What is Art?

How to identify: (In order) 1 2 3 4 5

1- Categories 2- Styles 3- Credit Line Info 4- Subjects 5- Genres

There are __ Genre categories in the Fine Art.

5

Style of Fine Arts-____-An inaccurate depiction of a real person or object

Abstract

_____ ____- Are functional, useful, and can be decorative

Applied Art

_____ ____- the application of design and decoration to everyday objects to make them aesthetically pleasing. The term is applied in distinction to the fine arts which aims to produce objects which are beautiful and/or provide intellectual simulation.

Applied Art

___ can be decorative, have a meaning, poses a question to think about, and can persuade the viewer to think like an artist.

Art

___ consists of originality and creativity.

Art

____ is meant to feel connected with how the artist felt, and can come with/ without a response.

Art

____-something that expresses how the artist feels, something makes you think about the piece you are viewing.

Art

______- an activity involved in skill in making things by hand. Can be functional. Is connected to a tradition or a cultural tradition.

Craft

What is this called? Name of artist- is usually bold or italicized Title of the work - is usually bold or italicized Year the artwork was created Medium- any materials used to make something Size of the artwork Location of the work

Credit Line Information

_____ _____- Creative art, especially visual art, whose products are to be appreciated primarily for society or for there imagination, aesthetics or intellectual content

Fine Art

What are the 3 main categories of visual art?

Fine Art Applied Art Craft

Fine arts genre- _____- paintings and sculptures show scenes from everyday life.

Genre

Fine arts genre- _____ paintings and sculptures show a story (not always real), and usally has a moral or religious message. They show a story of the past life, real or imagined.

Historic

Styles of Fine Arts-_____- Depicting an object or a person according to an accepted standard of beauty. Made to seem more perfect/beautiful than in real life.

Idealized

Fine arts genre- ______- show outdoor settings and can also be called Seascapes & Cityscapes

Landscapes

Just because art is in a museum, does that mean that its actually art?

No

Works of art that do not have any identifiable subjects are called ______.

Non-objective

Style of Fine Arts- ____- The work does not depict figures or objects. Natural things in a simplified way.

Non-representational

Fine arts genre- Paintings and sculptures that feature specific people are called ______. _____-_______ are when are when an artist draws, paints, or sculpts themselves. Fine art pieces are about or of people. The person is the main focus of the work

Portrait Self-Portrait

Styles of Fine Arts-_____-Depicting figures or objects as we see them

Realistic

Style of Fine Arts- ____- Depicting a subject in a nostalgic, emotionally, or mysterious way, showing high drama

Romanticized

Fine arts genre- ______- paintings and sculptures show still, inanimate objects

Still Life

Style of Fine Arts- _____- Depicting natural things in simplified way, like a pattern or design

Stylized

Paintings Photography Ceramics Sculpture Drawing Collage Mixed Media These are some common...

fine arts media

All art is organized and categorized into ______.

groups

Art is distinctly ______, and is also called an imagined _______.

human reality

Art is done by humans, and is limited by our ________ and _______.

knowledge creativity

The _______ of a work is easy to identify, because it refers to the main things you SEE in the work.

subject