LECTURE 1 1.

The place where a work of hand is located - if it

is placed in museum, it is an art but if it is place
TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO ART APPRECIATION on public places like vandals, it is called a
nuisance
Art appreciation belongs to humanities, the term
2. The time - it refers to Historical value of an artist.
humanities is derived from the latin word humanus
if the one who makes the art is considered an
that means refined culture and human.
artist in history.
3. The art critics - if the art experts labeled a
That is why humanities is important for the following
creation as an art, then it is considered art
reasons:
4. The presentation - how art is being presented
like drawings in a comfort room and an art
1. Man needs an image of himself.
which is covered by a stained glass
2. Understand man's nature.
3. It provides man with a measure of his own
CONCEPT OF APPRECIATION
passion and desire.
how can we appreciate a work of art?
4. it is necessary for the development of a
complete man as social man.
The appreciation is a feeling or expression of
5. It regulates man's behavior.
admiration a feeling of approval or gratitude.
DEFINITION OF ARTS
So, art appreciation refers to the full awareness of
The term arts came from the Latin word ars which
all the good qualities of what see and what we
means skills and ability.
read about a work of art.
It covers those areas of artistic creativity. It
• It also talks about an intelligent discussion about
expresses aesthetic ideas by use of skill and
it.
imagination. Therefore, art is the expression or
• It enables us to access and appraise a work of
application of human creative skill and
art without passing judgment.
imagination.
• it helps us to understand part and their meaning
• it also helps us to develop taste for arts; that is
THREE DIVISIONS OF ARTS
the ability to differentiate good art from bad art.
1. Visual Arts: visual arts are those arts that are
art involves experience there can never be
seen and subject the space
appreciation of art without experience.
2. Auditory Arts: auditory arts are those arts that
are subject to the sense of hearing
4 STEPS OR PROCEDURE IN APPRECIATION
3. Combined arts or performing arts: it combines
visual and auditory elements
1. The identification of the work
2. taking inventory of the items of the work
PURPOSE OF ARTS
3. Talking about the technical qualities of the work
4. The interpretation of the work
1. Art creates a sense of beauty
2. It provides decoration
Quote: We can’t escape viewing work of art in the
3. it reveals the truth
context of time and circumstance whether past or
4. Art immortalizes
present. How indeed could it be otherwise? As long
5. it creates order and harmony
as art are being created all around opening our
eyes almost daily to new experiences and thus
WHAT IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN NATURE AND
forcing us to adjust our sights.
ART?
HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH AN ART FROM NON-
ART?

The term nature is in the perspective of God as the

creator. Creation is defined as from nothing to
something that's why we do not consider nature as
an art and art as nature. Why? because art is a
man-made it is created by man from something to
something.

In other words, “a pot that help water is craft in a

pot with a hole in it is sculpture” no fine line
between art and non-art but we could at least
distinguish them in the ff criteria:
LECTURE 2 Work of Stuart Davis: The
TITLE: CONCEPT OF CREATIVITY AND METHODS OF Mellow Pad
PRESENTING ARTS SUBJECT
• Creativity is a very important aspect of art since
man was created by God according to his
image and likeness man participates in the
ability of God to create.
• Creativity is the capacity of man to have new Ways to present Abstract Subjects
thoughts and to create expressions. a. Distortion: It is clearly manifested when the
• Creativity is a basic element in many human subject is in misshapen condition or the regular
endeavors such as art, music, literature, and shape is twisted out.
performance.
• It is the process of having original ideas that Sculptural work of Henry
have value. Moore: Three Piece Reclining
figure no. 2: Bridge Prop
FACTORS OF WORK OF ARTS
1. Artist: is a person who exhibits exceptional skills
in design drawing, painting or one who works in
one of the performing arts.
2 Kind of Artists b. Elongation: refers that which is being
a) Creator: creator is the one who creates a lengthened protraction or an extension
work of art like a composer.
b) Performer: the performer is the one who Painting of El Greco: The
interprets the creation of a composer or Resurrection
choreographer.
2. Work of the creative artist: creativity is an artist
trait developed in the corset of his life to solve
problems or express his feelings.

METHODS OF PRESENTING THE ART

in order to be effective, the artists use different
methods to express the idea he wants to make
clear.
1. Realism: this is the attempt to portray the
subject as it is. Even when the artist chooses a
subject from nature, he selects changes and a
ranges detail to express the idea he wants to
make clear.
Painting of Jean Francois
Millet: The Gleaners
c. Mangling: this may not be a commonly used
way of presenting an art subject but there are
few artists we show subjects or objects which
are cut lacerated mutilated or hot with
repeated blows.
d. Cubism: it stresses abstract from through the use
of coin, cylinder, or sphere at the expense of
other pictorial elements. The cubist wants to
show forms in their basic geometrical shapes.
Painting of Paul Cezanne:
Mont Sainte-Victoire

2. Abstraction: is used when the artist becomes

too interested in one face of a scene or a
situation that he does not show the subject as
an objective reality but only his idea or his
feeling about it.

The term abstraction is derived from the Latin word

Abstrahere which means to move away or to
separate. Abstract art moves away from showing
things as they really are. The painter or artist paints
the picture not as it really is the picture is not just like
life; it is not realistic.
e. Abstract expressionism: it is originated in New
York city after World War II characterized by
great verve use of large canvases and a
deliberate lack of refinement in the application
of the paint.
Painting of Pala: Black and
White
6. Futurism: it is developed in Italy where paintings
usually glorified the mechanical energy of
modern life including automobile, motorcycle,
and railroad.
Sculpture of Umberto Boccioni:
Unique forms of Continuity in
Space

3. Symbolism: a symbol in general is a visible sign 7. Surrealism: An invented word meaning Super
of something invisible such as an idea or a realism. This movement was influence by
quality. It can be simply a sign, a lion to Sigmund Freud psychology which emphasizes
represent courage or a lamb to represent the activities of the subconscious state of the
meekness, these well-known symbols arise from mind.
conventional usage, association and general
relationship. Painting of Salvador Dali: The
Persistence of Memory
The poem of Alfred lord Tennyson: crossing the bar
“For tho’ from out our bourne of time and place
the flood made bear me far i hope to see my pilot
face to face when I have crost the bar.”

Another example is a symbolism used by the bible.

8. Expressionism: this method was introduced in
4. Fauvism: this was first important art movement
of the 1900s Henri Matisse led the movement of
fauvism it does not attempt to express ethical,
philosophical or psychological themes.
Painting of Henri Matisse: The
dance
Germany during the first decade of the 20th
century. It influences were felt by the rift
European artist from 1920 up to the present. it
considered a need of having belief in the
necessity of a spiritual rebirth for men. The
emotional expressions including could be
described as involving pathos, morbidity,
violence or chaos, and tragedy or defeat.

Painting of Ernst Ludwig

Kirchner: Berlin Street Scene

5. Dadaism: it is a protest form of arts during 1916

formed by a group of artists and poets in Zurich,
Switzerland. it is a reaction of outworn traditions
in arts and provoke the evils in society. The
name dada is a french word which means a
hobby horse. it was deliberately chosen
because it was nonsensical.

Sculpture of Raoul Hausmann:

Mechanical Head (The spirit of
our time)