Visual Arts

Module 2
 Objectives
⬗ Understand the meaning of Visual Arts and
their various types

⬗ Know the trends and changes in the

applications of visual arts in everyday living

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General Views of Arts
⬗ Through and interaction students
sensory exploration learn to explore
their feelings and confirm their
understanding of the world through the
senses.
⬗ Arts education provides a means
whereby the student can explore
alternative means of communicating,
understanding and interacting with
his/her peers, his/her environment, and
the
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wider world.
Visual Arts, Decorative Arts and Applied Arts

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Visual Arts, Decorative Arts and Applied Arts

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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, film making and
architecture.
⬗ Visual Arts should not be taken too

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strictly as many artistic disciplines
(performing arts, conceptual art, textile
arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as
well as arts of other types.

⬗Also included within the visual arts are

the applied arts such as industrial design,
graphic design, fashion design, interior
design and decorative art.

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 Conceptual Art
⬗ Conceptual art is art for which the idea
(or concept) behind the work is more
important than the finished art object.
⬗ When an artist uses a conceptual form of
art, it means that all of the planning and
decisions are made beforehand and the
execution is a perfunctory affair.

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Conceptual Art
⬗ When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of
the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution
is a perfunctory affair.
⬗ Readymades -Found object originates from the French objet
trouvé, describing art created from undisguised, but often
modified, objects or products that are not normally considered
materials from which art is made, often because they already have a
non-art function.

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 Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp
⬗ was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated
with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art.
⬗ "Can one make a work of art that is not a work of art?"

Fountain (1917) Bottledyer

10 ROUE DE BICYCLETTE (BICYCLE WHEEL )

 Visual Art
⬗ Visual arts are art forms such as painting,
drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics,
photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts,
and architecture.
⬗ "visual arts" includes fine art as well as the
applied, decorative arts and crafts,

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 What Does Visual Art Include?
⬗ Fine Arts
⬗ Fine art is art developed primarily
for aesthetics or beauty, distinguishing it
from decorative art or applied art, which also
has to serve some practical function, such
as pottery or most metalwork.
⬗ a visual art considered to have been
created primarily for aesthetic purposes and
judged for its beauty and meaningfulness,
specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing,
watercolor, graphics, and architecture.
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 Claude Monet: Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1866)
Visual Arts

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 Saturn Devouring His Son by Peter Paul Rubens' 1636
The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1602 by Caravaggio

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Decorative Arts
⬗ The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose object is the design and
manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. It
includes interior design, but not usually architecture.
⬗ The general category of visual arts encompasses a number of decorative
art disciplines and crafts, including: ceramics and studio pottery, mosaic
art, mobiles, tapestry, glass art (including stained glass), and others.
⬗ Aesthetic quality and capacity to stimulate the intellect.

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 Tapestry Art
⬗ A tapestry is created by weaving coloured weft threads
through plain warp threads.
⬗ The warp threads are stretched on a loom and act as a
grid for weavers to create a pattern with the coloured
weft threads.
⬗ The key feature of tapestry weaving is that most of the
weft threads do not run all the way across the warp.

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Tapestry Art

The Hunt of the Unicorn: The Unicorn is Found, circa 1495–1505, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of
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 Mosaic Art
⬗ Mosaic is the decorative art of creating pictures and patterns on a
surface by setting small coloured pieces of glass, marble or other
materials in a bed of cement, plaster or adhesive.
⬗ Employed as a form of interior or exterior decoration, and
originally developed in ancient Greece, mosaics were developed
extensively by Roman craftsmen, mostly in the form of
pavements.

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Mosaic Art

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Mosaic Art

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 Mosaic Art
⬗ Later, during the era of Byzantine art, artists specialized in
creating mosaic designs for walls, and were renowned for their
shimmering masterpieces of gold and multi-coloured glass.
⬗ As a form of ornamental Christian art, mosaic was superseded
during Renaissance times by fresco painting.
⬗ A revival of sorts occurred in the 19th century when many public
buildings were decorated with mosaics

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 ⬗ A mobile is a type of sculpture that is formed of delicate
components which are suspended in the air and move in
response to air currents or motor power.

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Decorative Arts

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Filipino Decorative Arts

Woods: Kamagong, Molave, Narra, Tanguile and Yakal

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 Glass Art
⬗ Glass art refers to individual works of art that are
substantially or wholly made of glass.
⬗ It ranges in size from monumental works and
installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to
works of art made in studios and factories, including
glass jewelry and tableware.

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 Murano bowls and vases – Glass Sculptors

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 Applied Arts
⬗ The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to
everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them
aesthetically pleasing.
⬗ Applied art" refers to the application (and resulting product)
of artistic design to utilitarian objects in everyday use.
⬗ Examples of applied arts: Architecture – (also counted as a fine art),
Goldsmithing and artistic forms of metalworking, Ceramic art,
Artistic glass, and enamel, Automotive design.
⬗ The fashion industry, Furniture design, Paper marbling applied to
books
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Goldsmithing Art

Greek snake bracelet

Tutankhamun: gold funerary mask
Sumerian Headress

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 Metal Working Arts

ANKARA: Ornamental arts created with materials such as iron, steel, copper, brass, bronze, silver
and gold make up the art of metalworking. Metals were of great importance to people due to their
multifunctionality.
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 Furniture Art
⬗ Furniture can be a product of design and can be
considered a form of decorative art.
⬗ In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a
symbolic or religious purpose.
⬗ It can be made from a vast multitude of materials,
including metal, plastic, and wood.

