REVIEWER IN ART APPRECIATION

Art Appreciation - The knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that identify all great art.

Why do we need to study Art appreciation?

- To provide students with certain skills and values through the arts. Students learn to appreciate the importance of
value that no other subject can describe those values which are directly an exact.

- The more you appreciate and understand the art of different eras, movements, styles and techniques, the better you
can develop, evaluate and improve your own artwork.

Art History - The study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts; that is genre, design,
format, and style.

Humanities - It came from the Latin word “humanus” which means refined, culture and human.
Refined - Norms, being civilize, and socialize
Cultured - Adaptation to environment (social interaction, norms)
Human - Having the nature of people, being a person

-The expression of ourselves without using of words (painting, sculptures, dancing, mosaic, cross
stitch, collage, paper and folding)
-The study of man’s expression feelings, thought, intuition, values, and ideas
- The study of man’s experience, goals, and aspirations
-It is used to dramatize individual expressions

Aim of Humanities

During Medieval Age

- The humanities dealt with the metaphysics of the religious philosopher.
During Renaissance Period
- To make man richer because during that time only the rich people can make art like paintings, sculpture and
etc.
During 19th and 20th century
- Is to appreciate and understand the importance of human being, his ideas and aspirations.
Other Related fields in Art APPRECIATION
• Anthropology
• Literature
• Philosophy
• Religion
• Sociology
• Visual and Performing Arts
Art - It came from the Latin word “ars/artis” which means to do or man made
- It is a medium of expression
- Creative activity which involves skill or expertness in handling materials and organizing them.
Work of Art - A thing of beauty having aesthetic value. Obra maestra, provides aesthetic values to the viewers.
- It is a symbolic state of meaning rather having a practical function.
Importance of Art
• Drives our existence
• Satisfies the needs for personal expression
• Develops our skills to express ourselves
• Challenges us to see things differently
• It unleashes our hidden desires and passion
• It changes our ways in life
• To see the truth that we might understand before
• It gives pleasure, satisfaction and gratification
• To express beauty
• It gives man moment of relaxation and spiritual happiness
• It serves as a channel of man’s passion
• Arts reformed man
• Overcomes the feelings of restlessness and loneliness
Functions of Art
1. Personal – the most difficult function to explain because it varies from person to person.
2. Social – addresses aspects of collective life, as opposed to one person’s point of view or experience.
3. Physical – the easiest to understand because it’s created to perform some service or physical function.
3 Basic Assumptions of Art
1. Art is Universal
2. Art is not nature
3. Art involves experience
Categories of work of art considered to be great
 • Ground breaking- that it does not follow regular convention or already tried artistic methods real closely. It is
not, in short, just one more soap opera following an old, old formula, no matter how well done.
• Inherently beautiful - means just as the art critics do require and demand that a work of art have an inner
harmony, beauty, and emotional/intuitive meaning that are unified, strong and intense, and deeply moving to
us. Something that appeals to your senses and emotions.
• Bestselling - it is very popular in its day, or is produced by an artist who has done other very popular piece.
Different Classifications of Art
I. By the Audience
- focus on how audience classified arts
1. Performing Arts- something an artist used body as a medium. An art form that is moving from one place to
another.
Example: play, movies, live music, movies/TV, operas, mime, puppetry, acrobatic, dance, and ballet
2. Visual Arts- usually exist in two dimensional form and stay in one place. Something that we see.
Example: painting, photography, drawing, films, sculpture, engraving, wooden materials, silk screen, cartoon,
stained glass, mosaic, and stage setting.
3. Literature- talks about language that affects our imagination and make us think.
Example: non fiction, fiction, stage play, poetry, screenplay and song
4. Sculptural- a three dimensional form that we can touch, see, and climb. It stays in one place.
Example: Monument, Architectural Designs, Rice terraces, Rock Garden, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, flower
gardens, water fountain, and buildings.
II. By Critics
- Focus on how people judge art
1. Major Arts or Fine Arts- those that includes music, literature, sculpture, painting, dance, theater, photography,
and architecture.
2. Minor Arts or Applied Arts- those that includes ceramics, furniture, weaving, photography, and letterings.
a. Pure Art- created and performed for others’ sake and to satisfy the audience
Example: Watching movie
b. Practical Art- with a purpose, for practical use
Example: Chair and Table
III. By an Artist
- Characterize by special sensing
1. Visual art- something that you can see, imagine, and create
Example: painting, drawing, mosaic, drafting design, stage design, light displays and graphic design
2. Auditory Art- something that you can hear
Example: Literature, Poetry, plays and Music
3. Combined Art- combines visual and auditory elements. Example: drama, theatre, dance, cinema and opera
Other Classification of Art
1. Real Art- something that is understandable “what you see is what you get”, objective and representational.
Example: photography, stage play, dance, sculpture, and architecture
2. Abstract Art- non subject matter, non representational that we cannot understand on the part of the listener.
Example: Grey Tree by Piet Mondrian
Elements of Art
I. Color (Hue) - gives meaning, value, intensity and saturation to an object. It has series of wave lengths which
strikes our retina.
Properties of Color
a. Value- lightness, brightness, darkness of color
b. Saturation- degree of quality, purity, and strength such as scarlet and indigo. 2 to 3 colors in things.
Classification of Colors
a. Primary colors- colors that cannot be formed from mixtures because they are pure colors.
Example: red, blue and yellow.
b. Secondary colors- colors form out of combination of two primary colors.
Example:
Blue + Yellow = Green
Red + Blue = Violet
Red + Yellow = Orange
c. Intermediate colors- colors form out of mixing one primary and one secondary.

