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Artist and His Medium Part 2

The document discusses various art forms including sculpture, architecture, literature, music, dance, drama, and cinema. It defines each art form and describes key elements and processes. For sculpture, it outlines the subtractive, additive, and substitution processes used to create sculptures from materials like stone, wood, metal, plaster and plastic. It also discusses freestanding, relief, and kinetic sculptures. For architecture, it discusses construction principles like post and lintel, arch, truss, and buttress and materials like stone, wood, iron and steel.

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Artist and His Medium Part 2

The document discusses various art forms including sculpture, architecture, literature, music, dance, drama, and cinema. It defines each art form and describes key elements and processes. For sculpture, it outlines the subtractive, additive, and substitution processes used to create sculptures from materials like stone, wood, metal, plaster and plastic. It also discusses freestanding, relief, and kinetic sculptures. For architecture, it discusses construction principles like post and lintel, arch, truss, and buttress and materials like stone, wood, iron and steel.

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PLASTIC

AND
THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART
Prepared by:
Jhunar John M. Tauy, RPm
Sculpture
•Originated from the Latin word “sculpere” which
means to carve
•Art or practice of creating three-dimensional
forms or figures
•It has length, width, and volume
Sculpture
1. Freestanding (in
the round)
✓Sculptures which can
be viewed from all
sides
Sculpture
2. Relief
✓These are sculptures
in which the figures
project from a
background.
✓Low Relief (Bas Relief)
✓High Relief
Sculpture
3. Kinetic (mobiles)
✓A sculpture that is
capable of movement
by wind, water, or other
forms of energy.
The Process of Creating Sculptures
1. Subtractive Process
✓This process involves
removing or cutting
away pieces of the
material to form the
figure.
✓Chisels, Hammers,
Saws, Grinders
The Process of Creating Sculptures
2. Additive Process
✓This process involves
the construction of a
figure by putting
together bits of the
material or by welding
together metal parts to
create a figure
✓Modeling and
Assembling
The Process of Creating Sculptures
3. Process of Substitution
✓Also known as
“casting”
✓It involves using a
mold to produce a 3D
figure in another
material
✓Sand-Casting, Plastic
Casting, Lost-Wax
Casting
Different Media of Sculpture
✓Stone
✓Wood
Different Media of Sculpture
✓Metal
▪Stainless Steel – Inox
steel
(steel+chromium)
▪Bronze – alloy of two
elements
(tin+copper)
▪Brass – alloy of
copper + zinc
Different Media of Sculpture
✓Plaster (Plaster of Paris)
✓Terra cotta (cooked earth)
✓Glass
✓Plastic
Different Media of Sculpture
✓Glass
▪Hot sculpting
▪Cold working
▪Glass blowing
✓Plastic
ARCHITECTURE
Architecture
•Art of designing
buildings and other
structures which will
serve a definite
function.
Construction Principles
1. Post and Lintel
✓Most houses are built
on this principle
✓Oldest construction
system
✓It uses two vertical
support (post) spanned
by horizontal beam
(lintel)
Construction Principles
2. Arch
✓Roman invention that
consists of separate
pieces of wedge-
shaped blocks called
voussoirs arranged in
semi-circle.
Construction Principles
2. Arch
✓Barrel Vault
✓Groin Vault
✓Dome
Construction Principles
3. Truss
✓A system of
triangular forms
assembled to form a
rigid framework.
✓Bridges, Theaters,
Roofs
Construction Principles
4. Buttress
✓A structure that is built
as a support for the
wall.
✓In most European
Churches, buttress
built to support the
dome are called flying
buttresses.
Media of Architecture
✓Stones and Bricks
✓Lumber (Wood)
✓Iron and Steel
✓Concrete
LITERATURE
AND
THE COMBINED ARTS
Literature
✓It is art of combining spoken or written words
and their meanings into forms which have artistic
and emotional appeal.
✓Poetry
✓Fiction
✓Nonfiction
✓Drama
Music
✓Defined as art of combining and regulating
sounds of varying pitch to produce compositions
that express various ideas and feelings.
✓Begun from primitive people when they
became aware of the beautiful sounds of nature
(e.g. chirping of birds, splashing of the water
waves, rusting of the leaves, rumbling of thunder
etc.)
Media in Music
✓Vocal Medium
✓Soprano – highest female singing voice
✓Contra Alto – female singing voice that is low and rich
in quality
✓Tenor – highest adult male singing voice
✓Bass – male singing voice that is low and rich in quality
✓Baritone – male singing voice that is between tenor
and bass
Media in Music
✓Instrumental Medium
✓String Instruments
✓Bowed Strings
✓Plucked Strings
✓Woodwind Instruments
✓Brass Instruments
✓Percussion Instruments
✓Keyboard Instruments
Some Genres of Music
1. Classical Music
2. Folk Music
3. Pop Music
4. Jazz
5. Blues
6. Rock Music
7. Alternative Music
Dance
✓The oldest of all arts
✓Man’s gestures express emotions through rhythmic
movements
Types of Dance
✓Ethnologic (Ethnic)
✓Social or Ballroom
✓Ballet
✓Musical Comedy
Drama and Theater
✓Genre of literature that is intended to be acted-
out or performed on stage in front of an
audience.
✓Once the drama is performed, it becomes a
theatrical presentation.
✓Combination of almost all of the art forms.
Genres of Drama
✓ Tragedy
✓ Melodrama
✓ Comedy
✓ Satire
✓ Farce
Cinema
✓ Series of images that are projected onto a
screen to create the illusion of motion.
✓ Motion pictures, movies, or films
✓ The most popular art forms of entertainment
today.
Genres of Motion Pictures
✓ Feature Films
✓ Animated Movies
✓ Documentary Movies
✓ Experimental Films
✓ Educational Films
People Behind a Motion Picture
✓ Actors
✓ Producer
✓ Screenwriter
✓ Director

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