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Furniture Art

Furniture designed by Henry Van de Velde for

Bloemenwerf (1895)
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Furniture Art

Desk by Van de Velde (1898–1899) (Musée d'Orsay)

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Furniture Art

Bedroom furniture of the Hotel Guimard by Hector Guimard (now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de
Lyon)
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 Architecture
⬗ Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and other physical structures
⬗ Types of Architecture:
⬗ Modern Architecture
⬗ Classical
⬗ Gothic
⬗ Gothic Revival
⬗ Neoclassical Architecture
⬗ Victorian Architecture
⬗ Greek Revival
⬗ Vernacular
⬗ Romanesque
⬗ Rococo
⬗ American Colonial
⬗ Beaux-Arts
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 Architecture

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 Architecture

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St. Basil Cathedral (1482-95) (собо́ р Васи́ лия Блаже́нного)
Spasskaya Tower (Спасская башня)
St. Sophia Cathedral

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 Modern and Classical Architecture

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Gothic & Gothic Revival

Wells Cathedral (1176–1450); Middle:The Sainte- Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk in Ostend (Belgium), built

Chapelle from Paris (1194-1248) between 1899 and 1908
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 Neoclassical Architecture & Victorian Architecture

St. Pancras railway station and Midland Hotel

in London, opened in 1868
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Greek Revival Architecture & Vernacular

Indonesian Vernacular

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Romanesque and Rococo

Ballroom ceiling of the Ca Rezzonico in Venice with

illusionistic quadratura painting by Giovanni Battista
Crosato (1753); Chest of drawers by Charles
Abbaye de Lessay (département de la Manche) Cressent (1730); Kaisersaal of Würzburg
Residence by Balthasar Neumann (1749–51)
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American Colonial and Beaux-Arts

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 Interior Design
Interior Design - is the art and science of enhancing the
interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more
aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using
the space.

Types of Interior Design: Modern, Contemporary,

Minimalist, Industrial, Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian,
Traditional, Transitional, French Country, Bohemian,
Rustic, Shabby Chic, Hollywood Glam & Coastal
Hampton
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 Interior Design

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 Interior Design

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 Interior Design : Shabby Chic and Coastal hamptons

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Modern and Contemporary

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Minimalist and Industrial

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Mid-Century Modern and Scandinavian

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Traditional and Transitional

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French Country & Bohemian

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Rustic & Shabby

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 Hollywood Glam and Coastal Hampton

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 Applied Art

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 Are Comics an Art form? Is it Art?
Comics in the Philippines are widespread and popular throughout the country from the 1920s to
the present. Komiks were partially inspired by American mainstream comic strips and comic
books during the early 20th century.

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 Industrial Arts

Industrial Design is the professional practice

of designing products used by millions of
people around the world every day. Industrial
designers not only focus on the appearance
of a product, but also on how it functions, is
manufactured and ultimately the value and
experience it provides for users.
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 Industrial Arts

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 Ceramic Art

Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay.

• It may take forms including artistic pottery,
including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture.
• Ceramic art is one of the arts, particularly the visual arts. Of these, it is
one of the plastic arts.

• While some ceramics are considered fine art, as pottery or sculpture,

some are considered to be decorative, industrial or applied art objects.

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 Ceramics

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 Anime
Anime is hand-drawn and computer animation originating from or associated with Japan.

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Contemporary Arts
⬗ Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of
the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a
globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing
world.

⬗Diverse and eclectic, contemporary art as a whole is distinguished

by the very lack of a uniform, organising principle, ideology, or "-ism
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 Contemporary Arts

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 Contemporary Arts

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 Public Art

Public art is art in any media that has

been planned and executed with the
intention of being staged in the physical
public domain, usually outside and
accessible to all.

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 Public Arts
Public Art' (community or
municipal art) denotes any
work of art which is
designed for and sited in a
space accessible to the
general public, from a public
square to a wall inside a
building open to the public.

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 Installation Art

Installation art is a relatively new genre

of contemporary art - practised by an
increasing number of postmodernist
artists - which involves the configuration
or "installation" of objects in a space,
such as a room or warehouse.
The resulting arrangement of material
and space comprises the "artwork".

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 Installation Art

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 Postmodern (1970-Present
• Postmodernism is philosophical term that also applies to the arts, architecture, and
design. It is a concept that rejects the pre-occupation of post-war modernism and
replaces it with purity of technique and art form.
• Postmodern artists tend to combine the style elements of the past, like the classical
and baroque, with the modern influence of popular films and magazines. Together,
the execution of their artworks often exhibits an ironic effect.

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Postmodern (1970-Present

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Public Art

Boise is the capital city of Idaho. Perth, capital of Western Australia

Public Art

Michel de Broin
Installation art

Elegy and De Profundis Miguel Rothschild

Installation art
 Postmodern Arts

Alfredo Garcia The Blond Bombshell 9

Postmodern Arts