Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct.

7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 2.1

“ART AND ILLUSION”

He, in fact, takes substitution as more important than imitation. He talks about the synesthesia i.e. the relation
between sound and sight. Regarding literary criticism, Gombrich discusses two error frequently made by
critics. The assumption that a “representation” is a copy of “external form” of an object rather than a
substitution of some sort. The assumption that a representation copies a “motif in the artists’ inner world.”
Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 2.2

“ART AND PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD”

Dr. Allan Orate, the writer of this states that we have out own ways to see a painting. For
example, someone showed me a painting, and in my eyes it looks like a dog under the tree, but
for others it's not. And for the painter, he has his own interpretation of his artwork. The nature,
evolution and appreciation of representational art can therefore be understood in the context of
an artists' vision of the world.
Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 3.1

“INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS”

The art today is greatly influenced by the theories and perception of the past Philosophers, what
we call art today is actually according to the 18thand 19thcenturytradition of aesthetic. Aesthetic
as the study of art and beauty are being defined and illustrate by many Philosophers during the
modern period somehow at the end of 17thcentury ti middle of20th. The story begins with
Hobbe’s claim which suggests that human perception itself centered. Though it was opposed by
many, since disinterested actions is basically associated with aesthetics. As what Earl of
Shaftesbury once said, “we can love things for themselves, it merely depends on our sense of
taste, feeling and kind of inner sensation.
Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 3.2

“AESTHETIC DIMENSION”

In Jocano`s introduction he said that the study of the Filipinos Worldview has not received full attention yet.
He stressed the need to go beyond the concept of Worldview as arts and humanities to the one that focuses on
how Filipinos perceived their surrounding world, what this world means to them and how they respond or
adapt to it. How these concepts and, meanings of the universe affect the Filipino way of life.
Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 3.3

“HORROR VACUI AND THE PINOY INCLINATION FOR FILLING UP EVERY INCH OF
SPACE”

This context explains how horror vacui or “fear of emptiness” became a design principle where
a preference in design and arrangements (organization) tend to favor occupying every available
spaces with objects and elements rather than leaving the space empty. Like in art, we feel like
there`s something wrong if there is an empty part of it.
Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 4.1

“LECTURE NOTES ON AESTHETICS: THEORIES OF ART AND BEAUTY”

There are two ways in considering beauty, absolute and relative. To say a beauty is absolute,
means that something is beautiful by virtue of itself. On the other hand, beauty is relative, when
something is beautiful due to the perception of people. And here are the aesthetic theories:
Idealism, Functionalism, Hedonism, Conventionalism, Psychoanalytic Theory, Formalism.
Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 4.2

“TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF AESTHETICS ISSUES AND IDEAS”

The nature of aesthetic experiences can be approached from many perspectives. Philosophers,
psychologists, and recently neuroscientists have considered the variety of ways art influences our
sensory, emotional and conceptual processes. Four philosophical approaches are considered: 1)
mimetic approach or how successfully an artwork offers a window to the real world, 2)
expressionist approach or how well an artwork expresses feelings and moods, 3) formalist
approach or how well an artwork induces a sense of significant form, and 4) conceptual approach
or how well an artwork conveys intellectual or thought-provoking statements. Psychologists and
neuroscientists have conducted empirical analyses of aesthetic responses to art. These issues are
introduced with a framework for considering our art experience, the I-SKE framework, which
considers the artist’s intention and the way artworks influence the beholder’s sensations,
knowledge, and emotions.
Name: Shanica R. Cariño Date: Oct. 7, 2019

Sched: Saturday 11:30am – 2:00pm Prof: Loida C. Suarez

SYNOPSIS 4.3

“ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE”

Deep inside a cave a group of prisoners are chained to a wall since their childhood. Not only are
their limbs immobilized by the chains but their heads are also chained so that their eyes are fixed
on a wall and can only see the shadows that are projected in front of them. These shadows are
what they believe is the truth. Then one of the prisoners escapes the darkness of the cave into the
light of a new world and realizes that the truth lies beyond his chains. However, when he returns
to the cave to free his peers with his new found truth, the other prisoners refuse to believe him.
Filmmaker Fahmi Farahat uses his unique style to create a visual interpretation of Plato's
masterpiece and perhaps the best known of work, Allegory of the Cave from his book, The
Republic. The DVD includes a special interview with Professor Professor Claiton Kardajan,
Prefesor of Philospy at Long Beach City College that further explores the Allegory of the Cave
and helps us understand the meaning and importance of this great work by Plato.