By: Andrew McIntosh

• Art has been around since the beginning of

human life

– Some of the first art ever created was on the walls

of caves

• Most depict animals like deer and bison

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts

• Art has evolved greatly over time

Cave art: ~40,000-

10,000 B.C.

Pop Art: ~1960-

1980 A.D.

Renaissance art:

~1400-1600

A.D.

• Visual art is everywhere

– Your chair

– Your cell phone

– Your computer

– The clothes you’re wearing

– This Presentation

• Any object has an artistic touch

– If not, we would have bland, colorless things

– There are many different forms

of art

• Painting, Graphic

design, Architecture, Sculpture

, Photography, Filmmaking, Etc.

– In simple terms; Visual Art is

anything you can see

– The most practiced art form

– Dates from pre-historic humans to present day art

• Many different styles of painting

– Early Renaissance style

– Modernistic style

– Etc.

• Many different mediums to paint onto

– Canvas

– Human body

– Etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting

-Renaissance Style-

-Modernistic Style-

-Canvas-

-Body Painting-

– The art of mixing symbols and text to create a

work of art

– Often used in advertising and industrial design

– A Graphic Designer uses typography and page

layout techniques

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/guide-whatisgraphicdesign

-Typography-

-Advertising-

-Industrial Design-

– The art and science of building and designing of a building or structure

– Architects use the world as their canvas

• Design around

– Landscapes

– Cities

– Cultures

– Etc.

– Use many different types of material to create structures

• Wood

• Steel

• Aluminum

• Etc.

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=dor

-Example of building

with multiple types of

materials used-

-Taj Mahal-

-Building designed and built

around a culture--Burj Dubai-

-2,717 feet tall skyscraper-

• Three dimensional art work

• There are no limits to what a sculpture can be made with

– Steel

– Wood

– Plastic

– Wax

– Paper

– Gold

– Etc.

• Human have been sculpting for thousands of years

– Oldest sculptures found in present day china

• Dates back to ~10,000 B.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture

- Salmon sculpture in Oregon- -Cloud Gate-

-Fish sculpture made entirely

of trash- -Chinese dragon made from bronze-

• In comparison to art history; photography is a somewhat modern art form

– The first camera was invented by Alexander Wolcott in 1840

• made it possible for shots to be taken and not fade away over time

• Today, photos can be minipulated to look nothing like the actual thing captured

– Cropping

– PhotoShop

http://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented

-Nature Photography-

-Photo shopped Image-

-Afghan Woman-

-By: Steve McCurry-

• Slide 1

– http://www.idanzcritixcorner.com/2009/04/dance-review-aspiration-of-freedom.html

• Slide 2 &3

– http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab20

• Slide 5

– http://www.moma.org/explore/conservation/demoiselles/

• Slide 7

– http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2005/03/banksi-at-new-y.php

– http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/renaissance-shadow-over-contemporary-art-penultimate-suppers/

– http://couturierillustration.com/

– http://dearcomputer.nl/gir/?q=body%20painting&s=8&imgtype=photo&nsfw=on

• Slide 9

– http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/black-white-typography-graphic-design/

– http://www.designlessbetter.com/blogless/tags/genetic-engineering

• Slide 10

– http://premiumpsd.com/city-landscape-silhouette-design-free-high-resolution-psd-download.html

• Slide 11

– http://www.greatfa.com/modern-architecture/unique+architecture+buildings.html

– http://www.mapsofworld.com/travel-destinations/taj-mahal.html

• Slide 13

– http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/photos/salmon-sculpture-oregon

– http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g35805-w3-Chicago_Illinois.html

– http://green.yahoo.com/blog/environmentalgraffiti/161/7-creative-sculptures-made-of-trash.html

– http://www.fengshuiportal.com/fsp/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=37

• Slide 14

– http://members.toast.net/njsingers/PhotoEventList.html

• Slide 15

– http://skynetravage.wikidot.com/nature-photography

– http://wickedreport.com/top-10-world-most-famous-photos-ever/

– http://wickedreport.com/top-10-world-most-famous-photos-ever/