GEC 6 - Art

Appreciation
Ms. Rose Anne Joy R. Cabico
Instructor
 UNIT I: Introduction to Art
Appreciation

Chapter I: What is Art: Introduction

and Assumptions
 By the end of this lesson, should be able to:

a. understand the role of humanities and arts in

man’s attempt at fully realizing his end;
Learning
b. clarify misconceptions of the art;
Outcomes
c. characterize the assumptions of arts; and

d. engage better with personal experiences of and

in art.
 ◦ Something that is perennially around
us
Art ◦ “As one moves through life, one
locates better, more beautiful objects
of desire.” – Scott, 2000
 ◦ The word “art” comes from the ancient Latin, ars
which means a “craft or specialized form of skill,
like carpentry or smithying or surgery”
(Collingwood, 1938)

◦ Art then suggested the capacity to produce an

Why study the
intended result from carefully planned steps or
Humanities? method

◦ The Ancient World conceived notion of art which

only meant using the bare hands to produce
something that will be useful to one’s day-to-day
life
 ◦ Ars in Medieval Latin came to mean something
different. It meant “any special form of book-
learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or
astrology.” (Collingwood, 1938)

Why study the ◦ Renaissance Period – the word reacquired the

Humanities? meaning that was inherent in its ancient form of
craft

◦ Early Renaissance artists saw their activities

merely a craftsmanship, which was the original
conception of the word “art”
 ◦ Eighteenth Century – the word has evolved to
distinguish between the fine arts and the useful
arts.

Why study the ◦ Fine arts – “not delicate or highly skilled arts, but
Humanities? ‘beautiful’ arts” (Collingwood, 1938)

◦ “The humanities constitute one of the oldest and

most important means of expression developed by
man” (Dudley et al., 1960)
Why study the
Humanities?
◦ The Galloping Wild Boar found in the cave of
Altamira, Spain
◦ Purported to belong to Upper Paleolithic Age
(40,000 years ago), several thousands of years
before the current era
 1. Art is universal.
◦ Art has always been timeless and universal,
spanning generations and continents through and
Assumptions of through
Art ◦ 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

◦ Florante at Laura never fails to teach highschool

students the beauty of love, one that is universal
and pure
Assumptions of
Art

◦ Ibong Adarna, another Filipino masterpiece, has

always captured the imagination of the young with
its timeless lessons
Assumptions of
◦ A great piece of work will never be obsolete
Art
 2. Art is not nature.
Assumptions of ◦ Art is man’s expression of his reception of nature
Art ◦ Art is man’s way of interpreting nature
 3. Art involves experience.
◦ Art is just experience, “actual doing of something”
(Dudlety et al., 1960)
◦ Dudley et al. (1960) affirmed that “all art depends
Assumptions of on experience, and if one is to know art, he must
Art know it not as fact or information but as
experience.”
◦ Feelings and emotions are concrete proofs that the
artwork has been experiences.
 Instruction: Choose one artwork under each given
category that you are familiar with. Criticize
each using the guide questions provided.
Categories:
1. Movie
Activity 1 2. Novel
3. Poem
4. Music
5. An architectural structure
6. A piece of clothing
 Category: ___________________
Artwork:_____________________
1. What is it about? What is it for?
Activity 1
2. What is it made of?
3. What is its style?
4. How good is it?