Visual art
Transcript of Visual art
By: Andrew McIntosh
• A r t h a s b e e n a r o u n d
s i n c e t h e b e g i n n i n g
o f h u m a n l i f e
– S o m e o f t h e f i r s t a r t
e v e r c r e a t e d w a s o n
t h e w a l l s o f c a v e s
• M o s t d e p i c t a n i m a l s l i k e
d e e r a n d b i s o n
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts
• A r t h a s e v o l v e d
g r e a t l y o v e r t i m eC a v e a r t :
~ 40,000-
10,000 B .C .
P o p A r t :
~ 1960-1980
A .D .
R e n a i s
s a n c e
a r t :
~ 1400-1600
A .D .
• V i s u a l a r t i s e v e r y w h e r e
– Y o u r c h a i r
– Y o u r c e l l p h o n e
– Y o u r c o m p u t e r
– T h e c l o t h e s y o u ’r e w e a r i n g
– T h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n
• A n y o b j e c t h a s a n a r t i s t i c t o u c h
– I f n o t , w e w o u l d h a v e b l a n d , c o l o r l e s s
– T h e r e a r e m a n y
d i f f e r e n t
f o r m s o f a r t
• P a i n t i n g ,
G r a p h i c d e s i g n ,
A r c h i t e c t u r e ,
S c u l p t u r e ,
P h o t o g r a p h y ,
F i l m m a k i n g ,
E t c .
– I n s i m p l e
t e r m s ; V i s u a l
A r t i s
– T h e m o s t p r a c t i c e d a r t
f o r m
– D a t e s f r o m p r e -
h i s t o r i c h u m a n s t o
p r e s e n t d a y a r t
• M a n y d i f f e r e n t s t y l e s o f
p a i n t i n g
– E a r l y R e n a i s s a n c e s t y l e
– M o d e r n i s t i c s t y l e
– E t c .
• M a n y d i f f e r e n t m e d i u m s
t o p a i n t o n t o
– C a n v a shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting
-Renaissance Style-
-Modernistic Style-
-Canvas-
-Body Painting-
– T h e a r t o f m i x i n g
s y m b o l s a n d t e x t t o
c r e a t e a w o r k o f a r t
– O f t e n u s e d i n
a d v e r t i s i n g a n d
i n d u s t r i a l d e s i g n
– A G r a p h i c D e s i g n e r
u s e s t y p o g r a p h y a n d http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/guide-whatisgraphicdesign
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– T h e a r t a n d s c i e n c e o f b u i l d i n g
a n d d e s i g n i n g o f a b u i l d i n g o r
s t r u c t u r e
– A r c h i t e c t s u s e t h e w o r l d a s
t h e i r c a n v a s
• D e s i g n a r o u n d
– L a n d s c a p e s
– C i t i e s
– C u l t u r e s
– E t c .
– U s e m a n y d i f f e r e n t t y p e s o f
m a t e r i a l t o c r e a t e s t r u c t u r e s
• Wo o d
• S t e e l
• A l u m i n u m
• E t c .
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=dor
-E x a m p l e o f b u i l d i n g
w i t h
m u l t i p l e
t y p e s o f
m a t e r i a l s
u s e d -
-T a j M a h a l -
-B u i l d i n g
d e s i g n e d a n d
b u i l t a r o u n d a
c u l t u r e -
-B u r j D u b a i -
-2,717 f e e t t a l l
s k y s c r a p e r -
• T h r e e d i m e n s i o n a l a r t w o r k
• T h e r e a r e n o l i m i t s t o w h a t a
s c u l p t u r e c a n b e m a d e w i t h
– S t e e l
– Wo o d
– P l a s t i c
– Wa x
– P a p e r
– G o l d
– E t c .
• H u m a n h a v e b e e n s c u l p t i n g f o r
t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s
– O l d e s t s c u l p t u r e s f o u n d i n
p r e s e n t d a y c h i n ahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture
- S a l m o n
s c u l p t u r e i n
O r e g o n -
-C l o u d
G a t e -
-F i s h
s c u l p t u r e
m a d e
e n t i r e l y o f
t r a s h -
-C h i n e s e d r a g o n
m a d e f r o m b r o n z e -
• I n c o m p a r i s o n t o a r t h i s t o r y ; p h o t o g r a p h y i s a s o m e w h a t m o d e r n a r t f o r m
– T h e f i r s t c a m e r a w a s i n v e n t e d b y A l e x a n d e r Wo l c o t t i n 1840
• m a d e i t p o s s i b l e f o r s h o t s t o b e t a k e n a n d n o t f a d e a w a y o v e r t i m e
• T o d a y , p h o t o s c a n b e m i n i p u l a t e d t o l o o k n o t h i n g l i k e t h e a c t u a l t h i n g c a p t u r e d
– C r o p p i n g
– P h o t o S h o p
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-N a t u r e
P h o t o g r a p h y -
-P h o t o
s h o p p e d
I m a g e - -A f g h a n Wo m a n -
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• Slide 1
– http://www.idanzcritixcorner.com/2009/04/dance-review-aspiration-of-freedom.html
• Slide 2 &3
– http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab20
• Slide 5
– http://www.moma.org/explore/conservation/demoiselles/
• Slide 7
– http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2005/03/banksi-at-new-y.php
– http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/renaissance-shadow-over-contemporary-art-penultimate-suppers/
– http://couturierillustration.com/
– http://dearcomputer.nl/gir/?q=body%20painting&s=8&imgtype=photo&nsfw=on
• Slide 9
– http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/black-white-typography-graphic-design/
– http://www.designlessbetter.com/blogless/tags/genetic-engineering
• Slide 10
– http://premiumpsd.com/city-landscape-silhouette-design-free-high-resolution-psd-download.html
• Slide 11
– http://www.greatfa.com/modern-architecture/unique+architecture+buildings.html
– http://www.mapsofworld.com/travel-destinations/taj-mahal.html
• Slide 13
– http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/photos/salmon-sculpture-oregon
– http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g35805-w3-Chicago_Illinois.html
– http://green.yahoo.com/blog/environmentalgraffiti/161/7-creative-sculptures-made-of-trash.html
– http://www.fengshuiportal.com/fsp/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=37
• Slide 14
– http://members.toast.net/njsingers/PhotoEventList.html
• Slide 15
– http://skynetravage.wikidot.com/nature-photography
– http://wickedreport.com/top-10-world-most-famous-photos-ever/
– http://wickedreport.com/top-10-world-most-famous-photos-ever/