“This world is but a canvas
to our imagination.”
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
GEE 3
READING
VISUAL
ARTS
MR. NEO BARTH B. VALENCIA
(Course Instructor)
ETYMOLOGY &
DEFINITION
Latin: ars, meaning: art,
skill, or craft
"expression or application
of human creative skill and
imagination, typically in a
visual form such as painting
ART or sculpture, producing
works to be appreciated
primarily for their beauty
or emotional power"
(Oxford Languages)
DEFINITION
art forms that create works
that are primarily visual in
nature, such as ceramics,
drawing, painting,
sculpture, printmaking,
design, crafts,
photography, video, film
VISUAL making, & architecture
Visual art forms
ARTS encompass all types of art
you can appreciate
visually.
GENERAL
VISUAL ART
FORMS
Fine art is a visual art
considered to have been
created primarily for aesthetic
and intellectual purposes and
judged for its beauty and
meaningfulness, specifically,
painting, sculpture, drawing,
watercolor, graphics, and
architecture.
FINE ARTS
Commercial art can take the
form of a logo on a wrapper of
a favorite candy bar, an
advertisement in a magazine,
or on a billboard. These labels
and images were designed by
someone to sell a product,
which defines it as commercial
art.
COMMERCIAL ARTS
Decorative arts are arts or
crafts whose object is the
design and manufacture of
objects that are both
beautiful and functional. It
includes most of the arts
making objects for the
interiors of buildings and
interior design.
DECORATIVE ARTS
THE
COMMON
TYPES OF
VISUAL ARTS
It is defined as the process of
applying paint, or another
medium, to a solid surface –
usually a canvas.
Paintings are a form of visual
art that captures the
expression of ideas and
emotions on a two-
dimensional surface.
The more popular forms of
painting include oil painting,
watercolors, and acrylic
PAINTING
paintings.
It is a form of two-
dimensional art, where one
uses various lines, tones,
and shading to produce
images on materials such
as paper or canvas.
It includes a variety of
mediums from different
types of pens and pencils
to pastel, graphite, and
charcoal drawings.
DRAWING
It is more of a three-
dimensional form of art.
Traditional forms used
hard materials like
wood, clay, ceramics,
and stone, while more
modern applications
can include plastic and
other materials. SCULPTING
Architecture is the art or
science of planning,
designing, and
constructing buildings and
other physical structures.
The practice of
architecture is employed
to fulfill both practical
and expressive
requirements, and thus it
serves both utilitarian and
ARCHITECTURE
aesthetic ends.
Photography is the art of
capturing light with a
camera, usually via a
digital sensor or film, to
create an image.
The first permanent
photograph was captured
in 1826 (some sources say
1827) by Joseph
Nicéphore Niépce in
France. It shows the roof
PHOTOGRAPHY
of a building lit by the sun.
It is the process of making
a motion picture, involving
a number of complex
stages, starting with an
initial idea, story, or
commission, which
continues through
screenwriting, casting,
pre-production shooting,
sound recording, post-
production, and screening FILMMAKING
the first product before an
audience.
FUNCTIONS
OF
VISUAL
ARTS
FUNCTIONS OF VISUAL ARTS
Expressive Function (express the artist's
feelings)
Practical Function (art has practical use)
Historical Function (tells a story of an
event in history)
Religious Function (tells a religious story
or is an object of devotion)
Commemorative Function (made to
honor someone such as statues)
Decorative Function (used to adorn a
room, building, etc.)
Political Function (serves a political
purpose e.g. propaganda)
