ART

APPRECIATION
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WHAT IS ART APPRECIATION

◦The word “art” comes from the ancient Latin

ars which means a “craft or specialized form of
skill, like c a r p e n t r y o r s m i t h y i n g o r
surgery” (Collingwood, 1938).
◦Arts 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).
ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
◦  Art is universal – Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning
generations and continents through and through.
◦ Art is not nature – Art is man’s expression of his reception of nature. Art is
man’s way of interpreting nature.
◦  Art involves experience – Unlike fields of knowledge that involve data, art is
known by experiencing. A work of art then cannot be abstracted from actual
doing. In order to know what an artwork is, we have to sense it, see or hear it,
and see AND hear it.
◦UNDERSTANDING THE ARTS The Arts: An
Introduction to the Humanities (Cerbo et al,
2010) provided the following definitions of art:
◦ a. ART AS A SKILL OR MASTERY •  The term art is used
to simply refer to bay skill or mastery that is manifested in
the outstanding product of an endeavor.
◦ b. ART AS A PROCESS OR A PRODUCT OF A CREATIVE
SKILL
◦ •  Art is a process because it involves arranging the aesthetic
elements in an artistically interesting and appealing manner.
◦ Art is a product because it includes human creations,
different activities and manners of expression .
◦ c. ART AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE •  The language of art is
diverse. Each art form has its own artistic elements.
 Literature
Music
Theatre
•  Art expresses feelings and ideas shared by all individuals
regardless of culture.
◦ d. ART AS A REPRESENTATION OF REALITY

◦ •  Art is a reflection or a mirror of reality.

◦ e. ART REFLECTS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERIOD • 
In the visual arts, f i g u r e s w e r e p r e s e n t e d i n idealized
‘flat’ forms to signify a lack of f o c u s o n t h e material world.
◦ •  Medieval period – the dominance of the church initiated the
expression of spiritual truths.
◦ •  The focus on the material world is shown in the ‘three-
dimensional’ reality of landscapes.
◦ •  Renaissance Period – the value ascribed to the material
world was shown in more defined and realistic rendition of
the human body in the visual arts.
◦ •  This is manifested by the varied experimentations of
artistic expressions.
◦ •  Modern Period – characterizes the idealistic search for
truth and the realization that it is not attainable; thus,
relativity is accepted as an unavoidable truth.
◦ f. ART SHOWS THE MANNER OF EXISTENCE OF
THE PEOPLE OF LONG AGO
◦ •  We gain awareness that the people during the Old Stone
Age lived in caves and that they manifested their artistry
by drawings and sketching.
…art appreciation
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CONSECTETUER ADIPISCING ENIM. FUSCE EST. VIVAMUS A MORBI TRISTIQUE SENECTUS ET
ELIT. TELLUS. NETUS.
Is this art?
◦ Every time you look at an art work, think:

◦ “what is art?”
Art..according to..
What does cathedra teach us?

Artists have intentions

Our experience of art does not always match artists’
intentions
Art can cause emotions, sometimes quite extreme
Nature of creativity

◦ All humans are creative:

• we create relationships, a home, goals for
ourselves.
◦• Artists create art objects
•We create our responses to those art objects
◦ Why do you have to take this subject?
◦ who is your favorite artist
◦ Do you create art?
◦ What is your personal interests?
◦ Best way to learn for you....