1. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ART
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ART

2. Introduction
Giving a definition of what art means in a single sentence or statement could be very difficult. Such a definition may not be embracing enough to represent all what ART stands for.
Art is a very wide human activity involving some skills. It is imaginative, creative and aesthetic in nature. One uncontroversial thing about art is that it affects almost every aspect of man’s life.
The ways of life of diverse race and creed reflects their past down to the present, and with good sense of imagination their future.
The development of man from Old Stone Age to the present is a reflection of diverse and progressive activities.
Creativity in art is the ability to bring new artwork into existence through skillful mean that is developed from imagination which is the ability to bring up an exciting idea from the mind.
All the forms of Art either Visual, Literary or theatre Art are expressed with the different ways of life of the people that produce them; their history, beliefs and other situations that required human relevance in the society.
Culture in relation to Creative Art is simply the ways of life of people and skill of expression in different ways to provide new things that will be beneficial to all.

4. DEFINITION OF ART
Art is a general name given to all skillful activities. Other definitions include:
Art is a means of self-expression of inner feelings or ideas about things, people and the environment in general.
Art is the act of making skillful use of materials to produce things for human use and pleasure.
Art is the visual and non-visual representation of human thought.
Art is the skill of doing something, which is not taught by nature.
Art is a universal language of expression.
Art is a subject that studies human being in his beautiful environment together with his culture; how he communicates within the culture, the degree of his appreciation for the works of art and preservation of his culture.

5. In summary therefore, Art can be said to be the universal language of self-expression of man in his cultural and natural environment through the use of some materials, skills and technique to produce various works of self- satisfaction, utility and beauty or aesthetics.

6. THE ORIGIN OF ART
The word ‘Art’ originated from a Latin word ‘ARTI’ which means – “to do well”. Art activities could be traced back to the early man, who wrote and drew on cave walls, rock surfaces. Wood and hides. Although most of these materials are aged, weathered and perished.
The various techniques used in representing objects on such surfaces include scratching, engravings, incised drawings or ‘graffiti’ and painting. Such paintings were animal fat to form a kind of oil paint. Others were done with sharp and hard tools (probably hunting and farming implements).
Cave art was basically done for magical purpose, as objects of worship and for attracting animals, which are subsequently killed. Such art were discovered at Altamira in Northern Spain, Lascaux Cave in Southern France, Tassili and Tibesli Plateau in North Africa.

7. Anything and everything
Art is
Anything and everything

8. PROPERTIES OR QUALITIES OF ART.

9. Creativity:
Creativity is the ability to make new things. It is what makes a person to be different from others. Two individuals cannot or should not look at a situation the same way. There is need for continuous acquisition of knowledge either formal or informal.

10. Imagination, also called the faculty of imagining, is the creative ability to form images, ideas, and sensations in the mind without any immediate input of the senses (such as seeing or hearing). ... Imagined images, both novel and recalled, are seen with the "mind's eye"

11. : There is need to bring about exciting thoughts and ideas out of the mind. The mind should be opened to diverse ways of approaching issues

13. This is concerned with the understanding of beauty in art and this relates to certain principles because what constitutes beauty to one person is diverse to others.

14. BRANCHES OF ARTOR CLASSES OR ART
Art, a name given to all skillful activities is broadly divided into two, namely Visual art and Non – Visual art.
Visual art are those aspect of art whose products are visible while Non – visual art are those whose products cannot be seen with the naked eyes. Non – Visual art, are mainly for entertainment and recreation. Non- visual art can be divided into Performing art and literary art. Performing art includes Music, Drama and Dance, while literary art involves all forms of Writings, Literature, Poetry, Folklore and Journalism. Visual art can be divided into two, namely – fine Art and Applied/Industrial Art. (See Fig. 1) for better understanding.

15. ART ORGANOGRAM ART Drawing Painting Sculpture VISUAL NON – VISUAL
PERFORMING
LITERARY ART
FINE ART
APPLIED/IDUS
TRIAL ART
Drawing
Painting
Sculpture

16. DIVISIONS OF ART
Art can be divided into three different areas which include; Visual Art, Theatre Art and Liberal Art.
VISUAL ART
This is the expression of feeling or skill with forms, shapes and colours among other medium to beautify and arouse emotions of human beings among other expectations.
Visual art is classified into two groups They are Fine Art and Applied Art.

17. Fine Art
is the expression of feeling or skill through colours, forms, clays and other medium to arouse the sense of beauty and personal emotion of human beings, though this depends on the creative instinct of the artist and his patron.
Exposure, class and style radiate between the individuals involved in the promotion of the fine Arts and that is why the knowledge in arts in general may not be exhaustive.

18. Drawing: THE FORMS OF FINE ART
Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
Drawing:
Drawing: is the expression of feeling or ideas with lines to bring out the forms and shapes in a given composition to arouse emotion and beauty amongst others.
Drawing is an easily expressed Visual Language that should be encouraged in general education. Drawing explains situation better than spoken words; the essence of drawing cannot be overemphasized.

19. Types of Drawing
The different types of drawing are categorized under the subjects that make up any composition in drawing i.e.
Life or Figure drawing which relates to the drawing of human being.
Nature drawing which refers to plants, animal and other natural features like mountains etc.
Still life drawing refers to inanimate or non-living objects.
Imaginative Composition refers to making up of scene from memory.
Abstract drawing which is non-figurative expression drawing and
General drawing with outdoor activities which includes landscape and seascape drawing. General drawing is the drawing of natural and man- made objects while outdoor activities refers to the drawing of street scene, landmass, streams, etc.
Drawing is a basic course for any good Visual Artist most especially human figure drawing.

20. Painting
Painting is the expression of feeling or skill with tones of colour to bring out shapes and forms in any given composition to arouse emotion and beauty on any prepared surface.
Painting requires research in diverse medium and styles; it is also reflects style and exposure. Good painting have great value in the advanced part of the world.
Painting reflects mood and memorable event that can be very emotional yet beautiful. Paintings are also classified under the forms they featured as explained in drawing or with medium used in expressing them e.g. mosaic painting, oil painting or life painting etc.
The basic difference between painting and drawing are the lines and colours, line features prominently with pencil, pen etc. in drawing, while tones of colour are used for painting.

21. Sculpture
another interesting aspect of Fine Art is the expression of skill through the use of solid medium like clay, wood, stone, bronze, etc. to make forms of human animal and abstract or imagined forms.
Sculptures are done by modeling soft pigment like clay, clement, etc. or by carving hard medium like wood, stone wood etc. or casting forms from mould or by construction through welding of iron rod and joining of wood together with nail gum etc.
The two forms of Sculptures are Relief and Statue.
Relief Sculpture refers to raised forms on a flat surface while Statue is any figure that stand or sits on its own without any background support except the platform on which it stands.

22. Applied Art:
This is the class of Visual Art that is also referred to as functional art or industrial art or commercial art. Applied art is the skill of expressing ideas with forms and colours etc. arouse beauty and serves daily utilitarian purpose.
Any applied artwork aims at fulfilling a particular daily or industrial use in human day activities.
The aspects of applied art are Textile design, Graphic design and Ceramic with Printing Technology and Architecture coupled with Photography.
Textile Design: This is an aspect of applied art that means the origination of design through printing, dyeing and weaving onto clothes, rugs, carpet, curtains etc.

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