The document discusses what constitutes art and how to analyze images critically. It provides objectives for an activity that involves determining a definition of art, deciding what is and isn't art, and defining terms related to viewing art. Participants will examine images and discuss in small groups what is art, types of art, how art influences society, why art is important, and the messages art can convey. The document then defines key elements of art like perspective, light, color, form, motion, proportion, symbols, and lines and provides examples of how artists use these elements.

1. What is Art?
An introduction to the concept of art

2. Objectives of the Activity
 Determine a definition of art
 Decide what is art and what is not art
 Define terms related to the viewing of art
 Examine two images critically

3. In small groups answer the
following Questions
 What is art?
 What are different types of art?
 How does art influence society?
 Why is art important?
 What sort of messages do art have?

4. Image #1
 Is this art? Why or
why not? What
elements does it
have or not have?

5. Image #2
 Is this art? Why or
why not? What
elements does it
have or not have?

6. Image #3
 Is this art? Why
or why not? What
elements does it
have or not have?

7. Image #4
 Is this art? Why or
why not? What
elements does it
have or not have?

8. Image #5
 Is this art? Why or
why not? What
elements does it
have or not have?

9. Image #6
 Is this art? Why or why not?
What elements does it have or
not have?

10. Elements of Art
 Perspective
 Light
 Color
 Form
 Motion
 Proportion
 Symbols
 Lines

11. Perspective
 Perspective is the way in which artists create
an illusion of depth on a flat surface. For
hundreds of years painters have tried to
represent accurately a scene that exists in
three dimensions on a two-dimensional
canvas. One of the ways to create this illusion
is to make the objects that are far away
smaller than those that are closer to the
viewer.

12. Light
 Just as stage designers use lighting to
spotlight a performer, painters will often
highlight important elements in paintings

13. Color
 Use of different colors provide emphasis,
emotion, etc. Often colors highlight parts of
an image to draw specific attention to it.

14. Form
 By using light and shadows, artists give
volume to their subjects. One way one
can give figures three-dimensional form
is to reflect light off their bodies and
paint shadows cast by them.

15. Motion
 Depicting motion is a technique painters
use to keep our attention focused on the
picture.

16. Proportion
 Proportion usually refers to the way different
elements in a painting relate to each other in
terms of size.

17. Symbols
 Many artists include items that symbolize
other items, emotions, beliefs, ideas, etc.

18. Lines
 An identifiable path of a point moving in
space. It can vary in width, direction, and
length.

19. • Light
• Perspective
• Movement
• Color
• Form
• Proportion
• Symbolism
• Lines
Looking @ Art

20. • Light
• Perspective
• Movement
• Color
• Form
• Proportion
• Symbolism
Looking @ Art
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
Jan Van Eyck, 1434