art appreciation (semi finals)

lumber

All parts of building can be constructed using wood except the foundations.

poetry

All poems share similar characteristics which makes it easy for the reader to recognize them. Poems are written in lines, and not in sentences or paragraph form.

High relief

Almost half of the figures project from its background, more shadows are created.

greek sculpture

Around 600Bc Greece developed one of the great civilizations in the history of the world. Sculpture became one of the most important forms of expression for the greeks.

Architecture

Art of designing buildings and another structures which will serve a definite function .

freestanding

(in the round) These are sculptures which can be viewed from all sides

romanesque sculpture

A new and brilliant chapter. Roman buildings and the bronze doors of the cathedral of hildesheim

Glass blowing

Gathering molten glass from the furnace using a blowpipe.

Entruscan and Roman sculpture

Greek sculpture and Greek art had been exported to italy long before Romans ruled the land. Many small bronze figures of farmers, warriors or Gods.

Hot sculpting

Is using a metal rod to gather the molten glass from the furnace and shapes it using another tool.

Process of substitution

It is also known as casting. This methods involves using a mold to produce a 3D figure in another material.

Stone

It is hard and relatively permanent.

Post and lintel

Most houses are built on this principle. it is the oldest construction system that makes use of two vertical support (post) spanned by a horizontal beam (lintel).

Renaissance sculpture

Rebirth /medieval and byzantine

Arch

Roman invention that consist of separate pieces of wedge.

Gothic sculpture

Sculpture after the 12th century gradually changed from the clear. Human figures shown in natural proportions .

Buttress

Structure that is built as a support for the wall.

Barrel vault

Succession of arches, it has two openings, one on each end.

Bay

The area at the center of a groin vault

low relief

The figures are slightly raised/projected from its background, less shadows are created.

keystone

The most important part of the arch which is the stone at the top center that locks the pieces together into a single curved structure.

Vocal medium

The oldest and most popular medium for music is the human voice.

Drama

This genre includes all plays or any written works that are meant to be performed.

Concrete

This is a mixture of cement and water, with aggregates of sand and gravel. which hardens rapidly resulting in fire resisting solid of great compressive strength.

Fiction

This is any written work that is not real and which uses elaborate figurative language.

Terra Cotta

This is baked clay or clay fired in a kiln at a relatively high temperature.

Glass

This is made by heating and cooling a combination of sand and soda lime.

Nonfiction

This is the opposite of fiction because the subject matter comes from real life.

Additive process

This process invloves the construction of a figure by putting or attach together the bits of the material or by welding together metal parts to create figures.

subtractive process

This process involves removing or cutting away pieces of the material to form the figure.

Cold working

Using cold hardened glass. This involves sand blasting, engraving, polishing and grinding to create the sculpture of glass

bricks

a fire and water resistant, easy to produce, transport and use .

modeling

a pliable material such as clay or wax is built up, added and shaped into a three dimensional form.

casting

a process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify.

kinetic (mobiles)

a sculpture that is capable of movement by wind, water, or other forms of energy.

Dome

a structure with the shape of an inverted cup. it is formed by a series of arches

carving

a subtractive process, the sculptor begins with a block of material and chips or cut portions of it away until the desired result takes shape.

Plastic

a synthetic medium made from organic polymers.

Bronze

an alloy elements . tin and copper . its color is reddish brown and will corrode if constantly exposed to water and moisture.

Egyptian sculpture

art were based on the belief in life after death. The body of egyptian ruler or pharaoh was carefully preserved.

instrumental medium

aside from or together with the human voice are the materials that produce/create sound.

tagbanua

bird and animal carvings are religious symbols that are carved in blackened wood

constructed sculpture

built or constructed from an assortment of materials.

flying buttresses

buttress built to support the dome

static or mobile

capable of moving like in COD

bulol

commonly mistaken for rice goods and fertility symbols.

woodwind instruments

create sounds by blowing into them.

