...How the Visual Arts Communicate Carolyn Wood 7-21-15 ARTS/100 ALICE MC BRIDE In the painting of Mona Lisa shows an ordinary women looking directly at you with her hands crossed and a tiny smile. From what I read about this portrait in these times the 1400’s to 1500’s women don’t normally look directly at you and the artist would normally cut off the women’s body to show a close up of the face. The point of this portrait was to make Mona Lisa look as naturally as possible and show that wealth was not important. Apart from the naturalism in the figure, the painting includes a background. If you look over her shoulder to the left side, you see a road that leads to distance, and mountains painted as background. On the right side, we can see a bridge, and a road which leads to sea in the distance. “The contrast between the woman and the background landscape is therefore quite remarkable, and it lends to the power of the painting”. (According to "Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa" (June 21, 2012), what I felt was unique about the Mona Lisa was the artist took a different approach in painting this women he didn’t follow the rules of other artist. He focused on her being simply natural and beautiful. Also he made a wonderful background which makes you think of a happy place some were far away. But his main focus was her ordinary but beautiful look. Next Michelangelo carved a sculpture using a block of Carrara marble. He said it was the most “perfect” block he ever used. His statue...
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...Visual Literacy visual-literacy What is visual literacy? Visual literacy is something you make up, something you can imagine in your mind and put that imagination to paper. Visual literacy is information we can interpret from visual images such as presentations (or PowerPoint), pictures such as art, graffiti, collages, etc. As you can see above the image I’ve posted about visual literacy is only one of many types of examples of visual literacy. This is to make meaning of the information we see within the pictures that are the text base that are on the image. Learning to read visual images can help you both in your work and life, it makes it easier for us to know what is being said and done in an image. Visual Literacy can also represent your own company for example an advert you want to make to help sell a brand new product your company is hosting, you will use people, pictures and other ways to credit the product We need to learn how to identify, read, and understand images to become literate in visual language in order for us to communicate successfully. I recently came across a website called Wikipedia that said this about visual literacy ” Visual Literacy is not limited to modern mass media and new technologies” I wondered for hours why they said that, and came to this conclusion Visual Literacy isn’t something that is taken away but is taken by the imagination of people on how to communicate in many different ways whether they’re able to speak or not, visual...
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...Art Directory, music production, and more. Art director is responsible for the visual style and images in magazines, newspapers, and movie and television productions. The art director is in charge of the overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, “stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience.” The art director makes decisions about visual elements used, what artistic style to use, and when to use motion. Art directors need at least a bachelor’s degree in an art or design subject an work experience. Be contingent on the industry, they may have worked as graphic designers, fine artists, editors, or photographers, or in another art or design job before becoming art...
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...humanities are academic disciplines that study human culture, using methods that are primarily analytical,[citation needed] critical, or speculative, and having a significant historical element,[1] as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.[1] The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also sometimes regarded as social sciences include history, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, law and linguistics. 2. What is the scope of humanities? 1. History, Anthropology, and Archaeology study human social, political, and cultural development. 2. Literature, Languages, and Linguistics explore how we communicate with each other, and how our ideas and thoughts on the human experience are expressed and interpreted. 3. Philosophy, Ethics, and Comparative Religion consider ideas about the meaning of life and the reasons for our thoughts and actions. 4. Jurisprudence examines the values and principles which inform our laws. These are: Arts, Music, Dance, Drama and Literature. 3. What is the different between the humanities and the sciences? Both the sciences and the humanities seek understanding; both offer explanations of various bits of the world. At a very abstract level, though, the kind of things each tries to explain is different. Science and the humanities are both ancient and great traditions...
