Art Appreciation

Reviewer

Assumptions and Nature of

Arts

Art
 Means for ritualistic and symbolic
 A set of aspects which make something function
candidate for appreciation (George Dickie,
1969)
Motivational
 Conscious use of skill and creative

imagination especially in the product of  Use to communicate an idea or emotion;

aesthetic objects. a reflection of desire to seek pleasure and

entertainment.
Assumptions of Art  Used as an agent of confrontation for

change, transgression, subversion, and

Instinctual sometimes anarchy.
 Humans create art as a response to our  Motivated by propaganda and

basic instinct for seeking balance, commercialism.

harmony, rhythm, and our desire to
Art possesses selective Value
experience mystery.
 Art enhances survival of a species whose
 Expression of the human imagination
members possess that behavior.
and the need to communicate with others.
 Art is a phenomenon
 Art compromises a broad general
phenomenon experienced by the creators
of the art.
 It is a collection of human experiences.
Art Manifest itself
 Human societies will have art even when
these societies do not demonstrate them.
 Art will manifests consciously or
unconsciously.
Art is experienced in duality
 Making art and recognizing and
responding to it are considered to be
separate experiences.
Nature of Arts
Imagination
 Ability to form images and ideas about
things never seen or experienced before
 An underlying factor in creating
knowledge itself.
Aspects of Imagination
1. Helps provide the ability to think of
something that does not currently exist
but might be possible to develop.
2. Helps develop mental images
3. Explain events or activities by providing
reasons rather than causes.
4. Fosters the ability to create work that
would explain human life and how to
advance it.
Imagination v.s. creativity
 They are not necessarily
connected.
 Imagination is free thinking
 Creativity is responding to the
problem with the tools and
knowledge existence.
Work of Arts
Visual Arts
 Include arts such as drawing, painting,
printmaking, photography, and
sculpture.
 2D and 3D arts
 Film
 Revolves around the attention to details
and how films convey meaning by
cinematic means.
 Involves looking and appreciating the full
impact of aesthetic choices made within
film.
Performance Arts
 Solo or group performance of artists
which is contingent on the presence or
absence of the body.
 Live presence of the artists and the focus
Poetry
 The aesthetic use of language in creating
notions and semantic content
 Poems are interactive layers of words
which generate meaning.
Architecture
 Creative foundations of buildings and
innovative structures.
Literature
 Design and execution become references
of how humans think creatively through
physical materials.
Dance
 Human expression through movement
 Represents the conscious way rhythmic
movements of the body in defined
bounded space.
 Ballroom – includes waltz,
vienesse, tango, cha-cha.
 African-American and
Traditional jazz-
Charleston, swing, tap
dance.
 Latin- salsa, flamenco,
argentine tango.
 Professional
Perfomarmance - concert
dance, ballet.
 Modern- house, rave,
disco.
 Hip-hop and funk –
breaking, bounce.
 Written works that is considered to have
lasting artistic merit.
 Includes books, novels, and other
published material which arouses
 FUNCTIONS OF ARTS
emotional and intellectual consciousness
from their readers.
Physical
Theater Arts
 Artwork which were created to perform
 Human expression and exploration some service have physical function.
which delves deeper in understanding the Social
human condition.
 Art has a social function when it
 Combination of entertainment and
addresses aspects of life
instruction.
Applied Arts Personal
 Artists create artwork for the need for
 Concerned with making objects with
self-expression or gratification.
functional purposes, but which is
 Artists create artwork to communicate
aesthetic concerns are significant.
through point or provide aesthetic
 Includes interior design, manufactured
pleasure.
items, ceramics, metal works, jewelry,
fashion, and furniture.
Aesthetic Pleasure

 “The value of arts lies in the pleasure that

humans derive from them.” (Graham

FUNCTIONS OF ART AND
PHILOSOPHY (2005), Philosophy of the Arts).
 Pleasures accompanies human perception
Beauty in Art of beauty.
 Beauty is what gives pleasure when seen  Natural sight of beauty sensationalizes

(St. Thomas Aquinas). the sense.

 Beauty should not be limited to visual

appeal alone.
Aesthetics Abstraction

 Derives from the Greek word aesthesis
which means “sense of perception”.
 In medieval times, it was defined as the
“Philosophical study of art.”
Morris Weitz
 Art can be expansive
 Art must be open to permanent
possibility of radical change, expansion,
and novelty.
 Art cannot be defined.
Subject Matter
 Artwork may resemble original artwork
in terms of expression.
 Artwork may remind audiences of
another aspect of another existing
artwork.
 Art is art for art’s sake – even it mimics
 Images are made to look less like an
object they are based although they may
still recognizable.
Non-Objective Imaging
 Creates objects which are non-
representational images – they do not
refer to any existing forms in real life.
 Subjects may be difficult for the observer
to identify since they are based solely on
element or art rather than real life objects
or people.
 The content of the art refers to its
emotional and intellectual message. This
may be a statement, expression, or mood
developed by the artist and interpreted by
the observer and audience.

existing works.
Subject and Content
Representational Art

 People or objects look as close as possible

to their real-world counterparts.

 They can be clearly identified.
Essence of digging Art History Appreciating Artworks

Art History Ask yourself what you see

 As a discipline, it seeks to understand

 Create a specific emotional reaction
different culture and times through the
for what you see.
study and analysis of art.
 Engage in appreciating work of art
 Evaluation and interpretation of people
and find beauty in its creation.
and works of arts based on their own
viewpoints. Study the history behind a
piece
 Gain better impression and
Benefits of studying Art History
perception of a work through
 Offers guide to recognize and
researching.
understand artifacts, architecture,
painting, and sculpture among
others.
 Provides knowledge and

understanding of the past, and

through it of the present.
 Encourages humanity and sympathy
by learning about other people and
societies through artistic expressions.
Artist and Artisans London eye

 The London eye represents practical

Creators of Art structure which provides a high view of
the entirety of London.
Artist
 In this case Barfield and Marks are
 A person who makes tangible and considered as artisans because of the
intangible products as an expression practicality of their work.
of creativity and imagination.
Artisan Art Production

 Spurred by the same impulses as that

In living with art, Mark Getlein
in an artist.
proposes 6 activities of
 Produces crafts which may be contemporary artists.

acquired only for decoration or for

practical use.  Create places for some human purposes

 Create extraordinary versions of ordinary

Michaelangelo Merist da Caravaggio objects.

 Boasts of a collection of painting which  Record and commemorate.

are mostly influenced by realistic  Give tangible form to the unknown

observation and presence of lights and  Give tangible form to feelings

sceneries.  Refresh our vision and help see the world

 Known for his intense and unsettling in new ways.

realism of large scale religious works as

well for his violent exploits.
Pre-Production Types of Medium

 The artist focuses mainly on the

Visual
intellectual or emotional message of the
art.  Mediums which can be seen and which

 The artist decides on the form which will can be occupy by space.
be used to create art.  Mediums which can be heard and which

Production are expressed in time.

Combined
 Involves the actual “creation” of the art

piece.  Mediums which can be both seen and

 The artist utilizes available materials in heard and which exists both space and
order to produce the desired result. time.
Post-production  Mediums which can be heard and which

 Requires the artist to add finishing are expressed in time.

touches on the art piece.

Techniques
 Final layers are added and minute details

are refined in order.  Determines the artist’s control over the

medium.
 The manner which the artist controls the
Medium
medium to achieve the desired effect.
 Materials used by an artist to express
 Ability to which the artist fulfills as a
his/her feelings or thoughts.
technical requirement of the particular
work of art.