2/28/2024

What is Art?

• The word ART comes

from the ancient Latin,
ars which means a “craft
or specialized form of
skill, like carpentry or
smithying or surgery”
Art Appreciation (Collingwood,1938).
Lesson 1: Introduction and Assumptions

Introduction and
What is Art?
Assumptions of Art

Lesson Objectives: • Ars in Medieval Latin came to mean

something different. It meant “any special
a) Define and identify form of book- learning, such as grammar or
assumptions and nature of logic, magic or astrology”
arts • (Collingwood, 1983).
b) Give the significance of • The fine arts would come to mean “not
delicate or highly skilled arts, but
assumptions and nature of “beautiful arts” (Collingwood, 1983).
arts in real life situation.

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What is Art? What is Art?

• Art is something that is • “The humanities constitute one of the

perennially around us. oldest and most important means
ofexpression developed by man”
• Some people may deny (Dudley et al., 1960). Human history
having to do with arts but it has witnessed how man evolved not
is indisputable that life just physically but also culturally, from
presents us with many cave painters to men of exquisite
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for communion with the

arts.

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Assumptions of Art Assumptions of Art

• Art Is Universal • Art Is Not Nature

• Timeless, spanning generations and • Art, not directed by representation of
continents through and through. reality, is a perception of reality.
• In the Philippines, it is not entirely novel
• Misconception: Artistic made long time to hear some consumers of local movies
ago. remark that these movies produced
• Age is not a factor in determining art. locally are unrealistic. They contend
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• Literature has provided key words of art. formula to the detriment of substance
and faithfulness to reality of movies.

Assumptions of Art Assumptions of Art

• lliad and the Odyssey are the two Greek Epics that one’s being •  Paul Cezanne, a
taught in school. french painted a
• The Sanskrit pieces Mahabharata and Ramanaya are also staples in scene from reality
this fields. entitled Well and
• In every country and in every generation, there is always art. Grinding Wheel in
Often times, people feel that what is considered artistic are only the Forest of the
those which have been made long time ago. This is a Chateau Noir
misconception. Age is not a factor in determining art. “An art is
not good because it is old, but old because it is good” (Dudley et
al., 1960)

Assumptions of Art Assumptions of Art

• In the Philippines, the works of Jose Rizal and Francisco Balagtas are not being • Art Involves Experience
• read because they are old.
It does not full detail but just an experience. Actual doing of
• Florante at Laura never fails to teach high school students the beauty of love, something. Getting this far without a satisfactory definition of
• one that is universal and pure. art can be quite weird for some.
• Ibong Adarna, another Filipino masterpiece, has always captured the For most people, art does not require a full definition. Art is
imagination just experience. By experience, we mean the “actual doing of
• of the young with its timeless lessons. something” (Dudley et al., 1960) and it
• When we recite the Psalms, we feel in communion with King David as we feel also affirmed that art depends on experience, and if one is to
• one with him in his conversation with God. know art, he must know it not as fact or information but as an
experience.
• When we listen to a Kundiman or perform folk dances, we still enjoy the way
our Filipino ancestors while away their time in the past.

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Assumptions of Art Activity:

• Art Involves Experience • Form into groups of 4

*A work of an art then cannot be abstracted from actual
doing. In order to know
what an artwork, we have to sense it, see and hear it.
*An important aspect of experiencing art is its being
highly personal, individual,
and subjective. In philosophical terms, perception of art
is always a value
judgment. It depends on who the perceive is, his tastes,
his biases, and what he
has inside.
• Brainstorm some ideas about creating a group logo
• Logo must be done within the time frame provided
• Logo must be explained by every group by answering the following
questions:
• A. what is it about?
• B. What is it for?
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• C. What is it’s style?

Activity:
Words to know in the lesson

• Subconscious- of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully • Form into groups of 4
aware but which influences one's actions and feelings. • Brainstorm some ideas about creating a group logo
• "my subconscious fear
• Logo must be done within the time frame provided
• Empathize- is to understand or relate to someone else's emotional experience. • Logo must be explained by every group by answering the following
Empathize is often used interchangeably with sympathize, but you'll get no empathy (or
sympathy) from usage experts if you confuse the two. questions:
• A. what is it about?
• Nostalgia- a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a
period or place with happy personal associations. • B. What is it for?
• C. What is it’s style?

Words to know in the lesson

• Sculptures- the art of making two- or three-dimensional

representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or
wood or by casting metal or plaster. "the boundary between
painting and sculpture is displaced"
• Idyllic- suitable for or suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple
or rustic: his idyllic life in Tahiti. of, relating to, or characteristic
of an idyll.