ART APPRECIATION

TOPIC: WHAT IS ART?

INTRODUCTION

ART APPRECIATION – IT IS THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISUAL

ARTS, INCLUDING PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, AND OTHER FORMS
EXPRESSION.

WHY STUDY THE HUMANITIES? - A HUMANISTIC EDUCATION WILL HELP YOU

UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE, AND PRODUCE ART, MUSIC, THEATRE, AND
LITERATURE.

ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS

ART IS UNIVERSAL - BECAUSE IN GENERAL IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE

YOU SPEAK OR WHAT NATIONALITY YOU BELONG TO, YOU CAN STILL APPRECIATE
ART.

ART IS NOT NATURE - ART IS MAN-MADE CONSTRUCT. MOREOVER, “ART IS NOT

NATURE” MEANS THAT IT IS NOT A NATURAL OCCURRENCE. HOWEVER, MAN HAS
TAUGHT HIMSELF TO FIND ART IN NATURE.

ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE- JOHN DEWEY EXPLAINS THAT ART IS A DYNAMIC

HUMAN EXPERIENCE THAT INVOLVES BOTH THE ARTIST AND THE AUDIENCE.
WHEN THE AUDIENCE ENCOUNTERS ART, THEY ARE CONNECTING WITH THE
ARTIST'S EXPERIENCES AND TRANSFORMING THE MEANING OF THE ART WITH
THEIR OWN AND HE CLAIMS THAT ART IS THUS A POWERFUL FORM OF
COMMUNICATION AND EXPRESSION.

GROUP 1 - BS CRIMINOLOGY 1G6

BERSAMINA, ALLEN U.
AVILA, REA MAE
AYON, JUSTINE M.