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...Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities Pennsylvania Department of Education 22 Pa. Code, Chapter 4, Appendix D (#006-276) Final Form-Annex A July 18, 2002 Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities XXV. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………….……. XXVI. THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts…………..……………… A. Elements and Principles in each Art Form B. Demonstration of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts C. Vocabulary Within each Art Form D. Styles in Production, Performance and Exhibition E. Themes in Art Forms F. Historical and Cultural Production, Performance and Exhibition G. Function and Analysis of Rehearsals and Practice Sessions H. Safety Issues in the Arts I. Community Performances and Exhibitions J. Technologies in the Arts K. Technologies in the Humanities Historical and Cultural Contexts..……………………….. A. Context of Works in the Arts B. Chronology of Works in the Arts C. Styles and Genre in the Arts D. Historical and Cultural Perspectives E. Historical and Cultural Impact on Works in the Arts 9.1. F. Vocabulary for Historical and Cultural Context G. Geographic regions in the arts H. Pennsylvania artists I. Philosophical context of works in the arts J. Historical differences of works in the arts K. Traditions within works in the arts L. Common themes in works in the Arts Critical Response…………………………………………. A. Critical Processes B. Criteria C. Classifications D. Vocabulary for...
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...In Brian Donnelly, “Iteration” firstly, we visually compared images, breaking them down to simple forms to study their similarities and how design has brought fundamental changes in communication and is an art of extremely fine differences. On page 20, we analyzed “On great sea of graphic art” by O.K. Schenk (fig. 1) with Allan Fleming’s “Leo Lionni’s Graphics”(fig. 2) on a formal level, they both look simple and virtually identical that comprises of a few lines of text, two-color print, second color form the background covering 2/3 of whole and an illustration but they did not feel/read the same. Comprising of wavy text and silly illustration, “great sea” (fig. 1) looks more playful and absurd in contrast with the “lion” image (fig. 2), that is well structured, organized and logical; and with the absence of decoration and unnecessary elements and rational thinking the “lion” image closely associates with modernism that we define today. Interestingly, in- class, we argued the exact opposite, “the great sea” looked more modern with its loose text and playfulness and the white space, than the “lion” image that used an old-fashioned font and illustration. This shows how all our verbal associations with visual imagery are constantly changing with our culture and provide them with context by referring them with our history. Nothing about these images have changed, just the system around it. In the other counter-example...
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...Visual Art Anthony Rega ARTS/230 July 19, 2014 Monique Derr Visual Art Visual art is appreciated by more than just the artsy type. Visual art is an expression of creativity, communication, and beauty. Many other forms of art also express creativity, but Visual art differentiates from these forms in that it also serves other purposes, such as communication and is left open to interpretation. The value of visual art goes beyond the price tag on it. Visual art has been valued by cultures for recording traditions. There are many influences on how visual art is interpreted. Visual Art Depending on the style or form, art can be appreciated by every viewer. “Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” (Godard, 2014). Within the brain, humans have two lobes, one controlling the left side of the body, the right lobe, which is considered to be the logic side, and one controlling the right side of the body, the left lobe, which is considered to be the creative side. With that being said, everyone has a creative side. Regardless of the ability to express creativity, everyone is influenced by it. Visual art is a general form of art that covers art that is physically seen, such as Paintings, Sculptures, and Photography. Human beings are visual beings, if someone says “big, black dog” we do not visualize the spelling of the words, but we conceive the physical attributes of a big, black dog in our mind. However, visual art does the opposite, it conceives the...
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...Visual Art Anthony Rega ARTS/230 July 19, 2014 Monique Derr Visual Art Visual art is appreciated by more than just the artsy type. Visual art is an expression of creativity, communication, and beauty. Many other forms of art also express creativity, but Visual art differentiates from these forms in that it also serves other purposes, such as communication and is left open to interpretation. The value of visual art goes beyond the price tag on it. Visual art has been valued by cultures for recording traditions. There are many influences on how visual art is interpreted. Visual Art Depending on the style or form, art can be appreciated by every viewer. “Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” (Godard, 2014). Within the brain, humans have two lobes, one controlling the left side of the body, the right lobe, which is considered to be the logic side, and one controlling the right side of the body, the left lobe, which is considered to be the creative side. With that being said, everyone has a creative side. Regardless of the ability to express creativity, everyone is influenced by it. Visual art is a general form of art that covers art that is physically seen, such as Paintings, Sculptures, and Photography. Human beings are visual beings, if someone says “big, black dog” we do not visualize the spelling of the words, but we conceive the physical attributes of a big, black dog in our mind. However, visual art does the opposite, it conceives the...
