types of art

7/28/2019 Types of Art

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Types of ArtPage Contents: Still Life People Print Making Sculpture Design Other living things Places and

Spaces Events Issues andThemes Media Technique Style Process Practice Function Abstract AbstractedConceptual Represen

tational Realistic Naturalistic

FORMS OF ART means the type of artwork such

as drawing, painting, sculpture (carving,

modelling, assemblage and construction)

architecture, printmaking, electronic media such

as computer and digital graphics, ceramics, Visual

Design, Graphic Design, collage, photography and

Post Modern appropriation and

recontextualisation.There is a LANGUAGE which is used to describe

the Arts. This language is explained by using

examples of student work and brief summaries.

Extra information is available in the many texts

and reference books available. This in not

comprehensive but a student research tool for

beginners in Art.Back to Top
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VISUAL ARTS is where an artist uses MEDIA

(materials, images, signs and symbols) and the

available TECHNOLOGY to communicate about

the self as expression, or the world as narrative or

propaganda, promotion, illusion, imagination,

teaching or prediction.The Visual Arts are about art for society, art for the

self, art for religion, art for profit and art for arts

sake.Types of art are as varied as media, subject

matter and technology allow.Art can be painting, drawing, sculpture,

printmaking, computer and digital graphics,

architecture, ceramics and Visual Design which

covers the more functional works of art.Subject Matter What the art work is about. The title usually gives a clue. Subject Matter isdivided into ....

Objects

Still Life

FORM - Collage

OBJECTS Functional or useful objects, Still

life, found objects and objects used as symbols of

ownership, culture or value. Objects venerated

(sacred) as religious symbols or used to represent

strong feelings or fantasy.

REPRESENTATIONAL looks like something,

represents something even if it is not realistic.


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People

FORM - Painting

PEOPLE Portraits of specific people or the

Human Figure used in stories of heroes or gods,

or used for religion or self-discovery or personality.

The Human Figure has been used in art as

expression of feelings, as objects of reverence, as

symbols of fertility or death, strength or weakness,

humorous or didactic (teaching).Back to Top

Other living things
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FORM - Silk Screen Print

OTHER LIVING THINGS Plants and animals

from land, air and sea, used to decorate, as part of

story or as a study in themselves. Many animals

and plants have been use as symbols or motifs for

design or expression of feelings, humour or

themes and issues.Back to Top

Places and Spaces

LandscapeFORM - Painting

PLACES and SPACES Landscapes,

Seascapes, Cityscapes, Interiors, maps or keys to

location. Places in fantasy or personal

experiences.Back to Top

Events


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FORM - Ink Drawing and washes

EVENTSImportant Events in Life birth, death,sickness or work.Historical, Public or SocialEvents- wars, coronations, ship-wrecks,

executions, festivals or plagues.Spiritual or Religious Events within religious

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Issues and Themes

FORM - Collage

ISSUES and THEMES where art deals with

issues or topics, which cause debate such as

feminism, multiculturalism, pollution or animal

rights. Some are controversial others universal.

Art which deals with themes such as abstraction,

colour, love, hate, technology, cruelty,

confrontation etc.Back to Top

Other Words or concepts used in the Visual Arts ...

Media Material or substance used to make anArt Work


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Pastel

Acrylic Paint

CollageMEDIA means the materials or substance the

artist uses to make art works.For example oil paint on canvas, acrylic, tempera

or water paints. Drawing media includes pencil,

pens and ink, charcoal and pastels. Sculptural

media includes clay, wax and bronze, wood,

metals, which are welded, junk or found or ready

made media assembled by sculptors, plastics and

wires, stone especially marble and even earth

works.MEDIA can also mean the images, signs and

symbols that artists use in their artworks.Back to Top

Technique
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Ink and brush - Post Modern

How the Artwork is made, the methods used:TECHNIQUE means the manner of making or

method used in achieving an artwork. The manner

of artistic execution or performance or the skillsused in making artworks. For example, traditional

western oil painting on canvas or the

Impressionists dab technique. The coiling

technique in pottery or the photographic silk

screen print making technique.Back to Top

Print Making

Silk Screen Printmaking

PRINT MAKING is where the artist uses

TECHNOLOGY that allows more than one work to

be produced. This is done using the traditional

method ofwood block/ lino

printing oretching where a groove is carved or

etched into the surface and ink is applied thentransferred to paper using a press. In Modern

times silk screen printing and Lithography have

been developed.

