Lesson 2:

Art Appreciation:
Creativity, Imagination,
and Expression
LESSON OUTCOME

By the end of this lesson, the student should be able to:

1. Differentiate art from nature;
2. Characterize artistic expression based on personal experiences
with art;
3. Discuss the nature of art’s preliminary expression; and
4. Categorize works of art by citing personal experiences.
To recall on Creativity and
Imagination, what is the
meaning of it?

What is Expression?
LESSON PROPER

Art Appreciation as a Way of Life:

• 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 as cited in
Greene, 1995)
Art Appreciation as a Way of Life:
Hence, refining one’s ability to appreciate art
allows him to deeply understand the purpose
of an artwork and recognize the beauty it
possesses (Collins & Riley, 1931).
 The Role of Creativity in Art Making:

• In art, creativity is what sets apart one artwork

from another.
• An artist embraces originality, puts his own
flavor into his work, and calls it his own
creative piece.
Art as a Product of Imagination, Imagination
as a Product of Art:
• Imagination is not constrained by the walls of the norm, but goes
beyond that.
• An artwork does not need to be a real thing, but can be
something that is imaginary (Collingwood, 1938).
• Artists use their imagination that gives birth to reality through
creation.
• In the same way that imagination produces art, art also inspires
imagination.
Art as Expression:
• Robin George Collingwood, an English philosopher who is best
known for his work in aesthetics, explicated in his publication The
Principles of Art (1938) that what an artist does to an emotion is not
to induce it, but express it.
• Some forms of art expression include visual arts, lm, performance
art, poetry performance, architecture, dance, literary arts, theater
arts, and applied arts.
LESSON SUMMARY

• Art is a product of a man’s creativity, imagination, and expression.

• Refining one’s ability to appreciate art allows him to deeply understand the purpose
of an artwork and recognize the beauty it possesses.
• Creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another. A creative artist does not
simply copy or imitate another artist’s work.
• While through imagination, an artist is able to craft something bold, something new,
and something better in the hopes of creating something that will stimulate change
• Through expression, an artist is able to explore his own emotions while at the same
time, create something beautiful out of it.
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