art is an imitation of life. He believed that ‘idea’ is the ultimate reality.

conceived of art as representing possible versions of reality

Art enthusiast or not, this is a phrase many of us in the 21st Century will be familiar with. On questions of why we create and value ar

the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork: the “what”

he meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork: “Why”

the development and configuration of the art work, this is how the element and the medium or the materials are put together: “how”

These types of art have subjects that refer to objects that refer to objects or events occurring in the real world . Also termed figurative art because the figures depicted are easy to make out and decipher .

Art forms that do not make a reference to the real world, whether it is a person, place, thing, or even a particular event.

The most rudimentary level of meaning f

Pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using motifs, signs, and symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning

, a variety of meanings may arise when a particular work of art is read.

which comes from the Latin word medium, denotes the means by which an artist communicates his idea. It is the stuff out of which he creates a work of art. These are the materials which the artist uses to translate his feelings or thought into a beautiful reality.

The visual or spaces are those whose mediums can be seen and which occupy space. These are grouped into two classes. The first is the dimensional or two dimensional arts which include painting, drawing printmaking, and photography. The community planning, industrial design and the crafts like ceramics and furniture making

or time arts are those mediums that can be heard and which are expressed in time. These are music and literature.

is the manner in which the artist controls his medium to achieve the desired effect.

as a mediums difficult to handle because it is difficult to produce warm and rich tones.

This is the painting on a moist plaster surface with colors ground in water or a limewater mixt

paints are mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk or egg white and ore. They are often used as a binder due to its film forming properties and rapid drying rate.

This is a stick of dried paste mage of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water.

This is one of the early mediums used by the Egyptians for the painted portrait on mummy cas

This medium is used popularly by contemporary painters because of the transparency and quick drying characteristics of water color and the flexibility of oil combine

art is a picture or decoration made of small pieces of inlaid colored stones or glass called “tesserae” which most often are cut in into squares glued on a surface with plaster or ceme

as an artwork is common in Gothic Cathedrals and churches.

–This is a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial and for wall hangings and furniture coverin

is usually done on paper, using pencil pen and ink, or charcoal.

is a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood,

are pigments bound by wax and compressed into painted sticks used for drawing especially among children in the elementary grade.

These are carbonaceous materials obtained by heating wood or other organic substances in the absence of a

made from a piece of wood.

forming designs by cutting, corrosion

The design is engraved or etched into a metal plate.

very common art activity done by high school studen

is the hard substance formed from mineral and earth material.

is a granular igneous rock composed of feldopars a

limestone in a more or less crystalline state and is capa

is a fine, colorful stone usually green, and used widely in Ancient China.

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include any of a class of elementary substances as gold, silver or copper all of which are characterized by capacity, ductility,

as a material is strong, durable and resistant to any atmospheric corrosion.

Brass-an alloy of copper and zinc is not popularly used by artist

which has a peculiar brilliance, is used as a costing medium. This is basically shaped by hammering. It can into relief forms

are used as casting materials for small objects like medals, coins and pieces of jewelry.

bluish gray metal is used for casting and forging.

is a composition of lime, sand and wat

is a natural earthy material that has the nature

is a medium that is hard, brittle, non-crystalline, more or less transparent substances produced by fusion,

as a medium is perhaps easier to carve

the smallest of the stringed instruments

is much larger than the violin and has longer, thicker and heavier strings

longest of the string instruments

oldest string instruments

is a stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck a f