ART APPRECIATION

ART IS UNIVERSAL
-Art is the universal that it speaks to all people and is able to evoke emotions,
ideas and thoughts.

-Art needs no words and the meaning of a work of art is up for interpretation by
the viewer.
Example:
1. Corridor in the Asylum
By Vincent Van Gogh, 1889
This particular image, showing a long, receding corridor, captures
the loneliness and disarray of life in a mental institution at the end of the
19th century.

2. The Thinker
Auguste Rodin,1880
-The sculpture is often used to represent philosophy.
- Artistically, it has been analyzed as a person with an athletic body that
is twisted and curled in tension.
-For artists, it represents an internal struggle with something that is
intellectually tough.
-The open left hand is meant to grasp whatever reality his vision brings
and he is ready to act on it.
ART IS CULTURAL
Cultural arts occur whenever creative people decide to artistically enhance what
is around them.
Example:

1. SCARRIFICATION
-The Aetas intentionally wound the skin on their back, arms, breast, legs,
hands, calves and abdomen, and then they irritate the wounds with fire,
lime and other means to form scars.
-Other “decorative disfigurements” include the chipping of the teeth. With
the use of a file, the Dumagat modify their teeth during late puberty. The
teeth are dyed black a few years afterwards.

2. Bharatanatyam
-Originally a temple dance for women, bharatanatyam often is used to
express Hindu religious stories and devotions.
 3. Masskara Festival

-Annual festival in Bacolod City with highlights every fourth Sunday of

October with street dancers in colorful costumes , masks and
headdresses.

ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

-Art involves both the artist and the active observer who encounter each
other, their mental environments, and their culture at large.
-That is, art is not just a recording of human experience, but it is an
involvement of human experience.

Example:
1. Hacksaw Ridge
-The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the
Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII
on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers
for his pacifist stance but went on to earn respect and adoration for his
bravery, selflessness and compassion after he risked his life -- without
firing a shot -- to save 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa.
2. Spoliarum
-The painting features a glimpse of Roman history centered on the bloody
carnage brought by gladiatorial matches. Spoliarium is a Latin word
referring to the basement of the Roman Colosseum where the fallen and
dying gladiators are dumped and devoid of their worldly possessions.
3. “What Were You Wearing?”
-features 18 stories of sexual violence and representations of what each
victim was wearing at the time of their assault. The outfits include a bikini,
a young boy’s yellow collared shirt, a sexy red dress and a T-shirt and
jeans.

4. Last Supper With The Street Children

By Joey Velasco
-The 12 children in the painting are real people the painter, Joey
Velasco, discovered in poor areas of Metro Manila and Quezon City.
-After treating them to meals, Velasco took their pictures and retreated to
his room to start working on the painting.