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    CHAPTER2 Art Making and Art Criticism Overview Artmaking applies human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty ‘or emotional power. It represents reality, communicates emotions or ideas, creates a sense of beauty, explores the nature of perception, and explores formal elements for their own sake, However, it is changing over time, acquiring more of an aesthetic component here anda socio-educational function there (Oxford Languages, 2022) As to Aristotle, art-making traces back to the love of imitation and recognizing likenesses that characterize humans. However, it is mere copying and realizing the external form and the inward significance of the things. Leo Tolstoy then intensifies that artmaking is a human activity, consisting in this, that one person consciously, by sure external signs, conveys to others feelings he has experienced, and other people are affected by these feelings and live them over themselves (Martinique, E. 2016) The underlying thought that we can grasp in artmaking about Reading the Visuals is that every art created by an artist has its own set of criteria to be understood. We leave each viewer a much broader thought to explore, either objectively or subjective. Every art made or produced could tell us the verity of truth that brings us a much-anticipated understanding of its projected reality. “Model of Jackson Pollock in his studio, by Joe Fig nepinewsaretcom The simple object or thing, for example, that you see in your surroundings, in your house, or you carried just eae like your cellphone, may give you an ordinary experience te toabondyoup of art. We sometimes take things for granted by not realizing how things could change how we perceive and behave. As a student, how can you change your perception and behavior just by looking into art or simply on the things you have seen? (regan comer 2012020e ond god 0-tes-oee) Whether or not you are an artist or just a spectator, we each play a vital role in the world we live in. The world is so vast that we could not even realize that what we see in our surroundings affects our perception and behavior, enabling us to change our community, either good or bad. ‘We must see that when we do art in our present time, it, should change our society and the near future. Art Criticism is the analysis and evaluation of works te of art. More subtly, itis interpretive, involving the effort InDelerse of rt citism to understand a particular piece of art from a theoretical eee es perspective and establish its significance in art history. abe The critic is minimally required to be a connoisseur, which means he must have a “sound lonowledge” of art history. The critic is often faced with a choice: to defend old standards, values, and hierarchies against new ones or to defend the new against the old (Kuspit, D.B. 2021). In addition, he emphasized that such artists push the limits of the critic's understanding and appreciation cr force the critic to fall back on established assumptions in intellectual self-defeat. The greatest threat to art criticismis the development of defensiveclichés—settled expectations and unquestioned presuppositions—about art. In contrast, the adventure of art criticism lies in the ‘exposure to new possibilities of art and the exploration of new approaches that seem demanded by it. Everyone's a Critique: Too Much Art He purported that art criticism elaborates these by Mario Naves ‘i ps: mnas wedges com three ideas, sometimes in combination: art psychological 6 op and moral, and as spiritual. General statements can inform the principle of judgment Shout art, but the intuition of a work of art or an artistic personality necessarily involves setting down to particulars. [Art criticism forms an integral part of fully digesting the minute details of the art. It provides the viewers to see the horizon it depicts and what lies behind it. Stil, iti at the broad discretion of the viewers to see tas itis, ort impacts them psychologically, morally, and epiritually. Though iti the viewers’ discretion and prerogative to critique artas to our content, the art that we encounter could provide a greater chance to widen our views of what the artis all about. 6 Communication and the Visual Visual experiences are also moments of communication. A visual is something that can be seen using the human eye, It uses visual elements to communicate information or ideas. It is the practice of graphically representing information to efficiently, effectively create meaning (Pimenta, 5, & Poovaiah, R. 2010). Visual communication is the transmission of 5 information and ideas using symbols and imagery. @on Go Itis one of the three main types of communication, ® elite verbal communication like speaking and non-verbal i} t = 3 communication that is tone, body language (Study. com 2003). In addition, visual communication is believed to be the type that people rely on most, and i you itincludes signs, graphic designs, films, typography, re a and many others (Study.com 2003). Benefits of Visual Communication: Edraw ‘The study of symbols and visual communication igus is called semiotics. Semiotics aims to analyze how people make meaning out of signs and how those symbols are interpreted. Abasic example ‘would be looking into a picture of a “tree”: why do we look at a picture and automatically know that it means tree? This is because, primarily, people learn through society and culture what the word “tree” means, which they then associate with the object and is ultimately recognized in the picture. Using our visual prowess, we can delve into reality and know that the thing in front of us oF is out of this world can be grasped through visual communication. It is in the realm of what our eyes gaze at and our mental processes. That is why we fully understand what is before us and process it. ‘The world we live in is so complex that even our eyes cannot process the whole thing, yet we must bear in ‘mind that there is one general truth of every seeing: asi tad a eae to see is to believe. by Rod Waddington ps there a LESSON 1. ART MAKING IN SEEING AND SENSE ‘Art making is a fun and rewarding way for sans people to express themselves and learn a broad range of skills and concepts. In making art, students eo > os a explore the materials andtechniquesusedbyartsts 1) ug Dal and architects and experience the decision-making Production is at the heart of making art. Artists Five Senses and theoristshave longacknowledgeditsimportance by Vector Stock a an artistic action and an exploration idea. And etm ecto com shifting in ourlives, so have how artists have responded to it. Whilesome contemporary artists foreground production as a tool, others use their work to explore around ideas exhibition we might otherwise overlook There are five (5) Stages of Art Making, as suggested by Moore, J. 0. (2021) 1. Inspiration — an exciting moment in the process of creating art. 2. Percolation - it is refining your ideas before making art. 3, Preparation is a more active and focused time to create your blueprint. 