ART APPRECIATION
Social – art is used for public display and celebration; it is used to
ART – means skill as a result of learning or practice, from the Latin word ars,
meaning ability or practical skills.
- Is a human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stirs
us.
Four Common Essentials of Art:
1. Art has to be man-made.
2. Art must be creative, not initiative.
3. Art must benefit and satisfy man.
4. Art is expressed through a certain medium or material by which the
artist communicates himself to his audiences.
Assumptions of Art:
There are principles and bases of appreciating a work of art since it is in art
that man can communicate one’s individuality and way of life.
 Art is universal – art is everywhere, it has no limit, and it rises above
cultures, races and civilization.
 Art is timeless – it goes beyond the time of our own existence.
 Art is not nature – art is man-made, it is a creation of man utilizing
his thoughtful skill and artistry which undergoes process and
planning. Art is artificial because it is just an imitation or even an
appropriation of reality and nature. It is a representation of ideas,
thoughts, and feelings that are communicated in creative and
artistic ways. Art can never be natural because ii is momentary in
the constant transformation of change; it is not change by itself
unless manipulated by its creator, which is man. “Art that is created
by God is divine, and art that is created by man is superficial or
temporary”
 Art involves experience – art is a depiction of our experiences. It
demands taking part. Every art does something with some physical
material, the body or something outside the body, thus, the only
way to find conviction and assertion is through immersion in the
arts.
Functions of Art:
1. Personal – it is being used to provide comfort, happiness, and
convenience to human beings. The artist tries to express his
personal feelings through the artwork.
2.
affect collective behavior. It bridges connection among people. Art
conveys sense of family, community or civilization
3. Cultural Function – art helps preserve, share, and transmit culture
of people from one generation to another.
4. Aesthetic Function – Aesthetic is when there is the real feeling of
appreciation to nature’s beauty and manifested through
appreciation and enjoyment when in contact with the artwork.
5. Spiritual Function – an artist may create a work of art to reinforce
the religious or spiritual support of a culture.
Basic Philosophical Perspectives of Art:
1. Art as mimesis (Plato) - according to him, art is an imitation of the
real that was an imitation of the ideal. An imitation of an imitation.
2. Art as representation (Aristotle) – according to him, the aim of art is
not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward
significance.
3. Art for art’s sake (Kant) – that art has its own reason for being.
4. Art as an escape – The ceremony of doing or creating art touches
the deepest realms of the mind and the sacred dimension of the
artistic creative process.
5. Art is functional – it serves a function, it’s meant to be used, to
enrich lives to be spiritually potent, to educate, to support or
protest existing power structures, to entertain and so on.
Categories/Classifications of Art:
1. Visual Arts
a. Painting –it sis the application of pigmented (color) on any flat
two – dimensional surfaces.
b. Sculpture – the carving, modelling, constructing and assembling
of materials and objects into primarily three-dimensional work
of art.
c. Architecture – it is the art and science of planning, designing,
and constructing buildings and non building structures fro
human shelter or use.
2. Performing / Combined Arts
a. Music – is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is
sound organized in time.
b. Dance – is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way.
c. Film – also called movie or motion picture, is a series of still
images that when shown on a screen creates an illusion of
moving images.
d. Theater – is a collaborative form of art