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...Why is Visual Literacy Important? Traci Sizemore CGD 218 Visual Literacy in Business Stephen Simmons September 3, 2012 Why is Visual Literacy so Important? The ability to understand visual literacy you must be able to see your world, but is it the ability to just see things around you the clear definition of visual literacy? Of course not, it is much more than just being able to see. We will review the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) definition versus the information provided in a video “TedTalk” by Brian Kennedy, director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, how visual literacy is a universal language and finally how it impacts communication and global understanding. The International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) definition of what visual literacy is A group of vision-related competencies a human being can develop by seeing, and at the same time, having and integrating other sensory experiences. [These competencies] enable a visually literate person to discriminate and interpret the visible actions, objects, and symbols that he [or she] encounters . . . to communicate with others . . . and comprehend and enjoy visual communication. (International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA, n.d.) (Ryan, 2012). This definition is stating that one should see the object but be able to critically think about the object. By critically thinking about the object we can view the object; understand and interpret it. When we...
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...Visual Arts 2 Kashata Warren Arts/230 October24,2011 Regina Sadona Visual Arts 2 “Visual Arts are those creations one can literally look at, such as a drawing or a sculpture.”(Visual Arts.com,) One may think of a design or a collage and call it art. Many people visualize art to be a number of creative things. This is why it is so important. During a certain point and time back in history, a group of artist and fine people decided the need to differentiate science and art. “They begin to split up fine Arts into Visual Arts (painting, sculpture, etc.), Auditory Arts (music, drama, spoken literature) and Performance Arts (which can be either Visual, Auditory or a combination of two-but are performed.” (www.arthistory.com,) Introducing a few different “Visual Arts “ which were mentioned earlier in the essay “paintings, sculptures, etc.”(www.arthistory.com) “John Ahearnand and RigobertoTorres’s sculpture “Pat” (1982). “(Sayne, 2010) is a good example of a visual art sculpture. One example of a visual art painting is “Pablo Picasso’s Seated Batter,1930.”(Sayne,2010) Introducing an example of Auditory Art would be “Neo-Classical 5 “(celestical-voices.blogspot.com/2010/04/neo-classical-2010.htm/). Introducing an example of Performance Arts is “The John Oats Band” (performing arts.utf.edu/events/2011/the john-oats-band/. When focusing on art another way one can show their ideas and feelings is through creative expressions. “Creative expressions are forms...
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...| Singapore School, Kebon JerukAffiliated to Singapore International School (Indonesia) | INTERDISPLINARY PROJECTS TERM 1 AY. 2013-2014 Name:____________________________________ | LEVEL: Secondary | Subject/s: 1. A-Math 2. Bahasa Indonesia 3. Biology 4. Business Studies 5. Chemistry | 6. Chinese Language 7. Extended Math 8. FLE 9. Geography 10. Physics | | | Teacher in charge: Subject teacher in chargeA Math, E-Math, Physics:Business Studies, Economics and GeographyBiology and Chemistry FLE Bahasa Indonesia:Chinese Language | Ms. Syafrina MachfudMr. Suresh Ms. Syafrina Mr. Abner (Upper secondary), Ms Jaimi (Lower Secondary)Mr. Jeff (Upper secondary) and Ms Moneth (Lower Secondary)Ms. Titik (upper secondary), Ms Ice (Lower Secondary)Mr Gao WG (Upper secondary), Gao DZ (Lower secondary) | Note: Please contact your subject teacher for specific subject requirement | 1. Background To celebrate the World Food Day on 16 October 2013, the IDP will derive the ideas from the Global Food Crisis. More than 842 million people in the world are undernourished. The Global Food Crisis presents a challenge to those working to alleviate world poverty. The full extent of its causes and effects are still far from totally understood and there is significant debate about the most effective and fairest ways to tackle the Crisis. What is clear is the extent of rising food prices. For example between the start of 2006 and mid 2008 the average world...