Music

defined as the art of combining and regulating sounds of varying pitch to produce compositions that express various ideas and feelings.

okir-a-datu

elaborate curvilinear carved motifs made by the maranao and tausug tribes of mindanao

stones

favored over the other materials for its durability, adaptability to sculpture treatment and its use for building simple structures in its natural state.

contra alto

female singing voice that is low and rich in quality

assemblage

form of constructed sculpture in which pre existing or found objects are integrated and combined in new combinations that take a meaning of their own or separate from their constituent parts of creating piece.

Brass instruments

have cup shaped mouthpieces and expands into a bell-shaped end. Sound is produced by blowing into mouthpiece.

Tenor

highest adult male singing voice

Soprano

highest female singing voice

kinetic sculpture

incorporates actual movement caused by the wind and etc.

Rock music

is a form of popular music that is evolved from rock and roll and pop music.

pop music

is a genre popular music which began in the 1950s and is inspired in the tradition of rock and roll.

manunggul jar

is a secondary burial jar excavated from a neolithic burial sight in manunggul cave

Groin vault

is a structured that is formed by intersecting arches resulting in four openings.

alternative music

is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music of the 1980s and gained popularity in the 1990s.

Brass

is an alloy copper and zinc that gives it a yellowish golden color. it is more malleable than bronze and has a lower melting point.

Literature

is the art of combining spoken or written words and their meanings into forms which have artistic and emotional appeal.

Plaster

it is finely ground gypsum mixed with water and poured into a mold.

Sculpture

it is the carving, modeling, casting, constructing and assembling of materials and objects into primarily three-dimensional works of art.

Stainless steel

known as inox steel. it is made from a combination of steel and chromium.

paete

known for all kinds of wood carvings, especially santo or religious figures

pakil

known for filigree like woodcarvings

Bettis

known for its artisans skillful carved embellisment of wooden furniture

Percussion instruments

make sound by hitting them with the hands, special sticks or by tricking or shaking their parts together.

Keyboard instruments

make sound by means of a keyboard which consists of a series of black and white keys. depression of a key produces sounds.

Baritone

male singing voice that is between tenor and bass.

Bass

male singing voice that is low and rich in quality.

sculpere

means to carve

language

medium of literature

stone age

only a few objects survive to show what sculpture was like thousands of years ago.

Blues

originated from the african Americans in the deep south of the united states in the late 19th century. This musical genre incorporated spiritual songs, work songs etc.

Jazz

originated in african-american communities of new Orleans in the united states, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Folk music

originated in traditional popular culture or is written is such a style. It is created by unknown composers and is basically transmitted orally from generation to generation.

Bowed strings

produce tones by means of a bow of horse hair.

Plucked strings

produce tones by plucking the strings with a finger or with a plectrum held in one's hand.

string instruments

provide the basic orchestral sounds. They produce tones by means of the vibration of the stretched string

mixed media

refers to a catchall category that describes constructions and assemblages

wood

relatively easy to work on. It varied the hardness and durability depending on the kind of tree it came from.

Early christian sculpture

resembled the art of rome. Ten commandments and burial chest

drum

rising from consecutive points on a base

Baroque sculpture

sculpture in the 17th century continued to deal with the same wide variety of sculptural problems

Relief

sculpture in which the figures project from a background.

Pre historic sculpture

sculpture may be the oldest of the visual arts.

voussoirs

shaped blocks that arranged in semi circle.

Cantilever

structure that makes use of a beam or slab that extends horizontally into space beyond uts supporting post. it is constructed to ve strong enough to support floors and walls.

Truss

system of triangular forms assembled to form a rigid framework.

Rococo sculpture

the basic qualities of 17th century art were carried forward into 18th century but were transformed

iron and steel

the development of construction methods using it was the most important innovation in architecturesince ancient times.

Neoclassic and Romantic sculpture

the pendulum of taste swung in a new direction in the late 18th century

metal

this medium is used for sculpture because of its three unique qualities and it is the process of casting metals such as bronze, gold silver or iron has changed little over the centuries.

20th century sculpture

was an age of experimentation with new ideas

Classical music

was written in the European tradition covering the years 1750 to 1830. During this period, forms such as the symphony, concerto, and sonata were standardized.