Assignment #01

1. ART.  Refers on activity or product done by people with a communicative or aesthetic purpose
—something that expresses an idea, an emotion or, more generally, a world view. It is a
component of culture, reflecting economic and social substrates in its design.

2. AESTHETIC. The philosophical study of beauty and taste. It is closely related to the
philosophy of art, which is concerned with the nature of art and the concepts in terms of which
individual works of art are interpreted and evaluated.

3. NATURALISTIC. Refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting.

4. ASTRACT. Is an art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality
but instead use shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. Abstract art uses
visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a
degree of independence from visual references in the world.

5. CRAFT. Is a type of art that typically refers to the assembly of handmade goods. This type
of art has been around for centuries, and it typically involves making items that are not only
attractive but useful as well. In many instances, crafts are generally made from raw natural
materials.

6. VISUAL. Are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics,
drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film making and
architecture.

7. PERCEPTION. Stands for a complex relation between visual stimuli and a personal
understanding of them. It is a theoretical postulate that aims to clarify the relation between
artworks and individual opinions and evaluations.

8. MASTERPIECE. A masterpiece is a creation in any area of the arts that has been given much
critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a
work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship.
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1. Landscape. Landscape painting (or landscape art) refers to an artistic genre defined by a

focus on natural scenery as subject matter. Landscape paintings can depict a variety of
settings, such as mountains, forests, rivers, and beaches
2. Scientific Illustration. Scientific illustration is an artistic-scientific discipline whose purpose
is to synthesise and represent information so that it is interpreted by a specific public.
Therefore, it is a visual approach to a scientific concept in a precise, clear and objective way.
3. Style. Is basically the manner in which the artist portrays his or her subject matter and how
the artist expresses his or her vision.
4. Motifs.  a motif is an element of an image. A motif may be repeated in a pattern or design,
often many times, or may just occur once in a work
5. Fine Arts. The term "fine art" refers to an art form practised mainly for its aesthetic value and
its beauty ("art for art's sake") rather than its functional value. Fine art is rooted
in drawing and design-based works such as painting, printmaking, and sculpture.

 Sistine Chapel.  The ceiling of this chapel was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and
1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The ceiling was painted at the
commission of Pope Julius II. The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger
scheme of decoration within the chapel, which includes Michelangelo's large fresco The Last
Judgement on the sanctuary wall, as well as wall paintings by several leading painters of the
late 15th century including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Pietro Perugino, the
whole illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, of which The
Creation of Adam is the best known, having an iconic standing equalled only by Leonardo da
Vinci's Mona Lisa, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations. The
complex design includes several sets of individual figures, both clothed and nude, which
allowed Michelangelo to fully demonstrate his skill in creating a huge variety of poses for the
human figure and which have provided an enormously influential pattern book of models for
other artists ever since.
 Christ the Redeemer.  is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created
by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in
collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe
Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres
(98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.
The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the
700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the
city of Rio de Janeiro. A symbol of Christianity across the world, the statue has also become
a cultural icon of both Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and is listed as one of the New 7 Wonders of
the World. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.
 Kamay ni Hesus. 50-foot high statue of Jesus, on a steep hill. To reach the top, visitors would
have to zigzag their way up and across the pathways that mark the stations of Christ's passion.
Scaling the hill from one side takes about 320 steps. Kamay ni Hesus is situated inside a park-
like complex.
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1. Film - a movie made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit, often of an
experimental nature or having an unconventional or highly symbolic content, aimed typically
at a limited audience.

2. Murals - A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or
other permanent surfaces.

3. Vergusa Three by Frank Stella - Throughout his career, Frank Stella has been an innovator in
both painting and printmaking. As a young artist, he became known for his reductive
Minimalist paintings, executed in series that emphasized a single theme to which each
painting presented a different solution or response. Circuits, one such series, is based on the
artist's long-standing interest in car racing, and each print, including Pergusa Three, is named
for an international racetrack.

4. Groundhog Mask. Is Tlingit culture in coastal north western Canada exhibits similar forms
and many of the same motifs. The mouths of each mask are particularly similar to each other.
Groundhog’s visage takes on human- like characteristics just as the Yup’ik mask takes the
form of a bird. This cultural style ranges from western Alaska to Northern Canada.

5. Celtic Art. The art of the Celts is generally associated with ornamental artistry that is
comprised of repetitive patterns, spirals, knots, foliage, and animal forms. Celtic art is
essentially easy to identify because of these recognizable features, but the Celts themselves
are more difficult to define.

6. The Bone Player. combines elements of portraiture and genre painting, both fields for which
he was well known.  is a typical nineteenth-century stereotyped depiction of an African
American or a sensitive portrait of an individual.  The Bone Player, indicating that it was his
sitter’s musical skill, rather than his individual identity, that was the painting’s subject. The
bones [1989.132a-d]—bars of ivory, wood, or bone clicked together—were an instrument
associated with African American minstrels, a type recognizable to American and European
audiences. Popular theories of evolution considered African Americans more intuitive than
Caucasians and therefore more in touch with their natural musical talents. Mount carefully
delineated his subject’s distinctive physical characteristics, such as his high cheekbones, white
teeth, and neat mustache, treating him as an individual and not a type. Unlike the depictions of
African Americans in contemporary genre painting, which often employed caricature, this
sitter is life-size, making the viewer relate to him as a fellow human being. 
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1. Glass Art. Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made
of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and
windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including glass jewelry and tableware.

2. Doric. The Doric order is characterized by a plain, unadorned column capital and a column

that rests directly on the stylobate of the temple without a base. The Doric entablature
includes a frieze composed of trigylphs—vertical plaques with three divisions—and metopes
—square spaces for either painted or sculpted decoration

3. Ioinian.  any member of an important eastern division of the ancient Greek people, who gave
their name to a district on the western coast of Anatolia (now Turkey). the Ionians are
renowned for their love of philosophy, art, democracy, and pleasure – Ionian traits that were
most famously expressed by the Athenians

4. Baroque. The Baroque style is characterized by exaggerated motion and clear detail used to

produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature,
dance, and music. Baroque iconography was direct, obvious, and dramatic, intending to
appeal above all to the senses and the emotions.

5. Photography. The art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and
especially light on a sensitive surface (such as film or an optical sensor)

6. Sand Art. Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as
a sand brushing, sand sculpture, sand painting, or sand bottles. A sandcastle is a type
of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle

7. Paper Mache. Derived from papier-mâché, or “chewed paper” in French—is a sculpting

medium made up of paper pieces that have been bound by an adhesive paste

8. Beads Art Work. Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing
them with a sewing needle or beading needle and thread or thin wire, or sewing them to cloth.
Beads are used to create jewelry or other articles of personal adornment; they are also used in
wall hangings and sculpture and many other artworks.