4 Creation can vary depending on your personal temperament, artistic style, and ‘medium, 5. Reflection - will vary depending on the artists. Art's ability to flex our imaginations may be one of the reasons why we have been making art. When you're creating art, you have alot of choices to make: what kind of drawing tool to use, what color to use, and how to put what you see onto the paper. Finally, deciphering the visuals ~ figuring out what they imply. Anything that engages your creative mind and your ability to connect unrelated things and imagine new ways to communicate is beneficial to you. Seeing and Sense, as Mirzoeff (1999) Uban sketchingin 15 mnutes emphasized, “human experience is now more by Jessie Oleson Moore visual and visualized than ever before. On the one meosiovenetsycom hand, seeing is an automatic, physiological function we perform without thinking and, on. the other hand, a complex and absorbing process. Byes, in particular, fascinate us. They are the windows to the soul. Seeing and making sense of what we see is thus neither natural nor straightforward, and our ability to see is similar to our ability to speak. 2 While artists spend their lifetime developing this sensory awareness as part of their artistic growth and development, we can all do the same by paying closer attention to things around us in ‘our everyday environments. Our senses seem to operate separately, as distinct ways of perceiving the world, but they work together closely to help our minds make sense of everything around us. Everyone can learn to become more aware of this ‘Common Road Signs ~ Google $ id collaboration between our senses and intellect and econ ae use the information to inform our experiences (Hoy, P.2015). ‘Through seeing, we can build images and signs that could create the process of the semiotic principle of analyzing signs because it makes good sense in terms of how people approach texts, The idea of language as a series of signs is found as early as Aristotle, who defined human voice as semantikos psophos, “significant sound,” or sounds that make ‘meaning (Shirato, T. & Webb, J., 2004). ‘Semiotics is undoubtedly an effective tool for analysis because it deals with the signs- anything which stands for something, In general, even obscure visual images can easily be imbued with some meaning (Shirato, T. & Webb, J., 2004). Let's try to be more deliberate about experiencing our work and personal lives. The focus for a moment, quiet your mind and pay attention to all your senses, And even one at a time if necessary. Making a mental note of how that awareness impacts your experiences, how you interact with others, and how you combine sensory ‘experience might be different and more informative than focusing on just one (Hoy, P. 2015). LESSON 2. ART CRITICISM AS READING THE REAL ‘As Wilson K. (2021) viewed, art criticism analyzes and evaluates any art form. She Provided four ideas on how to assess a work of art, namely; 1. Description ~ one should start it to describe what we see. One would leave out judgments and our interpretations of what we think. Instead, we would describe elements such as their size and scale, ete 2. Analysis ~ by determining what described elements suggest and why the artist used those =... a ae specific colors, angles or shapes, etc., to convey W/E “y et feelings, ideas, or historical events. pro Frty Poke 3. Interpretation - is used to establish context, Se explaining why we think the artist created it and its meaning, When interpreting a work of art, we want to analyze the work's overall meaning by pointing to evidence inside the work and others. 4, Evaluation of Judgement — isto decide where an artwork stands alongside similar works and. explain what aspects are most important when determining its quality. To read the visual objects as having meaning, or seeing in them something more than their apparent or functional identity “Reading” provides, as Aristotle emphasized, inferring and identifying, It also has a fre te mimetic role (imitation role), reflecting an ideal. A photograph is an actual historical moment with two (2) interpretative strata: first, its material structure; the teal meanings of the text and its signs; and the specificity of its content. The second stratum is simply a reading of the conventional subject matter, in terms of reorganizing the pure forms as particular objects with a social meaning, a process of deciphering (Shirato, T. & Webb, J., 2004) LESSON 3. RELATIONSHIP OF VISUAL ARTS Visual Arts connects us to other areas of our lives. It paves the way to communicate points of view and shape the way communities think and identify themselves. Human beings want to express themselves according to their taste and preferences by saying their thoughts and ideas through various visual arts. We delve into defining ourselves in countless ways, either by watching or reading, The following list includes, but Image by Diference {s not limited to, popular art expressions. 1 egeifveronnetcom Film ~ refers to a movie or motion pictures/Movies are made up of a series of still photographs, each showinga slight change in motion then projected. They give the illusion of a moving image. Narrative Painting - has an clement of literacy. In narrative pictures, the viewer sees a moment in a story that allows the viewer to understand what happened prior to and after the moment caught by the artist. History Painting — used to describe a painting that focuses on a serious narrative oo includes exemplary actions. Their subjects derive from the Bible, mythology, secular literature, or historical events. Animation - from the Latin word ‘animare’ (to breathe into life) is the visual art of making a ‘motion picture froma series of still drawings. from the Greck word ‘komikos’ of or about ‘comedy. The printed arrangement of art and balloons in sequence. 