ART APPRECIATION

Soulmaking, Improvisation and Appropriation

CHAPTER
Lesson 1
5

SOULMAKING
(ART MAKING)
 Soulmaking
Making and Deriving Meaning from Art
WORDS:
• semantics and grammatical rules
• context and symbolisms

ARTS:
• visual elements
• principles of design
• art styles
• subject matter
• totality of the artwork
Soul-Making:
Making and Deriving Meaning from Art

• In order for the human to make sense of language and derive

meanings from words, semantic, and grammatical rules are important
elements to be considered.
• In order to people to make sense of the work, it require understanding
the visual elements where art was the grounded on, especially the
principle of design.
• Important to note the audience of the said artwork must have a
certain level of awareness to the style, artwork, form, and the content
of the said work.
Soul-Making:
Making and Deriving Meaning from Art

• Form is the totally of the artwork, which includes the textures,

colors, and shapes utilized by the artist.

• The content of an artwork includes not only form but also its
subject matter and its underlying meanings or themes.
 IMPROVISATION
• Can be defined as doing
something without prior
preparation.
• There is a decision to act upon
something that may not
necessarily be planned.
 IMPROVISATION
• The unexpectedness of the
changes brought about by
improvisation makes the artwork
to have a distinctive quality that
creates its individuality and
identity.

• Their reliance on chances may

not necessarily produce their
expected outcome.
Improvisation
• Some would say that it is a reaction against the stiffness in
the arts during the twentieth century, because it blurs the
line of reality and that origin of that imagination.

• Infusing spontaneity and improvisation adds up to the

totality of the work of art.

• It allows the artist to explore and think about how the

audience can actually be a part of the work in itself.
 Georges Mathieu
• He started the “action
painting” wherein the
process is seen real-time.
• In scenario, the process is
more important than the
finished product.
 Appropriation
• Appropriation of art has
been a common practice
throughout history.
• An apprentice painter
needs to hone his skills in
his craft, he would be
allowed to use his master’s
work to copy.
Appropriation
• The practice of using pre-existing objects and images in an
artwork without really altering the originals.

• This notion paved the way for the mergence of appropriation

artist who seem to promote the idea that the authorship relies
on the viewer.
 Appropriation
• However, there are
some people who go to
the extreme by
believing that copying
the exact artwork of an
artist and attributing it
to his own.
• This could pose a
problem especially with
authorship.
• voices and perspectives
of the original artists
get lost with that of the
appropriation artist.
Example: Forgery
• Traditionally, forgery can be classified into 2 forms: outright
copies of existing works and pastiches, which are works that bring
together elements from a work and infusing them to a new work.

• The intentions of the appropriation artist are often questioned

since issues of plagiarism or forgery sometimes arise, because
some would argue that the reason behind this is that they want
the audience to recognize the images they copied.
 Acts of Cultural Appropriation
• Practice of creating new work by taking a pre-existing
image from another source.
• Claimed to be a violation of the collective intellectual
property rights of the original.
• It robs the minority culture the credit they deserve.
 OBJECT APPROPRIATION
• Transfer of objects from one culture to another
 CONTENT APPROPRIATION
• Involves
reproduction of non-
tangible artworks
like stories, music
and dramatic
composition.
 STYLISTIC APPROPRIATION
• Not on works but more on styles
 MOTIF APPROPRIATION
• Related to stylistic appropriation
• Appropriation of basic ideas
 SUBJECT APPROPRIATION
• Someone from one culture represents members or
aspects of another culture.
Appreciation vs. Appropriation
Appreciation vs. Appropriation
Appreciation vs. Appropriation
Appreciation vs. Appropriation
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