ART APPRECIATION:

CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, AND EXPRESSION

At the end of this lesson,you should be
ableto:

1. Differentiate art from nature,

2. Characterize artistic expression based
on personal experiences with art,
3. Discuss the nature of art’s preliminary
expression, and
4. Categorize works of art by citing personal
experiences.
• It takes an artist to make art. One may
perceive beauty on a daily basis.
• However, not every beautiful thing that can
be seen or experienced may truly be
called a work of art.

• Art is a product of man’s creativity,

imagination, and expression.
• Not everyone can be considered an
artist, but all are spectators of art.
• We are able to distinguish what is fine and
beautiful from what is not and what is good
quality and from poor.

• This gives us a role in the field of art

appreciation.
Answer briefly:

• In one of your encounters with art through

museum visits, musicals, and plays among
others, have you ever felt disconnected from
an artwork? Was there a point in time when
you did not understand what message the art
was trying to convey? Explain why you think
you did or did not understand the art.
ART APPRECIATION AS A WAY OF LIFE

• “The role of art as a creative work is to depict

the world in a completely different light and
perspective” – Jean-Paul Sartre
• Each artwork beholds beauty in
its own kind, the kind that the
artist sees and wants the viewers
to perceive.
• More often than not, people are blind to this
beauty and only those who have developed
a fine sense of appreciation can experience
and see the art the way the artist did.

• Hence, refining one’s ability to appreciate

arts allows him to deeply understand the
purpose of an artwork and recognize the
beauty it possesses.
• In cultivating an appreciation of art, one
should also exercise and develop his taste
for things that are fine and beautiful.

• This allows individuals to make intelligent

choices 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.
• Learning to appreciate art no matter what
vocation or profession you have, will lead to
a fuller and more meaningful life.
THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN ART MAKING

• Creativity requires thinking outside the box.

• In art, creativity is what sets apart one
artwork from another.
When can we say that something is
creative?

• When we have not seen anything like it

• When it is out of the ordinary
• When it is not just a copy or imitation of
someone’s work

…THERE IS ORIGINALITY!
• Nowadays, being creative can be quite challenging.
ART AS A PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION,
IMAGINATION AS A PRODUCT OF ART
• “Imagination is more important
than knowledge. For knowledge
is limited to all we now know and
understand, while imagination
embraces the entire world, and
all there ever will be to know and
understand.”
– Albert Einstein
• Imagination is not constrained by the walls
of the norm, but goes beyond that.

• Through imagination, one is able to craft

something bold, something new, and
something better in the hopes of creating
something that will stimulate change.
• In artist’s mind sits a vast gallery of
artworks. An artwork does not need to
be a real thing, but can be something
that is imaginary.
• However, something imaginary does not
necessarily mean it cannot be called
art. Artists use their imagination that
gives birth to reality through creation.
• In the same way that imagination produces
art, art also inspires imagination.

IMAGINATION ART
 ART AS EXPRESSION

• “What an artist does to an emotion is not to

induce it, but express it. Through
expression, he is able to explore his own
emotions and at the same time, create
something beautiful out of them.”

– Robin George Collingwood

• Expressing emotions is different from
describing emotions.
• This makes people’s art not a reflection of
what is outside or external to them, but a
reflection of their inner selves.
 VISUAL ARTS

• Creations that fall under this category are

those that appeals to the sense of sight
and are mainly visual in nature.
• Artists produce visual arts driven by their
desire to reproduce things that they have
seen in the way that they perceived them.
 VISUAL ARTS

• There are also other artistic disciplines that

also involve a visual aspect, such as
performance arts, theater, and applied arts.
• Some mediums of visual arts include
paintings, drawings, letterings, printing,
sculpture, digital imaging.
 FILM

• Film refers to the art of putting together

successions of still images in order to create
an illusion of movement.
• Filmmaking focuses on its aesthetic,cultural,
and social value and is considered both an
art and an industry.
 FILM
• Filmmaking simulates experiences or
creates one that is beyond the scope of our
imagination as it aims to deliver ideas,
feelings, or beauty to its viewers.
• Techniques in film-making process:
➢ Motion-picture camera (also known as
movie camera)
➢ Animation techniques
➢ Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
 PERFORMANCE ART
• Performance art is a live art and the artist’s
medium is mainly the human body which he
or she uses to perform, but also employs
other kind of art such as visual art, props, or
sound.
• The fact that performance art is live makes it
intangible, which means it cannot be bought
or traded as a commodity.
 PERFORMANCE ART

Elements of performance arts:

• Time
• Where the performance took place
• The performer’s body
Relationship between the audience and the
performer(s)
 POETRY PERFORMANCE

• Poetry is an art form where the artist

expresses his emotions not by using paint,
charcoal, or camera, but expresses them
through words.
• These words are carefully selected to exhibit
clarity and beauty and to stimulate strong
emotions of joy, anger, love, sorrow among
others.
 POETRY PERFORMANCE

• It uses a word’s emotional, musical, and

spatial values that go beyond its literal
meaning to narrate emphasize, argue, or
convince.
• These words combined with movements,
tone, volume, and intensity of the delivery
add to the artistic, value of the poem
 ARCHITECTURE

• Art is the pursuit and creation of beautiful

things while architecture is the making
of beautiful buildings, and the likes.
• However, not all building are beautiful
because some only embody the functionality
they need, but the structure, lines, forms,
and colors are not beautifully expressed.
 ARCHITECTURE

• Importantelements:
➢ Plan
➢ Construction
➢ Design
• Buildings should embody these three
important elements if they wish to merit the
title architecture.
 DANCE

• Dance is series of movements that follows

the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
• Dancing is a creative art form that allows
people to freely express themselves.
➢ IT HAS NO RULES.
 DANCE

• Choreography may seem not to allow

this, but in art expression, dancers are not
confined to set steps and rules but are
free to create and invent their own
movements as longs as they deem them
graceful and beautiful.
 LITERARY ART

• Artists who practice literary arts use words to

express themselves and communicate
emotions to the readers.
• Simply becoming a writer does not make one
a literary artist.
• Literary art goes beyond the usual
professional, academic, journalistic and
other technical forms of writing.
 LITERARY ART

• It focuses on writing using a unique style, not

following a specific format or norm.
• It may include both fiction and non-fiction
such as novels, biographies, and poems.

➢ Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare

➢ The Little Prince – Antoine de Sain-Exupery
 THEATER

• Theater uses live performers to present

accounts or imaginary events before a live
audience.
• Theater art performance usually follows
follow a script, though they should not be
confused with literary arts.
 THEATER
• Like in filmmaking, theater also considers
several elements such as acting, gesture,
lighting, sound effects, musical score,
scenery and props.
• Like performance art, theater also is a live
performance.
• Genres: drama, musical, tragedy, comedy
and improvisation
 APPLIED ARTS
• Applied arts is incorporating elements of
style and design to everyday items with
the aim of increasing their aesthetic value.
• Artists in this field bring beauty, charm, and
comfort into many things that were useful in
everyday life.
• Industrial design, interior design, fashion
design, graphic design.
Answerthe following questionsas precisely
yet as thoroughly aspossible.

1. What art field will you explore? Why?

2. How can you utilize the arts to
express yourself, your community,
and your relation to others?
• Using the table below, write down examples
of the different art forms studied in this
lesson.

Provide ways on how these art forms express

and unmask creativity from theartist.
 How Does This
Types of Art How Does This
Example Unmask the
Expression Express?
Artist’s Creativity?

Visual Arts

Film

Performance Art
Poetry
Performance
Architecture
Dance

Literary Art

Theater

Applied Arts