L-4 DECORATIVE ART.pptx

Art

1. Decorative Art LESSON 4

2. Decorative Art: Definition & Meaning is a traditional term for a rather unwieldy range of artistic disciplines concerned with the design and ornamentation of items, usually functional, that do not necessarily have any intrinsic aesthetic qualities. Broadly-speaking, many decorative arts (e.g. basket-weaving, cabinet-making, ceramics, tapestry and others) are also classified as " crafts ." Also, decorative art is part of the larger category of applied art.

3. What Does Decorative Art Include? Decorative art also embraces just about any category of "precious or crafted object."

4. Difference Between Decorative Arts and Fine Arts? Fine art that is painting, drawing, sculpture and photography, typically has no other function than to be looked at. In contrast, decorative art is often (but not always) utilitarian. Another difference is that fine art tends to be significantly more drawing-based, while decorative arts tend to be more technique-based. But there are exceptions to both these general rules.

5. Museum Collections of Decorative Art One of the world's greatest collections of this type of artwork in America can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . In Europe, the Louvre and the Victoria and Albert Museum are the greatest showcases of decorative art.

6. Styles of Decorative Art Basketry , art and craft of making interwoven objects, usually containers, from flexible vegetable fibers, such as twigs, grasses, osiers, bamboo , and rushes, or from plastic or other synthetic materials. The containers made by this method are called baskets.

7. Enamelwork technique of decoration whereby metal objects or surfaces are given a vitreous glaze that is fused onto the surface by intense heat to create a brilliantly colored decorative effect. It is an art form noted for its brilliant, glossy surface, which is hard and long-lasting.

8. Floral Decorations Flower , the characteristic reproductive structure of angiosperms . As popularly used, the term “flower” especially applies when part or all of the reproductive structure is distinctive in color and form.

9. Lacquer work certain metallic and wood objects to which colored and frequently opaque varnishes called lacquer are applied. The word lacquer is derived from lac , a sticky resinous substance that is the basis of some lacquers. But the lacquer of China , Japan , and Korea , which is made from the sap of the tree Rhus vernicifera ,

10. Pottery one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts , consisting of objects made of clay and hardened with heat. The objects made are commonly useful ones, such as vessels for holding liquids or plates or bowls from which food can be served.

11. Mosaic in art, decoration of a surface with designs made up of closely set, usually variously colored, small pieces of material such as stone, mineral, glass , tile , or shell.

12. Tapestry woven decorative fabric, the design of which is built up in the course of weaving . Broadly, the name has been used for almost any heavy material, handwoven, machine woven, or even embroidered, used to cover furniture , walls, or floors or for the decoration of clothing .