geet srcarece gece: i alee E This lesson will introduce the artists who have dedicated their lives to the cultivation of the arts through the works of great creativity, imagination, and daring throughout history. It aims to expand this into the wider world of the arts and culture, wherein other key players and movers are testament to how the production, consumption, and distribution of arts have changed profoundly. Let's Get Started 1. Whatart form can you most relate to and appreciate? It may be architecture, sculpture, painting, music, literature, film, dance, performance/theater, and living traditions. 2. Name an artist whose works you really like. 3. Is there a particular work of art created by him or her that you relate to and appreciate? What is it and why? 55.d compare the items you listed. 4. With your seatmate, discuss ant 5. Based on what you wrote, make an assumption about what the painins| means. i Let's Get Down to Business But who are they? Artists have treaded a long histo! the major milestones in human civilization. In the first epi _ Ways of Seeing,” a project by The New York Times’ Toren cae hal i Tiffany & Co., art critic Jerry Saltz (2016) underscored the signifion j ay: the discovery of the cave Paintings, but also the paintings the, . —s be that “these first artists invented a Way to get the three-dime, mselves. He 7 s dimensions and attach value to their own ideas. Ang all of the maton world in 4 from this invention.” He is apparently referring to the drawin, istory of art fe animals, hunting scenes, and a variety of symbolic figures 9S and painted Hee a Age. Examples of these are scattered all around the created during the Namibia, Australia, and Argentina to name a few. OF ete from France, od subsumed in the highly systematized art world, let alone nese works were not Ne Considered as “art.” 56 ry. Their roots can likewise be traced in oneLet's Work on This What do you think is the role of the artist in the twenty-first century society? 2. How relevant still are the awards National Artists and GAMABA, not only to the art world, but also to the Filipino society as a whole? Analyze and critique state-sponsored recognition for artists and cultural workers. What do you think are some of the considerations that must be addressed with regard to these? 75