Art?

Taking any kind of material and fashioning it into a statement

definition

• Ars (latin) – skill or craft

• Ar (Aryan) – to create

Purposes of Art

• Convey emotions and ideas

To teach

Pragmatic purposes

therapy

No reason

Representations of art

realism

abstraction

distortion

surrealism

Levels of meaning

• Factual

• Conventional

• subjective

Elements of visual art

Line – a moving point

color

Shape – area closed by a line

Form – a 3d or 3d looking image

Space – open and close, positive and negative

Texture – tactile features, how will it “feel” like

,Balance – equilibrium

Focal point - emphasis

Contrast – color + space

Rhythm and movement – repetition and sense of mobility

Pattern – repetition

in an expected manner

Proportion – relationship between elements