Emmanuel Estopa BSED-2 HUM101

Essay: 1 paragraph for each question. (Short Bond paper - Printed)

Why is art ageless and timeless?
Art is ageless for it never gets old; it continues to grow. Art is timeless for it is
bound to have its continuity of passing its skills and knowledge from one
generation to the next. Art continues to flourish from time to time, it never gets old
for it has no lifespan for us to predict when it stops. Even if years shall pass, it will
never be affected by how time flies and what changes this world will be having, art
still fits and belongs to anything. There is no need to prolong the answer, art never
gets old and will never be affected by how the world will be changing.
Why does art involve experience?
The function and essence of art is not simply art itself; it is not how we think that it
has no corresponding laws for you to just simply underestimate it, but like any
other field it needs experience. Art involves experience, it is not only about how
you learn to rely on your emotions while creating art or on how you leave a
message to an artwork, but it’s also about how you follow the set laws on what the
artist is using especially the materials, also learning the pattern he/she indicates as
its inner vision, what function does it belong into, and to more specifics. Digging
more and looking out to the deeper context of art, it is not simply just called "art",
still it needs experience. Not only with the emotions and message we need to
convey but with the formality of what we also needed to adapt as an artist.
 FOUR PLANES OF ANALYSIS
THE BASIC SEMIOTIC PLANE- is the study of;” signs”. It consists of & a “signifier”, or it is
a material/physical aspect, and its “signified” or non-material aspect as concept and value. The
visual elements and how they are used convey meaning that forms the work’s text. It also
includes the choice of medium and technique that refers to material and style that the artist
exercises free selection. Then, the work’s format is a symbolic representation that participates in
its meaning. Lastly the physical properties and marks of the work such as notations, traces, and
marks. Semiotics is concerned with everything that can be taken as a sign. The elements of the
visual arts derive their meaning-conveying potential from two large sources: human
psychophysical experiences and the socio-cultural conventions of a particular society and
period. 
THE ICONIC PLANE OR THE IMAGE ITSELF- is still part of the semiotic approach since
it is still based on the signifier-signified relationship. The only difference is that the material
elements of the work have to do with the particular features, aspects, and qualities of the image.
The iconic plane includes the choice of the subject which may bear social and political
implications. Also, part of the iconic plane is the positioning of the figure (frontal, in profile,
three-fourths, etc.) which implies its bearing on the meaning of the work. This is important not
only in defining the relationship between the subject and the viewer but also in describing
pictorial space. also takes into account the relationship of the figures to one another, whether
massed, isolated or juxtaposed in terms of affinity or contrast. The style of figuration or the
proportion of the body deals with the image itself. In the basic semiotic plane, which deals with
the material aspect of the work, and in the iconic plane which deals with the features of the
image itself, one can see that the signifier cannot be separated from the signified, concrete fact or
material data cannot be divorced from value.
THE CONTEXTUAL PLANE- Resituating the work in its context will bring out the full
meaning of the work in terms of its human and social implications. The viewer draws out the
dialogic relationship between art and society. If one does not view the work in its context but
chooses to confine the analysis to the internal structure of the work then he reduces its meaning.
the meaning of a work is complex that involves concepts, values, emotions, attitudes,
atmospheres, and sensory experiences that arise from the three planes. The experience of work
cannot be reduced. Broad knowledge of history and the economic, political, and cultural
conditions, past and present, of a society, is called upon in the contextual plane. It shows the
progress over time
THE AXIOLOGICAL OR EVALUATION- it has to do with analyzing the values of work.
The plane of analysis examines the value of work having a dialogic relationship with the public.
The evaluation of work necessarily includes the analysis and examination of its axiological
content since values are expressed in the work which holds a dialogic relationship with reality.
The style of figuration is where the subject is taken from the visible world; the object may be
stylized but still recognizable.