ART APPRECIATION

INTRODUCTION
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
“ At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1, differentiate art history from art appreciation,

2. differentiate art from nature,
3. Characterize the assumptions of the art,
4, discuss the nature of art's preliminary expression, and
s. categorize works of art by citing personal experience.
 rEssion or application of human
imagination, typically in a visual form
or sculpture, producing works to be
arlly for their beauty or emotional
power
ART is something that is perenniatly around us
Some peopla may deny having to do with the arts but it is
indisputablR thzlt 1ifR presents us with many farms of and
opportunities for communion with the arts
 Humanities and Art
For as long as man existed in this planet, he has cultivated the land, altered the
conditions of the fauna and the flora, in order to survive

Alongside these necessities, man also marked his place in the world through his works

Through his bare hands, man constructed infrastructures that tended to his needs,
like his house He sharpened swords end spears He employed fire in order to melt
gold

The initial meaning of the word “art" has something to do on all these crafts
 The word art comes from the ancient Latin ars, which means a “craft or specialized
form of skill, like carpentry or smithying or surgery" (Colltngwood, 19:38).

Art then suggested the capacity to produce an intended result from carefully
planned steps or method
The Latin word 'ars' signified skilled work; it did not mean art as we might
understand it today, but a craft activity demanding a high level of technical
ability. ,

The Ancient world did not have any conceived notion of art in the same ,
way that we do now. To them, art only meant using the bare hands to
produce something that will be useful to one's day-to-day life.
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Medieval Latin “‘
Art in Medieval Latin came to mean something different
special form of book-learning such as grammar or logic, magic or
astrology” (Cotlingwood, 1938).
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RENNAISANCE PERIOD :
” Human history has witnessed how man evolved not just physically but also
culturally, from cave painters to man of exquisite paintbrush users of the present.

Even if one goes back to the time before written records of man's civilization
has appeared, he can find cases of man's attempts of not just crafting tools to
live and survive but also expressing his feelings and thoughts.
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Art is Universal
Art
NOT
nature

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Artinvolves
experience
 Art is Universal
Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning generations and
continents through and through.

In every country and in every generation, there is always art. Oftentimes, people
feel that what is considered artistic are only those which have been made long
time ago. This is a misconception. "Age is not a factor In determining art".

In the Phillppines, the works of Jose Rizal and Francisco Balagtas are not
being read because they are old.
A R T is Universal
The pieces mentioned are read in school and have remained to be with us
because they are good.

Florante at Laura never fails to teach high school students the beauly of love, one
that is universal and pure. Ibong Adarna, another Filipino masterpiece, has always
captured tha imagination of the young with its timeless lessons.

When we listen to a kundiman or perform dances, we still enjoy the way our
Filipino ancestors whiled away their time in the past. We do not necessarily like
a kundiman for its original meaning. We just like it because We enjoy it.
ART is Universal
A great piece of work will never be obsolete.

Art will always be present because human beings will always express
themselves and delight in these expressions.

Men will continue to use art while art persists and never get depleted.
 Art is NOT Nature
One important characteristic of art ia that it is not nature

Art is man's expression of his recaption of nature. Art is man's way of interpreting
nature. Art is not natura Art is made by man, whereas nature is given around us.

What we flnd In nature ehould not be expected to be preeent in art too. Movies
ara not meant to ba diract rapresantation of reality. Thay may, according to the
Fnoviemaker'9 peroeption of reality, be a reinterpretafion or
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” Art is NOT Nature

This distinction assumes that all of us see nature. perceive its elements in myriad,
different, yet ultimately valid ways.

Art is based on an individual's subjective experienoe of nature. Artists are not

expected to duplicate nature just as even scientists with their e1aborate laboratories
cannot make nature.
” A r t involves Experience

Getting this far without a satisfactory definition of art can be quite weird for some.
For most people, art does nol require a full definition. Art !s just experience. By
experience, we mean the actual d• ^B ^* something, (Dudley et al., 1960).

When one says that he has an experience of something, he often means that he
knows what that something is about. Knowing a thing is different from hearing from
others what the said thing is.

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” A r t involves Experience
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.

