THE NATURE

OF ART
Prepared By: ROLLY S. AGNO
Prepared to: DR. EPITACIO ABELA
Let’s, imagine, just for a
while, a world without
art!
 What is art?
  Art is something that is
created with imagination
and skill and that is beautiful
or that expresses important
ideas or feelings.
 What is art?
 Art is often considered
the process or product of
deliberately arranging
elements and principles
in a way that appeals to
the senses or emotions.
 What is art?
 It encompasses a diverse range
of human activities, creations and
ways of expression, including
music, literature, film, sculpture
and paintings.

 The meaning of art is explored in

a branch of philosophy known as
aesthetics.
 What is art?
 It is defined as the
representation or replication
of something that is
beautiful or meaningful.
 Why study art?

 Expression
 Social Values
 Human Intelligence
 The Nature of Art
People classify a wide range of
objects as art by general agreement.
Every culture on earth has produced
objects of visual interest, involving
ornamentation, design, picture- making,
and abstraction. Many of these objects
serve no purpose except to feature such
things, and we regard them as art.
 Living with Art
The role of art in human life is to
transform man's widest metaphysical
ideas, by selective reproduction of
reality, into a physical form—a work
of art—that he can comprehend and to
which he can respond emotionally.
 The Functions of Art
1. Personal Function
Artists create arts to express
personal feelings.

2. Social Function
Artists create to reinforce a
shared sense of identity of community
or civilization.
 The Functions of Art
3. Spiritual Function
Artists create arts to express spiritual
beliefs.
4. Physical Function
Artists create functional artworks.
5. Educational Function
Artists create artwork to impart
information.
The Philippine Art
and Society
How do we best understand our
country as Filipinos?

 One way is by looking into

artforms created by
Filipinos, whether famous or
not, or as evidence of the
Filipino soul.
 How do we best understand our
country as Filipinos?
 We can better understand the
relationship of arts and
society in the Philippines by
looking at the various themes
that embody the crucial links
between human creativity and
social factors.
 Art is a part of our culture. It
should be given importance by
the people.

 It is the expression of our

creative ideas and imagination,
and brought about
environment, spiritual aspects,
everyday life, technology and
economy.
 Arts and the Environment
 The varied topography of the
Philippines (mountain,
lowlands and coastal lands)
continue to influence the
forms of arts that Filipinos
created.
 Arts and the Environment
Example:

Bahay Kubo- Vernacular Badjao House – adapted to

architecture adapted to the the area where they are
Philippine climate ( rainy living
and sunny day)
Bahay na Bato -is a type of building
originating during the Philippine’s
Spanish Colonial Period. It is an
updated version of bahay-kubo.
 Torogan - is a
traditional house built by
the Maranao people of
Lanao, Mindanao,
Philippines and a
symbol of high social
status. Such a
residence was once a
home to a sultan or Datu
in the Maranao
community.

 Remarkable in disaster-resilient features

and it is adaptable to extreme situations
like earthquakes.
 Arts and Spirituality
 Society’s belief system which
centered on the concept of gods
and spirits is one of the great
impetus for the creation of art.
 Filipinos successfully integrated
foreign religions like Christianity
into indigenous beliefs making
this assimilation original and
dynamic.
   CHURCHES
 It is a building for
public and
especially in
worship.

Minor basilica  in Batangas City,

Philippines (completed- 1857)
 Pahiyas is the time when people in Lucban, Quezon give
thanks to San Isidro Labrador for a good harvest. 

 Pahiyas means "decor". Every May 15, the fronts pf houses

are are elaborately decorated with brightly colored rice
wafer, called kiping, a type of rice dough made from a
traditional reciipe.
 Arts and Spirituality
 Filipinos have created their own
sense of faith and the art as shown by
the prevalence of many folk religious
practices that lived today.

Pasyon Kandilang Tao

 ANTING-ANTING
 is a Filipino word for "amulet" or "charm".
 also a Filipino system of magic and sorcery
with special use of the above-mentioned
talismans, amulets, and charms.
 Arts and Everyday Life
 The practice of art in the Philippines
is strongly characterized by its
integration into everyday life of the
people.
Examples:

Sorbetero cart Kalesa Jeepneys

 Arts and Everyday Life
 Food as culinary art is the best
example of a people’s creative capacity
 The aesthetic of food is closely
associated with a particular memory
of place
 It also gives meaning to different
places and becomes expression of
cultural identity
 Arts and Everyday Life
Examples:

Filipino Kakanin Pancit Malabon

Lomi in Batangas
 Arts and Technology
 When we use our knowledge to
harness resources toward changing
our social environment, we are
engaging in the use of technology.
 Nowadays, technology-based art is
essentially computer generated and/or
manipulated.
Examples of Technology-based Arts
 Arts and Economy
 Arts play a vital role in some
significant parts of industry and into
economic activities of human beings.
Examples:
• Engineering
• Entertainment
• Businesses
 Arts and Economy
Examples:

Malls Entertainment
Thank you for
listening!