Aesthetic Qualities

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Aesthetic Qualities

• All visual art can be defined by one of three
  aesthetic qualities. They are Imitationalism,
  Formalism or Emotionalism

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Imitationalism

• If the purpose of the artist was primarily to
  copy reality, we would call it Realism or
  Imitationalism.

• Value, or shading and accurate color and size of
  objects are all elements used in Imitationalism

Wm. Harnett My Gems
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Leonardo Da Vinci Self Portrait
Albrect Durer Study of an Apostles Hands
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Formalism

• When the artist is focusing more on the formal
  qualities of art the elements and principles
  then we call this Formalism.
• Formalism uses line, color, shape, space, and
  value, but not in a representational way

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Vassily Kandinsky
Composition X
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Stuart Davis
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Jackson Pollack
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Jackson Pollack Lavender Mist
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Emotionalism

• When the main motive of an artist is to convey an
  emotion or idea to the viewer, we call this type
  of art Expressionism, or Emtionalism
• Works showing Emotionalism may also be
  Imitational or Formal, but their more important
  emphasis is on a mood or feeling.

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Pablo Picasso Gurenica
1937 11 x 25.6
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Romare Bearden Fractured Tales
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Mary Cassatt The Boating Party