PHILOSOPHICAL

IMPORT OF ART

CIPRIANO A. MALLILLIN
1.Integrity
• Integrity is “present when the thing
has all that makes up its substance.”
• In Aquinas’ usage, the concept of
integrity describes an integrated
whole with nothing missing. A whole
person consists of body, mind, and
spirit.
Proportion

Proportion is largely about the relationship of the size of one

element when compared to another.

When drawing or painting realistically, proportion is important.

If the proportions are incorrect, then the resulting image will
look less realistic or abstracted.

Harmony Alternatively, artists can use proportion for effect.

 Mimesis
• it is the basic theoretical
principle in the creation of
PHILOSOPHICAL
PERSPECTIVE art.
OF ART • It is a Greek word which
means “imitation” (though
in the sense of “re-
presentation” rather than
of “copying”).
 According to Plato, all artistic creation is a
form of imitation: that which really exists (in
the “world of ideas”) is a type created by
God; the concrete things man perceives in
his existence are shadowy representations
of this ideal type.
Mimesis
Therefore, the painter, the tragedian, and
the musician are imitators of an imitation,
twice removed from the truth. Aristotle,
speaking of tragedy, stressed the point that
it was an “imitation of an action”—that of a
man falling from a higher to a lower estate.
According to Plato,
Art is imitation, and that’s bad.

Problems with imitation:

1’. Epistemological: An imitation is at three removes from the reality or
truth of something (example of bed).
2. Theological: Poets and other artists represent the gods in
inappropriate ways.
3. Moral and Psychological: A good imitation can undermine the
stability of even the best humans by making us feel sad, depressed,
and sorrowful about life itself.
 Art is imitation, and that’s all right, even good. (Aristotle, Poetics)

Tragedy can be a form of

Imitation is how children
Imitation is natural to
learn, and we all learn
humans from childhood.
from imitations.
Tragedy is the imitation
education that provides
(mimesis) of certain kinds
moral insight and fosters
of people and actions.
emotional growth.

Good tragedies must have

certain sorts of people
A successful tragedy
and plots. (Good people Katharsis = purification
produces a katharsis in
experience a reversal of through pity and fear.
the audience.
fortune due to some
failing or hamartia.)
ART AS REPRESENTATION

• Art generally represents some

aspect or aspects of the world,
but what aspects, and to what
extent? Modernism promoted
originality, and Postmodernism
renounces mimesis altogether.
 ART for ART’S Sake

Taken from the French, the term "l'art pour l'art," (Art for Art's Sake) expresses the
idea that art has an inherent value independent of its subject-matter, or of any social,
political, or ethical significance. By contrast, art should be judged purely on its own
terms: according to whether or not it is beautiful, capable of inducing ecstasy or
revery in the viewer through its formal qualities (its use of line, color, pattern, and so
on). The concept became a rallying cry across nineteenth-century Britain and France,
partly as a reaction against the stifling moralism of much academic art and wider
society, with the writer Oscar Wilde perhaps its most famous champion. Although the
phrase has been little used since the early twentieth century, its legacy lived on in
many twentieth-century ideas concerning the autonomy of art, notably in various
strains of formalism.
Art as an ESCAPE

• Art is an escape, although it's

not a permanent one; rather, it's
a much-needed escape.
Without art, life would be a
dreary misery of yearly goals
that come true occasionally.
Most of life is spent not getting
what we want, and art helps
remind us that we can have
what we want, just not all the
time.
Art as FUNCTIONAL

• Functional art refers to aesthetic

objects that serve utilitarian
purposes. The genre is remarkably
inclusive: it encompasses
everything from furniture and
lighting to dishes and even books.
Functional art is generally applied
art - art created for use, designed
to serve a purpose and with an
aesthetic in mind.
What do you see
in the pictures?

Johann Anton Eismann, Meerhaven. 17th c. Work is in the public domain

Robert Delaunay, Le Premier Disque, 1913. Work is in the public domain
What do you call the types
of representing the subject
in the picture?
SUBJECT TYPE
OF ART

Representational art describes

artworks—particularly paintings and
sculptures–that are clearly derived
from real object sources, and
therefore are representing something
with strong visual references to the
real world.
Representational art or figurative art
represents objects or events in the
real world, usually looking easily
recognizable.
Representational means
descriptive, figurative
and symbolized.
 REPRESENTATIONAL
ART

People can generally recognize it as

a horse without doubt. Although the
use of color may not be realistic, it
represents an actual subject from
reality.

Thunder Magic by Marcia Baldwin.

NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART

• Work that does not depict anything from the real world (figures, landscapes,
animals, etc.) is called nonrepresentational. Nonrepresentational art may simply
depict shapes, colors, lines, etc., but may also express things that are not visible–
emotions or feelings for example.
 NON-
REPRESENTATIONAL
ART

The most eye-catching things in the

painting are the three soft melting
pocket watches. According to some
studies, the soft watches may be a
visual depiction of the idea behind the
Einstein's theory of relativity. The
figure in the middle of the picture has
one closed eye with several
eyelashes, it is possibly suggesting the
irrelevance of time during sleep.
However, the perception of this picture
may have somewhat difference
between people.

The Persistence Of Memory by a famous artist, Salvador Dali.

What type of subject representation is used
the pictures?
What do you
think are the
good sources
of the subject
of arts?
 SOURCES OF SUBJECT

1. Nature-animals, people, landscapes. These 3 are the most common inspiration and subject
matter for art.

2. History- artists are sensitive to the events taking place in the world around them. the dress, the
houses, the manner of living, the thoughts of a period are necessarily reflected in the work of the
artist.

3. Greek and Roman Mythology-these are the gods and goddess. its center is on deities and
heroes

4. Judeo -Christian tradition- religion and art, The Bible, the apocrypha, the rituals of the church

5. Sacred oriental texts-the countries of the orient, especially China, Japan, and India, have all
produced sacred texts of one kind or another, and these inspired various kinds of art. most fruitful
have been the texts and traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Animals
People
Landscape
Greek and
Roman
Mythology
Judeo-Christian
Tradition
Different Kinds of Subject

Still Art Animals Figures Nature

Landscape Seascape City scape Mythhology

Dreams and
fantasies
Activity 1

01 02 03
Look for a Filipino Identify and Present your
contemporary art. discuss the output via power
subject, source, point presentation
type and kind of
subject used in the
artwork.