Art Appreciation

Ethel Luz E. Medado, LPT,ELT, MDC

Mona Lisa
Starry Night
A Blindman’s Meal
What is Art?

Plato
His answer to “what is art”:

art tries to reach the ideal

(the God-like)
What is Art?

Aristotle
His answer to “what is art”:

art should express harmony

What is Art?

Immanuel Kant
His answer to “what is
art”:

art is the product of

genius
The Nature of Creativity

▪ All humans are creative: we create

relationships, a home, goals for ourselves
▪ Artists create art objects
▪ We create our responses to those art
objects
 What is Art?

▪ the expression or application of human creative skill and

imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or
sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their
beauty or emotional power.
▪ a diverse range of human activities involving creative imagination
to express technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or
conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what
constitutes art, and ideas have changed over time.
▪ is the product of imagination and creativity, particularly in
a physical form.
 Major Areas of Art
▪ Traditional categories within the arts include literature
(including poetry, drama, story, and so on), the visual (painting,
drawing, sculpture, etc.), the graphic arts (painting, drawing,
design, and other forms expressed on flat surfaces), the plastic
arts (sculpture, modeling), the decorative arts (enamelwork,
furniture design, mosaic, etc.), the performing arts (theatre,
dance, music), music (as composition), and architecture (often
including interior design).
▪ The arts have also been classified as seven: painting,
architecture, sculpture, literature, music, performing and
cinema.
Medium / media (plural)
▪ Painting
▪ Sculpture
▪ Architecture
▪ Film and Photography
 Purposes and Functions of Art
▪ Communicating information
▪ Art for day-to-day living
▪ Art for worship and ritual
▪ Art as personal expression
▪ Social causes
▪ Art for visual delight