ALLAN PEEJAY MAQUIRAYA LAPPAY

ART
APPRECIATION

Art appreciation is the ability to interpret or understand manmade arts and enjoy them either through actual work experiences with art tools and materials or possession of these works of art for ones admiration and satisfaction.

PRINCIPLES
ART APPRECIATION

The principles of art appreciation are used as criteria to understand and appreciate an artwork.

What is it for?

The answer will be the function.

What is it all about?

The answer is the subject matter.

What is its temper, mood, individuality? Is the personality of the artist revealed? Is the time and place revealed?

The answer will be style or the method of presenting the art.

What is it made of?

The answer will be the medium.

What will be put together?

The answer will be the elements.

How is it put together?

The answer will be through organization.

How good is the piece of art?

The answer will be judgment the manner one perceives beauty in an artwork.

To summarize the principles of art appreciation:

FUNCTION SUBJECT MATTER STYLE OR METHOD MEDIUM ELEMENTS ORGANIZATION JUDGMENT

In art, it is always better to start exploring the how of it then the what is it. For a work of art must be encountered in itself, not as a statement of a philosophy, or an answer to a question. Art is not only about something.

First of all, it is something. A work or art is not a text or a commentary of the world. It is a being-in-the-world; it is as real as human existence.

Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life's experience.
Robert Henri (1865 - 1929) U.S. painter and teacher