INART 001 THE ARTS
TOM SMIALEK

TAXONOMY OF ARTS ELEMENTS

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Art form:

Music

Painting

Sculpture

Architecture

Film

 

Rhythm

 

 

 

 

 

basic unit

beat

line

form

form

shot

strength, regularity

strong/weak

reg./irreg.

straight/curved

reg./irreg.

straight/curved

reg./irreg.

reg./irreg.

reg./irreg. editing

activity

pace

dynamics

dynamics

dynamics

editing rate

on-screen action

articulation

surface

articulation

articulation

of line

articulation

of form

articulation

of form

transitions,

editing techniques

 

Texture

 

 

 

 

 

surface texture

articulation

surface texture

surface texture

surface texture

grain, deg. of focus

fabric

density,

musical texture

perspective

dimensionality

depth

planar diversity

lens focus,

camera movement

 

Structure

 

 

 

 

 

structural units

Motive

phrase

section

movement

line

figure

shape

geometrical

subdivision

panel

polyptych

form

line

geometrical

subdivision

multi-fig. installation

archetypes:

post & lintel

arch forms

cantilever

bearing wall

skeleton frame

shot

(montage)

scene

(act)

formal structures

binary

ternary

rondo

sonata

theme & variations

easel painting

diptych

polyptych

mural

single full-round

AB

ABA

A1 A2 A3, etc.

(analogous to music)

AB

ABA

ABACABA

A1 A2 A3, etc.

narrative (expo, complication, climax, denouement)

flashback

(YABC…Z)

 


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