Silk screen uses stencils where holes are cut and

the ink is squeezed through using a screen and

squeegee. Photographic silkscreen print making is

used now, especially for fabric and "T" shirts. Lithography is where a moist ink resistant block is

painted with ink attractive emulsion and then inked

and transferred to paper.

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SculptureSCULPTURE is the word used to describe an

artwork which has three dimensions, height, width

and depth. most sculpture is free standing but can

be in RELIEFwhere the form stands out from a flat

background. Relief sculpture decorates the walls

of many buildings.

Sculpture is traditionally made by carving wood or

stone, or by modelling clay and then casting the

form in bronze. Modern sculptors have made use

of the new technology and materials to construct

artworks in many different media using techniquesof gluing and welding, nailing or wiring.

Back to Toprchitecture The art of building.

Visual Design
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DESIGN - is the deliberate choice and layout of

elements in a work of painting, drawing,

photograph, collage, computer graphics or three

dimensional form such as furniture, appliances or

furnishings, which acts as a prototype for

production and commercial release. Visual

Design is a Process

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Style

Punk Rock Assemblage

STYLE means the manner of an artwork, the

way it looks which can be recognised as

characteristic of a person, school or culture eg the

styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Cubism, the

Aztecs or Egyptians, the style of Dali or Picasso

which can be identified by its characteristic

elements.Back to Top

ProcessPROCESS means the sequence of action, the

steps taken when making an art work usually

involving developing ideas by experimentation,

exploring different ways of solving problems,

manipulating these ideas and appropriate media

by evaluating success and resolving the work for

presentation.Back to Top
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Practice

PRACTICE the way that an artwork is made and

studied that is the practice of Art Making, ArtCriticism and Art History.Practice of making art works involves ideas,

beliefs, interpretations, intentions, skills,

technology and actions.Art Criticism involves personal judgment,

evaluation and interpretation.Art History involves looking at how the artwork fits

into history, into a sequence of events and into the

surrounding culture.Back to Top

Function

FUNCTION- the task, the job, the purpose of an

artwork such as telling stories or narrative, to

inspire magic, to celebrate an event, to decorate,

art for religious instruction and worship, to imitatenature, for personal pleasure or art for arts sake

such as exploring the emotional effects of the

elements or developing visual effects with media

or technology.Back to Top

bstract


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ABSTRACT ART means it is non

representational, it does not look like anything, it

does not represent anything seen. It may causethe viewer to think of ideas but it does not copy

the seen world or contain images.Back to Top

bstracted

ABSTRACTED means to be made less realistic

by distortion or exaggeration of images as the

Cubists or German Expressionists do. An image is

changed, made less obvious.Back to Top

Conceptual


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CONCEPTUAL ART means art where the idea

or concept is more important than the seen image.

Conceptual art is usually abstracted or

performance art. Conceptual Art uses elements to

suggest deeper thoughts to trigger thoughts in the

viewer rather than appreciation of skilled imagery.

Most artworks have a conceptual side to it as most

art works make the audience think about a

concept. Tribal Art is strongly conceptual so is

most modern and Post Modern art.Back to Top

RepresentationalREPRESENTATIONAL looks like something,

represents something even if it is not realistic.

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Realistic

REALISTIC looks like a seen subject.Back to Top

Naturalistic

NATURALISTIC Looks as though it is from

nature. Natural in pose, gesture, setting and

imagery.Back to Top

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