GART LESSONS

LESSON 1
ART APPRECIATION, CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, AND EXPRESSION

 Man’s concrete product oh his innermost thoughts, feelings, observations,

desires, needs, and fancy.
 Regardless, of culture, milieu, and space, art continues to expand linking
the past, the present, and the future.
 Due to the vastness of art, several definitions of it have developed out of
individuals perceptions
Friedrich Nietzsche “We have our Arts so we don’t die of
(made famous all over Truth.”
again by Ray Bradbury in
Zen in the Art of Writing.
ART Plato (philosopher) “Art is an imitation of an imitation”
Paul Gauguin (painter) “Art is either plagiarism or revolution.”
Jean Sibelius (composer) “Art is the signature of civilizations”
Pablo Picasso (painter) “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at
least the truth that is given us to
understand.”
 An ever-expanding form.
 Trying to encapsulate all great ideas pertaining to what at=rt is into one
single definition poses a vexing challenge.

 The way we perceive an appreciate art differs at certain levels.

ART Ariola Art appreciation- ability to interpret and understand
APPRECIATION (2008) man-made arts and enjoy them either through actual
work-experience with varied tools and materials for one’s
admiration and satisfaction.
 Act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality.
 Characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find
hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated
phenomena, and to generate solutions.
 It includes to processes: thinking, the producing
CREATIVITY Rollo May States that creativity is the process of bringing
(1975) something new into being
 Requires passion and commitment
 It brings to or awareness what was previously hidden and points to new
life.
 The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy
Argues that imagination plays an important in our understanding of
IMAGINATION representational art, claiming that imagination is what enables us to see
Anne Sheppard a picture as representation of something in the real world.
(1991)
 Imagination plays a part in our response to the expression pf emotion in
art such as joy, sadness, and grief.
EXPRESSION  In his article, The Expression Theory of Art: A Critical Evolution, explains
(Haig that expression may be nay kind of conscious experience- intellectual,
Khatchadourian, imaginative, or emotional.
1965)  What an artist expresses are the subconscious experiences, his
conceptions of or reactions to various qualities or aspects of society in
which he lives or works, and/or the world around him.

LESSON 2
ARTIST  One who is into the fine arts—painting, illustration, sculpture, including
(Urieal, Dana, those who are into photography, poetry, film-making, and short stories.
2017)
ARTISTAN  Is a skilled worker that uses his hands to make something often functional
(Urieal, Dana, or that will enhance something else.
2017)  Furniture, gold leafing, decorative arts (faux finishes), jewelers, upholstery,
embroidery.
SPECTRUM OF AN
ARTIST ROLES Artist as an Artist as a Artist as an Artist as an
(Suzanne Lacy, experiencer reporter analyst activist
1995)

 Varied and highly subjective

PERSONAL  Self-expression
FUNCTION  Entertainment for an intended audience
 Therapuetic
 Adrdress a particular collective interest and
behaviour
SOCIAL FUNCTION  Political art
 Convey a message of protest, constentation, or
whatever message the artist intends his work to
carry.
 Depict social conditions
FUNCTIONS OF  Photographs
ART  Forms of art were and are created to be used.
ULITITARIAN  Architecture
FUNCTION  Jwelery-making
 Interior design
 The statutes of saints, Jesus, and Mary were all
SPIRITUAL FUNCTION created to enhance one’s spiritual connection
 Through these works, man feels connected with
the higher being,
 Arts cultural footprints can reveal much about
the culture in which it is created.
CULTURAL FUNCTION  Some cultural practices such asn dances and
body tattoo have been passed on to preserve
not only the art but also the culture.
  The subject of an art is the amtter described or portrayed by the artist.
Thus may refer to any person, object, scene, or event.
CUMMING (2009)
PORTRAITURE  An image of a particular person, or animal,
or group.
HISTORICAL  Images that reflect historical events (war)
SCENES
GENRE PAINTINGS 
STILL LIFE  A collection of inanimate objects arranged
together in a specific way.
LANDSCAPES  Natural scenery such as mountains, cliffs,
rivers, etc.
Other types
SUBJECT OF AN SACRED  Scenes and images found in the Bible
ART NON-OBJECTIVE  Entirely imaginative and no recognizable
(WHAT?) SUBJECT figure.
SELF-PORTRAIT  A painting, drawing, or sculpture or other
work of art showing the artist himself
 Art that involves simplification and/or
VISIONARY rearragnement of natural objects to meet
the needs of artistic expression.
MYTH  Images of gids and goddesses including
mythological monsters and symbols.
CITYSCAPE  Images found in the city such as buildings,
transportation, and other structures.
WILDLIFE  Scenes and images depicting animals and
their ways of life.

 Art in which it is the artist’s intention is to present

REPRESENTATIONAL again orrepresent a particular subject.
2 KINDS OF ART /OBJECTIVE ART  Especially pertains to realistic portrayal of subject
BASED ON matter
SUBJECT  Includes landcapes, portrait, and still life.
NON-  Art without reference to anything outside itself.
REPRESENTATIONAL  Without representation.
ART
 Meaning/ message
 Idea-based nd means
CONTENT IN ART  What the artist actually did portray
 What the artist meant to portray
 How we react as individuals, to both the intended and actual
messages.
  Basic meaning
FACTUAL MEANING  Extracted from the recognizable forms in
artwork ad understanding how these
elements relate to one another.
 Pertains to the acknowledged
THREE LEVELS OF CONVENTIONAL interpretation of the artwork using motifs,
MEANING IN ART MEANING signs, symbols and other cyphers as
bases of its meaning.
 Stems from the viewer’s circumstances
SUBJECTIVE MEANING that come into play when engaging with
art.
 The personal meaning conveyed by an
artist consciuosly or unconsciously.