At lhe end of the day, one fully gets acquainted with alt if one immerses
himself into \t.

An important aspect of experiencing art is its being highly personal. individual, and
subjective. In philDsophical terms, perception of art is always a value judgement. It
depends on who the perceived is, his tastes, his biases, and what he has inside him.

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*"Z"Vrt involves Experience
One cannot argue with another person s eva/ a/ion of art because one s
experience can never be known by another.

An important aspect of experiencing art is its being h shly personal, individual, and
subjective. In philosophical terms, perception of art is always a value judgment.

It depends on who the perceiver is, his tastes, his biases, and what he has inside
him.

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 Flnally, one should alao underscore that every expe/farice w4n arf is
d by fit 'is/ke
disagrees /haf a mark ofa‹f is deaufiful.

Humanities and the art have bean part of man's growth and CiVilizatiDn. Since
thI2 dawn of tlme, man has always tried to express his innermost thought and
feelings about reallty through creating art.
Three assumptions on art are its universality, it's not being natu ils
need for experience.

Art is present In every peat of the gtobe and in ov8ry penod of tme.
This is meent by its universality. , °

Art not being nature, not even attempting to simply mirror nature. '

Finally, without experience, there is no art. The artist has to be

foremost, a parceiver who is directly in touch with art
 Art Appreciation:
•Creativity, Imagination,
and Expression
It takes an artist to make art. Art is product of man's creativity, imagination, and
expression.

ART APPRECIATION AS WAY OF LIFE

In cultivating tha appreciation of art, one should also exercise and develop his
taste for that are fine are beautiful. This allows individuals to make intelligent
choicec and decisions in acquiring necessities and luxuries. knowing what gives
better value for time or money while taking into consideration the aesthetic and
practical value (Collins & Riley, 1931).
HE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN ART
MAKING

Creativity requires thinking outside the box.

It Is often used to calve problems that have never occurred before, conflate
function and style, and simply make life a more unique and enjoyable
expenence
’ He doe9 DDt mitate the lines, flaws, ooTors and patterns i
recreating nature.

For instance, then campaign ad °it's more fun in the Philippines" used
by the Department of Tourism (DOT)boomed populanty in 2011, but
later on it wac found out that it waa allegedly plagiarîzed from ,
Switzerland tourism slogan °It's more fun in Switzerland”, back in °
1gs1. DOT'9 defense, former DOT Sec. •
Ramon Jimenez Jr. claimed that it was “purely œincidental".

Thus, creating should be backed with careful research on related

 ART AS A PRODUCT OF IMAGINATIO
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German physicist Albert Einstein who had made slgnificant and major
contñbutions and humanity demonstrated that knowledge 1s actually
derived from imaginagon.

He emphasized thia Idea through his woFdB.

°Imaginatian is more important than
knowledge". For “knowledge is
)lmitad to all we now know and understand,
while imagination embracas
the snore wodd, and there ever MII be to
know and undersiand•.
That is why peDple rely on curiosity and imagination for advancement. ,
Through imagination one is able to craft something ‘
bold, something new, and something batter \n the hopas of creating

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something will stimulate change.
 RT AS EXPRESSION

According to Collingwood, 1938 •if you Dy to re\eace yourself f/Orzl thl6

tormendng and dlsabI\ng state by doing something, which T called
If.

Through expreasion, he is able to explore his own emotions and at the sama time,
create something beautiful out of them. Collingwood further illustrated that
expressing emo0on is something different from describing emotions Expression, on
the other hand. IndIv\dualIzes.
 RT AS EXPRESSION

According to Collingwood, 1938 •if you Dy to re\eace yourself f/Orzl thl6

tormendng and dlsabI\ng state by doing something, which T called
If.

Through expreasion, he is able to explore his own emotions and at the sama time,
create something beautiful out of them. Collingwood further illustrated that
expressing emo0on is something different from describing emotions Expression, on
the other hand. IndIv\dualIzes.
 PPLICATIONJNTEGRATION

Direction: An9weF the following questions as precisely I BO DtOU@hly B9

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1) If you were anartist, what kind of arts would you be?

2) Why is art not nature?
3) Why arts ageless and timeless?
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