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Visual Art
By: Andrew McIntosh
History Of Art• Art has been around since the
beginning of human life– Some of the first art ever created was
on the walls of caves• Most depict animals like deer and bison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts
History Of Art• Art has evolved greatly over time
Cave art: ~40,000-10,000 B.C.
Pop Art: ~1960-1980 A.D.
Renaissance art: ~1400-1600 A.D.
Look around…• Visual art is everywhere– Your chair– Your cell phone– Your computer– The clothes you’re wearing– This Presentation
• Any object has an artistic touch– If not, we would have bland, colorless
things
Visual Art Forms
– There are many different forms of art• Painting, Graphic design,
Architecture, Sculpture , Photography, Filmmaking, Etc.
– In simple terms; Visual Art is anything you can see
Painting– The most practiced art form– Dates from pre-historic humans to
present day art• Many different styles of painting
– Early Renaissance style– Modernistic style– Etc.
• Many different mediums to paint onto– Canvas– Human body– Etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting
Painting-Renaissance Style-
-Modernistic Style-
-Canvas-
-Body Painting-
Graphic Design
– The art of mixing symbols and text to create a work of art
– Often used in advertising and industrial design
– A Graphic Designer uses typography and page layout techniques
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/guide-whatisgraphicdesign
Graphic Design-Typography-
-Advertising-
-Industrial Design-
Architecture– The art and science of building and designing of a
building or structure– Architects use the world as their canvas
• Design around– Landscapes – Cities– Cultures – Etc.
– Use many different types of material to create structures• Wood• Steel• Aluminum • Etc.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=dor
Architecture
-Example of building with
multiple types of materials used-
-Taj Mahal--Building designed and built around a culture-
-Burj Dubai--2,717 feet tall skyscraper-
Sculpture • Three dimensional art work• There are no limits to what a sculpture can be made with
– Steel– Wood– Plastic– Wax– Paper– Gold – Etc.
• Human have been sculpting for thousands of years– Oldest sculptures found in present day china
• Dates back to ~10,000 B.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture
Sculpture
- Salmon sculpture in Oregon- -Cloud Gate-
-Fish sculpture made entirely of trash- -Chinese dragon made from
bronze-
Photography
• In comparison to art history; photography is a somewhat modern art form– The first camera was invented by Alexander
Wolcott in 1840• made it possible for shots to be taken and
not fade away over time
• Today, photos can be minipulated to look nothing like the actual thing captured– Cropping– PhotoShop
http://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented
Photography
-Nature Photography-
-Photo shopped Image-
-Afghan Woman--By: Steve McCurry-
Photo Credit• 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/