Something we do, a verb. An expression of out thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and desires, but it is even more personal than that: it’s about sharing the way we experience the world, which for many is an extension of personality.

The process of evaluating artworks

A complex cognitive process of discovering the meaning of symbols

A product of man’s expression, creativity, imagination

A diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts(artworks), expressing the author’s imaginative conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.

Examples of importance of visual art

This process does not have to be negative

Requires thought - some kind of creative impulse

Art is the expression of the beautiful: ________ :meaning is attatched to aesthetics, the study of beauty ________ (Renaissance): meaning is attached to not delicate or highly skilled arts but beautiful arts

(Functions of Visual Art)refers to the use of visual art to tell a story or relate the history of one’s people. Aside from film and TV productions, objects are also used to convey a story like the quilt on the left.

The skillful application of knowledge from Latin, ars which means “craft or specialized form of skill”

Involves art forms that are primarily visual in nature such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.

The smallest functional unit of a writing system

Considered a foundation of education

Something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expressed important ideas or feelings

The dynamic interaction among:

defines as a cognitive process that involves decoding symbols to arrive at meaning

Takes nature and the man’s ability to capture a moment on a piece of paper or other media that can be chiefly perceived by the sense of sight.

Is a letter or a number of letters that represent a sound (phoneme) in a word

The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typiclly in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

(Functions of Visual Art) refers to how art has both aesthetic and useful value. In addition, art with a functional purpose refers to structures or art pieces that are actually used in day- to-day activities yet are designed to be aesthetically pleasing in addition to being functional. Architecture is the most prominent of the visual arts to incorporate functionality in designs.

A man’s interpretation/reflection of nature which is open to re-interpretation or distortion.

Refers to the ability to understand written text, and combine their understanding with prior knowledge.

Three Reading-Comprehension skills:

The process of constructing meaning from written texts

The response to emotion and thought to graphemes

(Functions of Visual Art) Refers to forms of visual art meant to celebrate or acknowledge an event or era, or to contribute to a ritualistic activity, such as a dance celebrating one of the seasons or a people’s flight from captivity or hunger.

(Functions of Visual Art) deals on how artworks are meant to make an audience believe a message; to convince an audience. Advertising for television, billboards, magazine, and other visual media is a form of persuasive art, in that images are selected and manipulated to convey a message or subliminally influence a consumer’s decision. Songs together with film and TV productions can be used to raise awareness on a social issue.

Commonly used to describe something of beauty, or a skill which produces an aesthetic result.

Created when an artist creates a beautiful object or produces a stimulating experience that is considered by his audience to have artistic merit.

(Functions of Visual Art) has something to do with visual art as a medium for an artist to express his or her emotions or feelings regarding a particular subject, including his or herself, like Picasso’s painting on the left. Art as an artistic expression functions primarily as the artist’s way of expressing himself/herself without focusing on how it will affect the audience.