become 3- 3-dimensional (3-
D) Form has HEIGHT, WIDTH, and DEPTH--which is the
3rd dimension.
Depth shows the thickness of the object.
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Volume/ Value
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color.
Value makes objects appear more real because it
imitates natural light.
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Volume/ Value
Cross-hatching
- is when you use irregular lengths
of parallel lines that cross over
each other diagonally. The closer
together the lines are placed the
darker the value.
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Volume/ Value
Stippling
- is the use of dots to create
shade. This is accomplished
by placing dots very close
together to create dark
values and farther apart to
create lighter values.
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SPACE and Perspective
Space is the area or surface occupied by the
artwork. Perspective is synonymous with point of
view, angle of vision, or frame of reference.
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SPACE and Perspective
Space is basically divided into 3 parts:
Background area is considered to be the
upper 1/3 of the picture plane.
Middle Ground area is considered to be the
middle 1/3 of the picture plane.
Foreground area is considered to be the
lower 1/3 of the picture plane.
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SPACE and Perspective
Space is the area or surface occupied by the artwork. Perspective is
synonymous with point of view, angle of vision, or frame of reference.
Perspective is manifested in these
two situations:
- that nearer objects appear bigger
and taller than farther objects and
that parallel lines seem to meet at
the farthest end.
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Methods of
Presenting Subject
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Methods of Presenting Subject
➜ Every artist has his individual style of doing his
artwork. This style is almost always governed by his
choice of the method of presenting his subject.
➜ Methods:
- Realism
- Abstractionism
- Surrealism
- Symbolism
- Fauvism
- Dadaism
- Expressionism
- Impressionism
- Futurism
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Realism
Also termed naturalism, realism is the method of presenting
subjects as they appear in real life.
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Abstractionism
Abstractionism is “drawing away from realism”. The word
abstractionism was derived from the verb abstract meaning
to draw away. Therefore, an abstractionist draws away from
reality as he creates his artwork.
Types of Abstractionism:
DISTORTION Mangling
Elongation
Cubism Abstract Expressionism
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Abstractionism
Types of Abstractionism:
DISTORTION - Distortion is presenting the subject in a
misshaped form.
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Abstractionism
Types of Abstractionism:
Mangling - Mangling is
presenting the subject with parts
which are cut, lacerated,
mutilated, or hacked with
repeated blows (Sanchez, Abad,
and Jao, 2002).
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Abstractionism Types of Abstractionism:
Elongation - As the word
suggests, elongation is presenting
the subject in an elongated form. It
is done by stretching the object, for
example, the human body,
vertically. A good sample of this is
El Greco's "The Resurrection of
Christ.
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Abstractionism
Types of Abstractionism:
Cubism
– Cubism is presenting the subject
with the use of cubes and other
geometric figures (triangles,
squares, rectangles, pentagons,
hexagons, heptagons, etc.).
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Types of Abstractionism:
Abstract Expressionism.
- abstract expressionism is presenting
the subject with the use of strong
color, uneven brush strokes, and
rough texture and with the deliberate
lack of refinement in the application
of the paint.
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Surrealism
Surrealism presents the
subject as if the subject does
not form part of the real
world, but belongs to the
world of dreams and fantasy.
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Symbolism
Symbolism is presenting the
subject symbolically, that is,
the artist shows his subject
as it appears in real life, but
he intends to let it
represent something.
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Fauvism
Fauvism is optimistic realism. It is presenting the real-life subject with the
use of bright colors suggesting comfort, joy, and pleasure. The colors bright
red, yellow, orange, purple, and the like are used instead of blue, black,
gray, green, and brown.
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Dadaism
o Dadaism is shocking realism. It presents a
real-life subject to shock the audience
through the exposition of the evils in
Society.
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Dadaism
o Derived from the French word
dada meaning hobby horse,
Dadaism.
o Started as a protest art
movement composed of painters
and writers whose desire was to
revolutionize the outworn art
traditions.
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Expressionism
Expressionism is presenting a real-life subject to express emotions, pathos,
and chaos. fear, Violence, defeat, morbidity, and tragedy. Introduced in
Germany (Central Europe).
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Impressionism
-Impressionism is a realism
based on the artist’s impression.
-It presents the real-life subject
with emphasis on the impression
left in the artist's mind or
perception, particularly the effect
of light on the object used as the
subject.,
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FUTURISM
Futurism is realism in the future. It is presenting a subject that
relates not to the present, but to the future.
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Everything clear?
➜ Four Common Essentials of Arts
➜ Elements of Visual Arts
➜ Methods of Presenting the Subject
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