Art is Expressive
GART PELIMS __________________________________________
Reviewer
DEFINITION OF TERMS:
Art – Process or product of deliberately
arranging elements in a way that
appeals to then senses of emotions
Appreciation – Ability to understand the
quality, importance, or worth of
something
Creativity - The use of imagination or
original ideas in the production of an
artistic work
Imagination – Ability of mind to be
creative or resourceful
Expression – Process of making known
one’s thoughts or feelings or look on
someone’s face that conveys a particular
emotion
Taste – Ability to discern what is of good
quality or of a high aesthetic standard or
It may be a liking or an interest in
something
Subject – Main idea represented or
described in a work
Content – What the artwork is about. It
contains the subject matter that carries
the message of the work
Art is Universal
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Art is Contextual
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Art in Not Nature
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Art is Mimetic
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FUNCTIONS OF ART
1. Physical Function – works of art
created to perform some service
and have physical function
2. Social Functions – works that
influences a human group that It is
made to be seen or used in public
situations. It describes aspects of life
shared by all as opposed to personal
kinds of experience.
3. Personal Functions – works created
by artists for self-expression
4. Aesthetic Functions – works that elicit
pleasure when experienced thus
used as decorations
5. Cultural Functions – works that
society’s cultural ideas, values, and
concerns either collective or
individual
PRINCIPLES OF ART
1. Harmony - Refers wholeness of the
design, the pleasing arrangement of
parts and the agreements between
parts of a composition resulting in a
united whole
 Music – combination of
musical notes simultaneously
played to produce music
 Writing – the theme or topic
that binds all the parts and
elements of the story
2. Variety – Assortment or diversity of a
work of art to prevent monotony and
uniformity. It is also the use of
differences and change to increase
visual interest
3. Rhythm – may also be referred to as
beat is the repetition of elements
with variation to create a feeling of
movement or visual tempo
4. Pattern – repetition on elements
without variation
5. Proportion - refers to the relative size
and scale of the various elements in
a design.
6. Balance – It refers to the even
distribution of weight or elements to
create a feeling of stability in a work
a. Symmetrical (Formal) – two sides
are identical to each other (one
side mirrors the other)
 b. Radial – distribution of elements 6. Value – suggests an atmosphere or
around a central point (mandala) mood
c. Asymmetrical (Informal) – two  Music – it is called the pitch
sides are not identical to each which refers to the highness or
other yet equal in visual weight lowness of a tone
7. Movement – the path our eyes  Visual arts – lightness or
follow when we look at a work or, in darkness of color
terms of choreography and theater, 7. Color – is a sensation created by
a way to convey feelings and visible wavelengths of light caught in
emotions. a prism. It is the most striking element
8. Contrast – arrangement of elements of art. It is a mixture of organic or
in a piece to create a visual interest synthetic substances called
9. Unity – when all elements combine pigments. It creates a mood or a
to make a balanced and tone.
harmonious piece
10. Emphasis – gives importance or
dominance to a unit or area or may Hue – purest form of color and the
name of the color itself
be referred to as a focal point of an
a. Neutrals – created by
image
different amounts of
11. Subordination – gives less reflected light
importance to a unit or area b. Earth tones – created by
mixing opposite colors
ELEMENTS OF ART
Value – Lightness or darkness of a
1. Space – an emptiness, void, color
distances, or areas between and a. Tint – color mixed with white
within components of a piece b. Tone – color mixed with
a. Positive – space enclosed in a gray
c. Shade – color mixed with
shape
black
b. Negative – denotes the opposite
Intensity – Brightness or dullness of
of positive space a color which creates an illusion
2. Line – extension of a point or a of depth
continuous mark made or drawn on
a surface by a moving point. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
 It is an implied path suggesting:
a. Direction: vertical, horizontal,
diagonal
b. Character: jagged, curved, series
of dots, broken lines
 Theater – script of an actor
 Dance – series of steps a dancer
makes
3. Shape – formed when the ends of a
line meet and can be a figure
separate from its surrounding area
and background but is two-
dimensional
a. Generic – angular
b. Organic – curvy
4. Form - figure separate from its
surrounding area and background
but is three-dimensional
5. Texture – surface quality of an object
a. Actual (Tactile) – actual feel of a
surface
b. Simulated (Illusory) – Illusion of a
surface’s texture
 Music – quality or style of a
composition