Art & Artists

There are three languages in the arts. The primary language is a part of us by virtue of our human heritage. The secondary language consists of the traditions, styles, and conventions accrued over time. The third language is that which is about the arts, e.g., books on art criticism.

Art is experience because each person must know the work of art for himself or herself. For example, just hearing about a song is not the same as experiencing it. Art is so personal and appealing that people often dwell on particular works by quoting or alluding to them in their daily lives.

Although artists frequently use nature as a source for their works, art is not nature. Art is a representation. We do not find exactly in nature what we find in art: "The artist opens our eyes and ears so that we can see the world more clearly" (Dudley, Faricy, and Rice 21).

To interpret a work of art a person must find its meaning. Then the person must reflect on the value of that meaning in his

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w art form in the last generation, the scenario, written by authors who have collaborated on film scripts or who design their novels to be retranslated into film scripts: " . . . the scenario may be the novel of the future, as people become more and more visual and film becomes the preferred form of art" (Dudley, Faricy, and Rice 210). 9 Elements are the abstract materials that an artist uses to create a work of art. There are seven elements of the visual arts: line, value, light and shadow, color, texture, volume, and space. These elements are used in various ways and combinations: " . . . the elements of the visual arts [are] a kind of 'basic language' with which the artist works" (Dudley, Faricy, and Rice 215). Lines can be either straight or curved. Straight lines are horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. Diagonal lines show action. Curved lines show action, life, and energy. Value is the name given to relative degrees of light in a painting. Values are fixed in paintings, but change in sculpture and architecture. The value tone is one of the first things a person notices about a painting. Light and shadow are important elements of the visual arts. In painting light and shadow is sometimes called chiaroscuro.
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