ART APPRECIATION

GENERAL EDUC. 6
6:30-7:30 (MWF)
Chapter 1

Introduction to
Art Appreciation
Lesson 2
Lesson 1
Art Appreciation: Creativity,
Imagination & Expression
Art Appreciation: Creativity, Imagination & Expression

Objectives:
1.Differentiate art
from nature.
2.Characterize artistic
expression based on personal
experiences with art;
Art Appreciation: Creativity, Imagination & Expression

Objectives:
3. Discuss the nature of art’s
preliminary expressions; and

4. Categorize works of
art by citing personal
experiences.
Art Appreciation As
A Way Of Life
 Art
Appreciation As
A Way Of Life

Described the role of

art as a creative
work that depicts the
world in a
completely different
light and
perspective, and the
source is due to
human freedom.
Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
 Art
Appreciation As
A Way Of Life

Each artwork
beholds beauty of
Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503–19
its own kind, the
kind that the
artist sees and
want the viewers
to perceive.

Gerhard Richter - ABSTRAKTE BILDER SERIES

 Art
Appreciation As
A Way Of Life

In cultivating an
appreciation of
art, one should
also exercise and
develop his things
that are fine and
beautiful.
The Role of Creativity
in Art Making
The Role of Creativity
in Art Making
 The Role of
Creativity in Art
Making

Creativity requires
thinking outside the
box. It is often used
to resolve problems
that have never
occurred before,
conflate function
and style, and simply
make life a more
unique and
enjoyable
experience.
 The Role of
Creativity in Art
Making

“CREATIVITY IS
WHAT SETS
APART ONE
ARTWORK
FROM
ANOTHER”
2011

1951
 Art as a product of
Imagination, Imagination as
a product of Art
 “IMAGINATION is
more important
than KNOWLEDGE”
“KNOWLEDGE is limited
to all we know and
understand, while
IMAGNATION embraces
the entire world, all
there ever will be to
know and understand”
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Imagination is not
constrained by
the walls of the
norm, but goes
beyond that.
People rely on
curiosity and
imagination for
Advancement.
Imagination
produces
Art, Art
also
inspires
imagination
Cave Drawings

Burial Jars
Art as Expression
The Scream” by Edvard Munch,1893
“The Scream”
was a picture
he painted to
The Scream” by Edvard Munch,1893
represent his
soul He chose to use an unrealistic style to paint
and expression his emotions, rather than focus
on realism and perfectionism in his art.
The Scream” by Edvard Munch,1893
 ▪ Best known in
his work in Aesthetics
▪ In his book The
Principles of Art
(1938)
▪ An artist does into
an emotion is not
to persuade it, but
ROBIN GEORGE COLLINGWOOD
English Philosopher express it.
▪ Through Expression, he is able to explore
his own emotions and at the same time
create something beautiful out of them.
There are countless ways of expressing
oneself through art
▪ VISUAL ARTS
▪ FILMS
▪ PERFORMANCE ART
▪ POETRY PERFORMANCE
▪ ARCHITECTURE
▪ DANCE
▪ LITERARY ART
▪ THEATER
Let’s Wrap it up
Let’s Wrap it up
• Humanities and Art have always been a
part of man’s Growth and civilization
• Three assumptions of Art.

❑Art are its universality

❑Art is not being nature
❑Without Experience.. No Art
• ART APPRECIATION: Creativity,
Imagination & Expression
Self Reflection Activity:
1. If you were an artist, what
kind of artist would you be?
2. Why is ART not Nature?
3. Why is ART ageless & timeless?
4. Why does ART involves experience?
5. Why does Art considered as product of
man’s creativity, imagination
and expression ?