WHAT IS ART?

Introduction, Assumptions,
and Art Appreciation
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 OBJECTIVES
1. To understand the meaning
and importance of arts.
2. To clarify misconception about
arts.
3. To characterize the
assumptions of arts.

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 ORIGIN AND
MEANING OF
HUMANITIES

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 WHAT IS HUMANITIES?
Studia humanitatis
Culture, refinement, education

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 WHAT IS
ART?

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 WHAT IS ART?

It is subjective in the sense

that people differ in their
perception of an object or
thing.

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 Art is derived from the Latin
word “ars,” meaning ability or
skill – J.V. Estolas

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 Art is taken from the Italian word
“artis,” which means
craftsmanship, skill, mastery of
form, inventiveness, and the
associations that exists between
form and ideas, between
material and technique. – A. Tan

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 Art is a product of man’s
need to express himself
– F. Zulueta

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 Art is concerned itself with
the communication of certain
ideas and feelings by means
of sensuous medium, color,
sound, bronze, marble, words
and film – C. Sanchez

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 Art is concerned itself with the
communication of certain ideas
and feelings by means of
sensuous medium, color,
sound, bronze, marble, words
and film – C. Sanchez

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 Art is never finished,
only abandoned –
Leonardo da Vinci

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 Art is not what you
see but what you
make others see –
George O’Keeffe

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 THE FOUR (4)
COMMON
ESSENTIALS
DEFINITIONS OF
ART

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 Art is man-made,
not God-made

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 Art is creative, not
imitative

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 Art benefits and satisfies
man – when he uses art in
practical life through
artistic principles, taste,
and skill

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 Art is expressed through
a certain medium or
material by which the
artist communicates
himself to his fellows.

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 IMPORTANCE
OF ART

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 Art highlights and
heightens the importance
of certain events in order
to keep them memorable
and pleasurable.

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 Art enables us to value
and appreciate beautiful
things as a consequences
of our encounter with arts.

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 Art may influenced us to
change our ways and
behavior as a result of the
aesthetic experience we
derived from the arts.

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 Arts are valuable sources
of inspirations and
aesthetic delightful
experience through the
artist works of art.

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 ART
APPRECIATION

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 ART APPRECIATION
the ability to interpret and
understand man-made arts
and enjoy them through
actual work experience with
art tools and materials.

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 ART APPRECIATION
the possession of the works
of art for one’s admiration
and satisfaction.

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 ART APPRECIATION
refers to the knowledge and
understanding of the
general and everlasting
qualities that classify all
great arts.

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 ART APPRECIATION
is the introduction and
exploration of visual and
performing art forms.

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 ART APPRECIATION
the analysis of the form of
an art work to general
audience to enhance their
enjoyment and satisfaction
of the works of art.

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 ASSUMPTIONS
OF ARTS

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 UNIVERSAL

CULTURAL

NOT NATURE
EXPRESSION
OF THE MIND
FORM OF
CREATIVITY INVOLVES
EXPERIENCE
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 Thank you and
God bless!

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The Functions and
Philosophy of Art
Objectives:
Describe the functions and
philosophy of art

Clarify misconceptions of
art
The Functions of
Art
• Satisfies a particular needs
• Architecture
• Music and Dance
• Paintings and sculpture
• Metal works
• Specific
The seven (7) functions of art
are:

Aesthetic Utilitarian Cultural Social

Function Function Function Functio
n
The seven (7) functions of art
are:

Political Educational Spiritual

Function Function Function
Philosophy of Art
• Nature of arts
• concepts
• interpretation
• representation
• Expression
• form
The five (5) philosophical perspectives of
art are:
Art as Art as Art for Art’s
Mimesis Representation Sake
Imitation or Beauty of
Signs and
copying sublime
symbols
Taste
The five (5) philosophical perspectives of
art are:
Art as an Escape Art as Functional
Mental escape Creativity
Emotional outburst Beauty
Usefulness
Thank you and
God bless you!
 Subject and
Content of Arts
 Differentiate content from
subject;

Objectives:
Classify artworks according
to subject;
Analyze how artists present their
subject in relation to the real
subject; and
Characterize sources and
kinds or art.
What is
Subject It refers to any person, object,
scene or event described or

of Art?
presented in a work of art.
Types of • Representational or Objective
Arts

Subjects • Non-Representational or Non-

Objective Arts
Kinds of Subject:

Landscapes, Still lifes Animals

seascapes, and
cityscapes
Kinds of Subject:

Portraits Figures Everyday life

Kinds of Subject:

History and legend Religion and Dreams and fantasies

mythology
Sources of Subjects:

Artwork Autobiographies Film of the artist

Sources of Subjects:

Interviews Diaries Speeches

Sources of Subjects:

Letters Photographs Documents

Sources of Subjects:

Nature History Mythology

Sources of Subjects:
Where to find?

Archives Exhibits
Catalogues
Sources of Subjects:
Where to find?

Sketchbooks Art Galleries Art Museums

It refers to what the artist
expresses or communicates
Content
in the whole in his work
in Arts
 Content Factual

in art Conventional

may be Subjective

classified
 Thank you
and God bless
you!
 ELEMENTS
IN
VISUAL ARTS
Prepared by: Mr. Aljhun I. Silvestre
OBJECTIVES:
a.) Analyze the various elements present in
visual, auditory, and combined arts

b.) determine dominant elements used

in hybrid or modified art expressions

c.) determine the factors influencing artist

such as distortions, transformations,
appropriation in an experimental or hybrid art
expression.
 ELEMENTS IN VISUAL ARTS

LINE COLOR TEXTURE

represents figures most aesthetic appeal is an element that
and forms property of light deals more directly
with sense of touch
PERSPECTIVE
effect of distance
upon the appearance
of objects.

SPACE
for great importance

FORMS
describes the
structure or a shape
of an object.
 VOLUME LIGHT SHADOW
representation of reflected within the dark (real image) area
mass in an art work composition where light from a light
or a sculpture. source is blocked by an
opaque object
LINE
• an important element at the
disposal of every artists

• represents figures and forms

• always have direction

Horizontal line
Crooked or
Vertical line jagged lines

Diagonal line
Curved lines
 THREE-DIMENSIONS OF COLOR

HUE VALUE INTENSITY

gives color its quality which depends It gives color
name. on the amount of light strength.
and dark in color
HUE
 VALUE

• Chiaroscuro
• to the lightness or darkness of a
color
• it is a quality which depends on
the amount of light and dark in
color.
• They give the expression of depth
and solidity and lend form to
paintings.
INTENSITY
• another dimension of color
• refers to its brightness or
darkness
• It gives color strength.
• full intensity
• Two-thirds intensity
• Neutral
COLOR HARMONIES
• Related Color Harmonies
• Monochromic or adjacent
• made up of several tones
of one hue

• Contrasted Color Harmonies

• complementary colors
• contrast which each other
strongly
TEXTURE

• deals more directly with

sense of touch.

• characteristics of surfaces
which can be rough or
smooth, fine, or coarse,
shiny or dull, plain or
irregular
 PERSPECTIVE
• deals with the effect of • enables us to perceive
distance upon the distance and to see the
appearance of objects position of objects in space
SPACE

• space is for great

importance
• represents space only on a
two-dimensional surface
• Sculpture involves very
little space relationship or
perception of space
FORMS
• applies to the overall
design of a work of art

• describes the structure

or a shape of an object.

• directs the movements

of the eyes.