ENHANCING the appearance of nature, like a forest that becomes a garden by arranging and trimming the plants, or a woman beautifying herself by putting cosmetics on her face

Selective Modification

COPYING nature according to the CHOICE of the artist, but the resulting image is still recognizable, like in the style of representation in cubist and fauvist art

Perceptual Interpretation

Who said this? “Art is putting mirror up to nature.”

William Shakespeare

Who said this? "When painting has reached divinity (shen), there is an end of the matter.”

Chieh Tzu Yuan

the drawing of forms which answer to natural form.

Chinese Art

Representational Icon of religious images

Christian Art

What art theory is the image describing?

Representationism

Who were the Filipino artists associated in Representationism

Fabian de la Rosa & Fernando Amorsolo

imitation of the appearances of people, things, events

Painting And Sculpture

imitation of the sounds of the universe

Music

imitation of movements of animals, nature, or things

Dance

imitation of life through language

Literature

imitation of life through action and dialogue

Drama

Under Representationism art, It is art that contains a representation.

Figurative Art

"Art is the recreation of nature" is from what theory?

Representationism

What theory of Art is being described? art is the combination of perceptual elements. Art is non-figurative because it does not contain any representation.

Formalism

Who said this? “To appreciate art, we bring with us nothing from life.”, What is essential in art is only the “significant form.”

Clive Bell

Who said this? “Artists need to look at nature and things only as forms made up of sphere, cylinders, cones.”

Paul Cezanne

Who said this? “Every work of art is the child of its age…. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated.” “Art is born from the inner necessity of the artist in an enigmatic, mystical way through which it acquires an autonomous life; it becomes an independent subject, animated by a spiritual breath.”

Wassily Kandinsky

Which Category is this in Kandinsky's Paintings paintings which retain some naturalistic representation.

Impressions

Which Category is this in Kandinsky's Paintings paintings which convey deep emotions inspired by events of a spiritual type.

Improvisations

Which Category is this in Kandinsky's Paintings purely formal paintings done carefully over a period of time after preliminary studies. These are Kandinsky’s most complicated works.

Compositions

These are lyrics and may be accompanied by sounds of instruments. Music becomes representational because of the lyrics.

Cantata

These are only sounds of musical instruments

Sonata

What theory of Art is being described? the transfer of the artist’s expression of emotions and ideas into an art.

Expressionism

What art theory does this image describe

Expressionism

Who said this? “Art is the creation of symbolic forms expressive of human feelings.”

Susan Langer

Who said this? “Art is the expression of the artist’s overflowing emotion.” (catharsis)

Aristotle

Who said this? “Art is the objectification of emotion.”

Leo Tolstoy

Who said this? “Like language, art is the expression of idea by the artist.” (intuitionism)

Benedetto Croce

the music with a dramatic style that was common in the 17th century and early 18th century and that featured many decorative parts and details

Baroque

the music in European tradition that includes opera and symphony and is generally considered more serious than other kinds of music

Classical

the music of the 19th century characterized by an emphasis on subjective emotional qualities and freedom form

Romantic

What art theory is being described here? the beauty is to pleasure and ugly is to pain.

Aesthetic Hedonism

What art theory is being described here? the person’s feeling of need of an object which satisfies his/her needs. It answers the question “What is it for?”.

Aesthetic Functionalism

Who said this? "Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow you die.”

Aristippus and Epicurus

What art theory is this? style of abstract expressionism by Jackson Pollock. It is the process of putting, dripping, pouring, and splashing paints on the canvas.

Action theory

Who said this? “The canvass began to appear as an arena in which an act--rather than a space in which to reproduce, re-design, analyze or express an object, actual or imagined. What was to go on the canvas was not a picture but an event.”

Harold Rosenberg

What art theory is this? art is an institution in the society

Institutional Theory

To be recognized as an artist by the Artworld-Institution, a person must:

Studied in an art school

Please Select all Basic Visual Elements

Line, Shape, Value, Texture, Color

Please Select All Basic Auditory Elements

Rhythm, Pitch, Melody, Harmony, Dynamics

What art theory is this? art is beautiful as imitation of the things in this world art is the imitation of the appearance of reality

Imitationism