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is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world.
The
visual arts are
Art#Art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily visual in nature, such as painting,
photography, printmaking, and
filmmaking. Those that involve three-dimensional objects, such as sculpture and
architecture, are called
plastic arts. Many artistic disciplines (
performing arts,
language arts, and
culinary arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as well as other types, so these definitions are not strict.
The current usage of the term "visual arts" includes fine arts as well as crafts, but this was not always the case. Before the
Arts and Crafts movement in United Kingdom and elsewhere at the turn of the 20th century, "visual artist" referred to a person working in the fine arts (such as painting, sculpture, or printmaking) and not the
handicraft,
craft, or
applied art disciplines. The distinction was emphasized by artists of the Arts and Crafts movement who valued vernacular art forms as much as high forms. The movement contrasted with modernists who sought to withhold the high arts from the masses by keeping them esoteric. Art schools made a distinction between the fine arts and the handicraft in such a way that a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of art.
Drawing
Drawing is a means of making an
image, using any of a wide variety of tools and techniques. It generally involves making marks on a surface by applying pressure from a tool, or moving a tool across a surface. Common tools are
graphite pencils,
pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils,
crayons, charcoals, pastels, and marker pens. Digital tools which simulate the effects of these are also used. The main techniques used in drawing are: line drawing, hatching, crosshatching, random hatching, scribbling,
stippling, and blending. An artist who excels in drawing is referred to as a
draftsman or
draughtsman".
Painting
Painting taken literally is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or
Paint#Components) and a binding agent (a adhesive) to a
surface (support) such as paper, canvas or a wall. However, when used in an artistic sense it means the use of this activity in combination with
drawing,
composition (visual arts) and other aesthetic considerations in order to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner. Painting is also used to express spiritual motifs and ideas; sites of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery to
Sistine Chapel to the human body itself.
Printmaking
Printmaking is creating for artistic purposes an image on a matrix which is then transferred to a two-dimensional (flat) surface by means of ink (or another form of pigmentation). Except in the case of a
monotype, the same matrix can be used to produce many examples of the print. Historically, the major techniques (also called mediums) involved are woodcut,
line engraving,
etching, lithography, and screenprinting (serigraphy, silkscreening) but there are many others, including modern digital techniques. Normally the surface upon which the print is printed is
paper, but there are exceptions, from cloth and vellum to modern materials. Prints in the Western tradition produced before about 1830 are known as old master prints. There are other major printmaking traditions, especially that of Japan (
ukiyo-e).
Photography
Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light.
Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects are recorded onto a sensitive medium or storage chip through a timed
Exposure (photography). The process is done through
Machine, chemical or digital devices known as cameras.
The word comes from the Greek words φως
phos ("light"), and γραφις
graphis ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφη
graphê, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines" or "drawing." Traditionally, the product of photography has been called a
photograph. The term
photo is an abbreviation; many people also call them
pictures. In digital photography, the term
image has begun to replace
photograph. (The term
image is traditional in geometric optics.)
Filmmaking
Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting, shooting, editing and finally distribution to an audience.
Computer art
Visual artists are no longer limited to Media (arts). Computers may enhance visual art from ease of rendering or capture, to editing, to exploring multiple Composition (visual arts), to
printing (including
3D printing.)
Computer usage has blurred the distinctions between illustrators, photographers,
photo editing,
3-D modeling, and handicraft artists. Sophisticated rendering and editing software has led to multi-skilled image developers.
Photographers may become digital artists. Illustrators may become animators. Handicraft may be
computer-aided or use computer generated imagery as a template. Computer clip art usage has also made the clear distinction between visual arts and page layout less obvious due to the easy access and editing of clip art in the process of
pagination a document, especially to the unskilled observer.
Plastic arts
Art-related terms in visual arts
References
See also
- List of basic visual arts topics
- History of art
- History of film
- History of painting
- History of sculpture
- Plastic arts
External links
- Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) - over 100,000 images free for use in education.
- ArtLex - online dictionary of visual art terms.
- Art History Timeline by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Tenability of the Distinction Between Arts and Crafts - essay. (PDF)
is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world.
The
visual arts are Art#Art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily
visual in nature, such as
painting,
photography,
printmaking, and filmmaking. Those that involve three-dimensional objects, such as sculpture and architecture, are called plastic arts. Many artistic disciplines (
performing arts,
language arts, and
culinary arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as well as other types, so these definitions are not strict.
