Art Appreciation

What is Art?
• Art comes from the Latin word
“ars” which means a “craft or
specialized form of skill, like
carpentry or smithying or surgery”
(Collingwood 1938, 5)
 What is Art?
• Art suggests the capacity to
produce an intended result
from carefully planned steps or
method.
 What is Art?

• Ars in medieval Latin – “any

special form of book-learning
such as grammar or logic,
magic or astrology.”
• Renaissace – ars means craft
 What is Art?
• 17th century – the problem and
idea of aesthetics, the study of
beauty, was distinguished from
technical workmanship – the
original concept of art.
 What is Art?
• 18th Century – distinction
between fine arts and useful
arts
• Fine arts – beautiful arts
• Useful arts –delicate or highly
skilled arts
 Assumptions of Art
1. Art is universal.
–Timeless and universal, spanning
generations and continents through
and through
 Assumptions of Art
• First Assumption:
• art has been crafted by all people
regardless of origin, time, and
place, and that it stayed on
because it is liked and enjoyed by
people continuously.
 Assumptions of Art
2. Art is not nature.
• Art is man’s expression of his
reception of nature.
• Art is man’s way of interpreting
nature.
• Art is made by man whereas
nature is given around us.
 Assumptions of Art
3. Art involves experience.
• Art is just experience – actual doing
of something
• Art cannot be abstracted from actual
doing.
• To know what an art is, we have to
sense it, see or hear it, see AND hear
it.
 Assumptions of Art

• Every experience with are is

accompanied by some
reaction.
• With experience comes
emotions and feelings.
 GROUP ACTIVITY
• Choose one artwork from the following
category:
• Movie
• Novel
• Poem
• Music
• An architectural structure
• A piece of clothing
 GROUP ACTIVITY
• Criticize it using the following
guidelines:
1. What is it about? What is it for?
2. What is it made of?
3. What is its style?
4. How good is it?
 ART APPRECIATION:
CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION
AND EXPRESSION
 Art Appreciation
• People are blind to the beauty of
art
• Only those who developed a fine
sense of appreciation can
experience and see the art the
same way the artist did.
 Art Appreciation
• To appreciate art, one should
exercise and develop taste for things
that are fine and beautiful.
• Learning to appreciate art, no matter
what vocation or profession you have,
will lead to a fuller and more
meaningful life.
 Creativity in Art Making
• Creativity sets one artwork from
another
• Something is done creatively
when we have not yet seen
anything like it or when it is out of
the ordinary
 Art as Product of Imagination,
Imagination as a Product of Art
• An artwork does not need to be a
real thing, but can be something
that is imaginary (Collingwoor
1938, 130)
• Artists use their imagination that
gives birth to reality through
creation.
 Art as Product of Imagination,
Imagination as a Product of Art
• Art also inspires imagination.
• People want to surround
themselves with beatiful things
that inspire them to produce more
art.
 Art as Expression
• An emotion will remain unknown
to a man until he expresses them.
• Through expression he is able to
explore his won emotions and at
the time create something
beautiful out of it.
 Art as Expression
• Collingwood (1938) illustrated that
expressing emotions is different
from describing them.
• People’s art is not a reflection of
what is outside or external to
them, but a reflection of their
inner selves.
Some ways of expressing oneself
through art:
• Visual Arts
– Those that appeal to the sense of sight
– Mainly visual in nature
– Mediums:
• Paintings, drawings, letterings,
printing, sculptures, digital imaging,
and more.
Visual Arts
Painting
Visual Arts
Drawing
Visual Arts
Sculpture
Visual Arts
Sculpture
 Film
• Refers to the art of putting
together successions of still
images in order to create an
illusion of movement.
• Filmmaking focuses on its
aesthetic, cultural, and social
value, both as an art and industry
 Film
• Techniques in filmmaking
• Motion-picture camera
–movie camera
–animation techniques
–computer-generated imagery
 Film
• Filmmaking stimulates
experiences or creates one that is
beyond the scope of imagination
• It aims to deliver ideas, feelings,
ought to its viewers
 Film
• Elements of filmmaking:
–Lighting
–Musical score
–Visual effects
–Direction and others
 Performance Art
• Is live art and the artist’s medium
is mainly the human body which
he/she uses to perform
• Also employs other kinds of art
such as visual art, props, or
sound.
 Film
• Elements:
– Time – where the performance took
place
– Performer’s or performer’s body
– Relationship between the audience and
the performer/s
• Is intangible – cannot be bought or traded
as a commodity
 Poetry Performance
• Poetry is an art form where the artist
expresses his emotions not by using paint
charcoal, or camera, but expresses them
through words.
• It uses a word’s emotional, musical, and
spatial values that goes beyond its literal
meaning to narrate, emphasize, argue, or
convince.
 Poetry Performance
• Poetry uses a word’s emotional,
musical, and spatial values that goes
beyond its literal meaning to narrate,
emphasize, argue or convince.
• These words combined with
movements, tone, volume, and
intensity of the delivery add to the
artistic value of the poem.
 Architecture
• The making of beautiful buildings
• Not all buildings can be
considered architecture.
• 3 elements: plan, construction,
and design
Architecture
 Dance
• Is a series of movements that
follows the rhythm of the music
accompaniment.
• Creative form which allows
people to freely express
themselves.
 Literary Art

• Use words – not paint, musical

instruments, chisels- to
express themselves and
communicate emotions to the
readers.
 Literary Art
• Focuses on writing using a unique
style, not following a specific
format or norm
• Includes both fiction and non-
fiction
 Theatre
• Uses live performers to present
accounts or imaginary events
before a live audience
• Performances usually follow a
script but should not be confused
with literary arts
 Theatre
• Elements:
– acting
– gesture
– Lighting
– Sound effects
– Musical score
– Scenery
– props
 Theatre
• Participation of the viewer is an
important element in theatre arts
• Genres:
–Drama, musical, tragedy,
comedy and improvisation
 Applied Arts
• Is incorporating elements of style and
design to everyday items with the aim of
increasing their aesthetical value
• Examples:
– Industrial design, interior design, fashion, and
graphic design
• Combination of functionality and style