Example:
Yellow + Green = Yellow green
Red + Violet = Red violet
Red + Orange = Red orange
d. Tertiary colors- form out of combination of two secondary colors.
Example:
Orange + purple = russet
Orange + green = citron
Purple + green = olives
II. Line - one or two dimensional art that indicates direction, orientation, movement, and energy. It is considered as the
oldest, simplest, universal element.
Direction of Line
 a. Vertical line- basic framework of all forms, power & delimination, strength, stability, simplicity, and
efficiency.
b. Horizontal line- creates an impression of serenity and perfect stability. Rest, calmness, peace, and
reposed.
c. Diagonal line- it shows movement and instability. Portrays movement action.
d. Jog line- it shows violence, zigzag, confusion, and conflict.
e. Curve line- it shows a gradual change of direction and fluidity. It signifies subtle form.
III. Medium - it denotes the means of artists to express his ideas, it pertains to materials used to express feelings
through art.
IV. Rhythm- pattern, arrangement of lines, color, synchronization or connection of path that suggest gracefulness.
V. Style- the typical expressing and training of artist and outlook in life.
VI. Structure- surface and quality of object either real or made to be appeared real. It gives variety and beauty on art.
VII. Shape - the enclosed space defined by other elements of art. shapes may take on the appearance of two-d or three-
objects.
Principles of Art
• Emphasis – the composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of
the body of the work.
• Balance – it is a sense of stability in the body of work. It can be created by repeating same shapes and by
creating a feeling of equal weight.
• Harmony – achieved in a body of work by using similar elements throughout the work, harmony gives an
uncomplicated look to your work.
• Variety – refers to the differences in the work, you can
achieve variety by using difference shapes, textures, colors
and values in your work.
• Movement – adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewers eye throughout the
picture plane.
• Rhythm – a type of movement in drawing and painting. It is seen in repeating of shapes and colors. Alternating
lights and darks also give a sense of rhythm.
• Proportion or scale – refers to the relationships of the size of objects in a body of work. Proportions give a sense
of size seen as a relationship of objects. such as smallness or largeness.
• Unity – is seen in a painting or drawing when all the parts
equal a whole. Your work should not appear disjointed or confusing.

Kinds of Subjects

Landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes these are artworks that show the physical environment.

Still Life groups of inanimate objects arranged in an indoor setting such as objects as dishes of food on a dining table,
pots and pans on a kitchen table, etc...

Animals the earliest known paintings are representations of animals.

Portrait is a realistic likeness of a person in sculpture, painting, drawing, or print.

Figures is the traditional chief subject of artists showing the human body, nude or clothed.

Everyday Life this is the artists observation of people going about their usual ways, performing their usual tasks.

History and Legend shows a significant scene in the past; legend pictures the mysteries behind the folk stories.

Religion and Mythology arts are used to instruct, to inspire feelings of devotion and to convert non-believers; many
artists have been inspired by the beauty and magic of mythological characters.

Dreams and Fantasies a dream may be of lifelike situation; it may be realistically represented, but if the figure suggests
the strange, and the absurd, we would right away classify it a dream picture.