The current usage of the term "visual arts" includes
fine arts as well as
crafts, but this was not always the case. Before the
Arts and Crafts movement in
United Kingdom and elsewhere at the turn of the 20th century, "visual artist" referred to a person working in the
fine arts (such as painting, sculpture, or printmaking) and not the
handicraft,
craft, or applied art disciplines. The distinction was emphasized by artists of the Arts and Crafts movement who valued vernacular art forms as much as high forms. The movement contrasted with modernists who sought to withhold the high arts from the masses by keeping them esoteric.
Art schools made a distinction between the fine arts and the handicraft in such a way that a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of art.
Drawing
Drawing is a means of making an image, using any of a wide variety of tools and techniques. It generally involves making marks on a surface by applying pressure from a tool, or moving a tool across a surface. Common tools are
graphite pencils, pen and ink,
inked brushes, wax
color pencils,
crayons, charcoals, pastels, and marker pens. Digital tools which simulate the effects of these are also used. The main techniques used in drawing are: line drawing, hatching, crosshatching, random hatching, scribbling,
stippling, and blending. An artist who excels in drawing is referred to as a
draftsman or
draughtsman".
Painting
Painting taken literally is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or Paint#Components) and a binding agent (a adhesive) to a
surface (support) such as
paper, canvas or a wall. However, when used in an artistic sense it means the use of this activity in combination with drawing, composition (visual arts) and other aesthetic considerations in order to manifest the expressive and conceptual intention of the practitioner. Painting is also used to express spiritual motifs and ideas; sites of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery to
Sistine Chapel to the human body itself.
Printmaking
Printmaking is creating for artistic purposes an image on a matrix which is then transferred to a two-dimensional (flat) surface by means of ink (or another form of pigmentation). Except in the case of a
monotype, the same matrix can be used to produce many examples of the print. Historically, the major techniques (also called mediums) involved are woodcut, line engraving,
etching,
lithography, and screenprinting (serigraphy, silkscreening) but there are many others, including modern digital techniques. Normally the surface upon which the print is printed is
paper, but there are exceptions, from cloth and
vellum to modern materials. Prints in the Western tradition produced before about 1830 are known as
old master prints. There are other major printmaking traditions, especially that of Japan (
ukiyo-e).
Photography
Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light.
Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects are recorded onto a sensitive medium or storage chip through a timed Exposure (photography). The process is done through Machine,
chemical or
digital devices known as cameras.
The word comes from the
Greek words φως
phos ("light"), and γραφις
graphis ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφη
graphê, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines" or "drawing." Traditionally, the product of photography has been called a
photograph. The term
photo is an abbreviation; many people also call them
pictures. In digital photography, the term
image has begun to replace
photograph. (The term
image is traditional in geometric
optics.)
Filmmaking
Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting, shooting, editing and finally distribution to an audience.
Computer art
Visual artists are no longer limited to Media (arts). Computers may enhance visual art from ease of rendering or
capture, to editing, to exploring multiple Composition (visual arts), to
printing (including
3D printing.)
Computer usage has blurred the distinctions between illustrators,
photographers,
photo editing, 3-D modeling, and handicraft artists. Sophisticated rendering and editing software has led to multi-skilled image developers.
Photographers may become
digital artists. Illustrators may become animators. Handicraft may be
computer-aided or use
computer generated imagery as a template. Computer clip art usage has also made the clear distinction between visual arts and
page layout less obvious due to the easy access and editing of clip art in the process of
pagination a document, especially to the unskilled observer.
Plastic arts
Art-related terms in visual arts
References
See also
External links
- Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) - over 100,000 images free for use in education.
- ArtLex - online dictionary of visual art terms.
- Art History Timeline by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Tenability of the Distinction Between Arts and Crafts - essay. (PDF)
Visual Arts Scotland
VAS - Visual Arts Scotland. Contains large selection of images, exhibition information for Scotland and worldwide, newsletter, contact information, Annual Show, based in Edinburgh
VADS: the online resource for visual arts
Organisation that provides digital images and resources available free for Educational use.
Bath Fringe Visual Arts intro
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Visual Arts - Telegraph
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AHDS VISUAL ARTS HOME PAGE
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