VISUAL ARTS AND VISUAL

CULTURE
LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:

1.understand the identity of Arts and Culture.

2.identify the differences and Similarities between Arts and
Culture.
3.apply the learnings gained by interpreting and reading visual
arts; and
4.appreciate the Cultures behind every visual Arts.
Pre- activity
CULTURE
As human beings, we constantly feel the need to express
ourselves and human expression can be varied in nature. Art and
culture are two such modes of expression that human beings
have chosen to express themselves through.
ARTS

• Art is something we do, Art is an expression of our

thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and desires, but it is
even more personal than that: it’s about sharing the
way we experience the world, which for many is an
extension of personality.
VISUAL ARTS
• The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking,
sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts,
and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts,
conceptual art, and textile arts also involve aspects of visual arts as
well as arts of other types.

• The visual arts are art forms that create works that are primarily
visual in nature.

• The main focus of visual arts is creative expression through visual

means. This means there is communication without the need for
words and without the need for the other human senses.
CULTURE
• Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs,
and institutions of a population that is passed down from
generation to generation.

• Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." As
such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals,
and art.

• Culture is the lifeblood of a vibrant society, expressed in the many

ways we tell our stories, celebrate, remember the past, entertain
ourselves, and imagine the future. Our creative expression helps
define who we are, and helps us see the world through the eyes of
others.
• Culture unites people of a single society together
through shared beliefs, traditions, and expectations.

• Culture is the systems of knowledge shared by a

relatively large group of people who develop a
common series of cultivated behaviors, which
correspond to the totality of a person’s learned,
accumulated experience.
VISUAL CULTURE
• Visual culture is the aspect of culture expressed in visual images.
Many academic fields study this subject, including cultural studies,
art history, critical theory, philosophy, media studies, Deaf Studies,
and anthropology.

• Visual culture is a term that refers to the tangible, or visible,

expressions by a people, a state or a civilization, and collectively
describes the characteristics of that body as a whole.

• Visual culture is a way of studying a work that uses art history,

humanities, sciences, and social sciences. It is intertwined with
everything that one sees in his day to day life - advertising,
landscape, buildings, photographs, movies, paintings, apparel -
anything within our culture that communicates through visual
means.
• Visual culture regards images as central to the
representation of meaning in the world. It encompasses
"high" art without an assumption of its higher status.

• Visual Culture is human culture based on visual media —

pictures, sculpture, and (sometimes) dance— as opposed to
oral culture and print culture, based on language, words, and
writing.
Difference between Arts and Culture

Art and culture are most definitely two things that go hand in hand. Works of
art created by a society is a product of the culture that prevails within that
community and, therefore, one can see that art and culture are definitely
interlinked. However, it is important to discern the many differences between
these two concepts in order to understand them better.
•Culture is the ensemble of social forms, material traits, customary
beliefs, and other human phenomena that cannot be directly
attributed to the genetic inheritance of a religious, racial, or social
group. Art is the creative expression of one’s experiences, emotions,
and other qualities.

• Art is one aspect of culture. Art is influenced heavily by culture and

is born as a by-product of culture, reflecting some of its customs,
beliefs, and values.

• Art is a diverse range of individual activities in creating visual,

auditory, or performing artifacts. Culture is an umbrella term that
encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human
societies.
• Art can be expressed through a variety of mediums
including paintings, sculpture weaving, etc. Culture can be
exhibited and expressed to behavior, clothes, traditions and
festivals.

• Humans learn art by emulating their years or by

themselves. Humans acquire culture through socialization,
which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies.

• Culture is more sociological than Aesthetic

• Culture Provides the social and ideological conditions in

which work of art can be made and disseminated.
Similarities between art and culture
• Art and culture serve as a part of the basis for shaping the
values we have today.

• Art and culture are forms of expression that have always

existed since Prehistoric Times, in the form of cave
paintings and communities.

• Art is one of the aspects of culture. It is a very defined,

creative approach in making objects or making concepts.
•Both the concept of art and culture give a
sense of community or belonging and self-
acceptance.

•Art and culture can connect directly to

people’s hearts and bodies, enabling them to
shift their mindset in a more profound way
than other forms of communication.
 GENERALIZATION

Art and culture of numerous kinds and

forms have been a part of our societies’
evolution. Art and culture are two modes
of expression that human beings have
chosen to express themselves.
REFLECTION
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