Art-203: Artforms

Art-203: Artforms

Posted by: Ping

What is Art?

“Art is the quality, productions, or expression of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance”

What are the Visual Arts?

“The visual arts are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture. Also included within the visual arts are the applied arts such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art. The current usage of the term “visual arts” includes fine art as well as the applied, decorative arts and crafts.”

When people talk about Arts, they are normally referring to movie, music, opera, theater, and visual arts. In this art appreciation class, we will only focus on the Visual Art forms.

The visual arts is a diverse range of human activities presented on a 2D or 3D form. It includes

1. Drawing:

  • Still Life Drawing

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    Keith Mallett – Still Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Landscape Drawing

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    Van Gogh – Landscape Drawing – Pencil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Painting:

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Paul Cézanne – Oil Painting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Still Life – Watercolor / Gouache / Acrylic / Oil Painting / Printmaking
  • Landscape – Oil Painting / Gouache

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    Taos Landscape / Nicolai Fechin’s Oil Painting
  • Landscape – Watercolor / Printmaking

    Li Li-ming
    Li Li-ming – Watercolor
  • Portrait – Watercolor / Gouache / Acrylic / Oil Painting / Printmaking

    Nielly Francoise
    Nielly Francoise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Illustration:

  • Editorial Illustration – Traditional / Digital
  • Medical Illustration – Digital / Interactive
  • Nude Illustration
  • Book Illustration – Traditional / Digital
  • Advertising Illustration – Traditional / Digital / Interactive
  • Fashion Illustration – Expressive Mark-making / Watercolor / Digital
  • Interior Illustration – Expressive Mark-making / Watercolor / Digital
  • Architectural Illustration – Expressive Mark-making / Watercolor / AutoCAD
  • Conceptual Illustration – Traditional / Digital / Interactive
  • Political Illustration – Traditional / Digital

4. Sculpture

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Henry Moore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Printmaking

  • Woodcut – Intaglio / Relief / Planographic / Monoprint
  • Engraving – Intaglio / Relief / Planographic / Monoprint

6. Ceramics

• Clay

  • Pottery (Functional Ware) / Earthenware
    pot-functional ware
  • Ceramic Sculpture

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    @ Fred Yokel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Examples of White Ware Ceramics / Clay Type:
    1. Earthenware
    2. Stoneware
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    3. Porcelain

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      @ Lush Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


7. Fiber
8. Film & Video

9. Photography

10. Calligraphy
11. Architecture

12. Graphic Design/Visual Communication