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...------------------------------------------------- Art director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | This article needs attention from an expert on the subject. Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article. Consider associating this request with a WikiProject. (October 2011) | | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2008) | Art director (A.D.) is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games.[1] Contents [hide] * 1 General role and job description * 2 Interfacing between information technologies and marketing activities * 3 In advertising * 4 In film * 5 In publishing * 6 In Japanese animation * 7 See also * 8 References * 9 External links ------------------------------------------------- General role and job description[edit] Various artists may create or develop specific parts of an art piece or scene; but it is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision. In particular, the art director is in charge of the overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements used, what artistic style to...
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...Integrate Science and Arts Process Skills in the Early Childhood Curriculum How can early childhood teachers help children think creatively, discover new possibilities, and connect their ideas? Integrate science and the arts in the curriculum! “The greatest scientists are also artists as well.” –Albert Einstein Kathy Morrison Art and science are intrinsically linked—the essence of both fields is discovery. Artists and scientists function systematically and creatively. Their knowledge, understanding, and outcomes are explored in hands-on studios or high-tech labs. In classrooms for all ages, integrating science and the visual arts offer children the latitude to think, discover, and make connections (Alberts, 2011). • Young children are also natural artists (Althouse, Johnson, & Mitchell, 2003). Most are delighted to participate in open-ended art activities, dramatic play, singing, and dancing. Young children paint, sculpt, sing, or dance in their own unique ways. They want to be involved in the visual and performing arts, to try new things, and to experiment with the familiar (Pinciotti, 2001). For young children, the process in science and art is much more important than whatever product may result (Stivers & Schudel, 2008). The fundamental science process skills for early childhood are to • • • • • observe, communicate, compare, measure, and organize (Sarquis, 2009). Art and science are intrinsically linked. Scientists and artists typically observe life from...
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...Johar M. ali BSIT Assignment 1. What is Art -Art is a term that describes a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities, but here refers to the visual arts, which cover the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media. -art in terms of mimesis, expression, communication of emotion, or other values. During the Romantic period, art came to be seen as "a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion and science". -"the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others". 2. destinction of an art as aesthetic - Art aesthetics is the philosophy of art, and naturally tries to arrive at statements about representation, coherent form, emotive expression and social purpose that are universally true, independent of context and speaker. Unfortunately, that very generality means that aesthetics can often be used to justify a very doubtful piece of work. Aesthetics is for the artist as Ornithology is for the birds.— Barnett Newman 3. The different Kinds of Art • Fine arts –Beaux arts- and it include painting, drawing,sculpture, and graphic design. • The plastic arts. The plastic arts are the art form that involves moulding or making models. Clay, metal and wax are examples of the plastic arts. • The applied arts. This kind of art implies everything that can be useful, artistic, and beautiful...
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...Creative Curriculum Robin Bettasso ECE 101 Heather Gans September 30, 2013 Creative Curriculum Pupils will run a school newspaper on the school website. They will use different literary forms to present the news of the school. Key vocabulary: Fact; OpinionThe goals the students will create a school newspaper containing three aspects: Latest News, Editorial, and Sports the students will post the school newspaper on the school website. In the standard NYS Learning Standards: English Language Arts students will read, write, speak, and listen for information and understanding. Intermediate. Students will-compare and synthesize information forms different sources and use a wide variety of strategies for selecting, organizing, and categorizing information. They will distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information and between fact and opinion. The students will relate new information to prior knowledge and experience. They will understand and use the text features that make information accessible and usable, such as format, sequence, level of diction, and relevance of details and establish an authoritative stance on the subject and provide references to establish the validity and verifiability of the information presented. Develop information with appropriate supporting material, such as facts, details, illustrative examples or anecdotes, and exclude extraneous materials and use the process of pre-writing, drafting, revising, and proofreading (the "writing process")...
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