20 Aviation Narrative Ilustrations - the pictorial ee representations of or reference to one or more ‘events’ occur in a sequence of time and bring a change in the condition of at least one character. Pictorial Narrative - the term is made up of two words- pictorial (from the word picture) and narrative. Etymologically the word comes from the Latin word jctorius'- meaning of a painter. Narrative means engaging in the act of narration. 31 ‘VISUAL NARRATIVES Visual story-telling is a phenomenon that every society is acquainted with. In recent times, the term 9.9.8, 7n Quin extensively used to refer to visual story-tellingis "Visual Narratives. Visual Narratives is defined as a graphic that essentially and explicitly narrates a story; Visual Se signifies something that can be seen using the human <== aE eye, whereas: Story illustrates a series of events linked <== to— by causality, temporarily, or sequence of the order of repsinsetyom ‘occurrence. Narrative signifies the act of telling a story of the story itself or the order of presentation (Pimenta, S. & Poovaiah, R. 2020). They pointed out that there are five (5) characteristic features of Visual Narratives (VN), namely; 1, The presence of a story is an essential feature of the visual narrative. The story could belong, to any genre: fiction, mythology, fairy tale, folklore, fables, religious stores, etc 2. The visual is constructed with the idea of communicating a story to the onlooker. 3. There is a presence of a participant (actor). An actor is a character in the story who acts. It is the essential component of the visual narrative, — Yatara Singing’ in Jakarta, Indonesia, shot by Kristof Vaino ens ieee 4, The visual narrative has a ‘universe’ ofits own. 5. Avisual narrative could be expressed on any medium, e.g, paper, stone, an ‘They said that any visual represented with an idea to communicate a story to the onlooker qualifies a visual narrative. In some cases, the onlooker may fai to relate to the story presented due to many reasons such as differences in culture, context, language, etc, The fact that the onlooker does not know the story does not nullify the narrative quality of the visual. ’ 2 LESSON 4. NARRATIVE There are an unlimited numberof stories to tell and an infinite number of ways to tell them. Understanding the many sorts of narratives may help you tell your story in the most efficient way possible, whether you're writing a descriptive essay, a short story, ora novel A narrative is a method of presenting related events to tell a compelling story. A narrative, whether in an essay, a biography, or a novel, connects disparate occurrences through a theme, idea, or storyline. A beginning, middle, and end are typical elements of ‘most narratives. From traditional tales to ancient poetry, narratives have been around since the dawn of storytelling. Narrative in its simplest form means “story.” But of course, it is more complex: the word comes from the Latin word ‘narrare; which means ‘to relate; soit denotes both what is told and the process of telling. The study of narrative is called Narratology (Shirato, T. & Webb, J.2004). The narrative may incorporate articulate language, spoken or written; pictures, still or moving; gestures and the ordered arrangement of all the ingredients: its present in myth, legend, fables, short story, epic, history, tragedy—comedy pantomime, painting, stained glass windows, cinema, comic strips, journalism, and conversation. In addition, under this almost infinite number of forms, the narrative is present at all times, in all places, in all societies. The history of narratives begins with the history of humanity. ‘The narrative is also a concept that is used in various ways. Narrative can be used to describe a kind or quality ofa text. It can also explain how we interpret a particular text, how we order and make meaning out of unordered information we take in from the world, and how we employ narration to express our views and experiences to others through stories (Worth, S. 2004). ‘A narrative is a way of presenting related events to tell a good story. Whether it's a narrative essay, a biography, or a novel, a narrative unites distinct events by concept, idea, or plot. Common types of narratives normally contain a beginning, middle, and end. Narratives have been around since the beginning of storytelling, from folk tales to ancient poetry (MasterClass, 2021) k MasterClass (2021) presented 4 Types of Narrative Writing 1. Linear Narrative - presents the story's events in the order they happened. This can be accomplished through any narrative perspective: first-person, second-person, or third-person. The types of writing that employ linear narrative have the effect of immersing Spiderman No Way Home - Moviefone Iecimaresnenctemienefodoncin 2 the reader in the protagonist’ daily life, as the reader watches the events ofthe character's life unfold in chronological order. Examples of narrative linearity can be found in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which offers different narrative perspectives but unfolds the plot in a linear, (MasterClass 2021) Non-linear Narrative - presents the story’ flashbacks andotherliterary devicesto shift the chronology ofastory. Ash novella, or novel may fracture the story's timeline to emphasize the emotional mindset of a personal narrative or make thematic connections between non~ contemporary events. In Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, Odysseus’ adventures are presented out of order. This has the effect of building suspense throughout the long narrative poem, as the reader is let to wonder how Odysseus’ ordeals began. The Overstory of a non-linear narrative, in which author Richard Powers employs a type of narration that interweaves storylines that span decades and ‘only occasionally overlap (MasterClass 2021). Quest Narrative ~ is a story in which the protagonist works tirelessly toward ‘a goal. The pursuit of this goal likely becomes their all-consuming passion, and they must face seemingly insurmountable obstacles along the way. Typically, this object of their pursuit is geographically remote, and the character must go on a Jong journey to obtain it. As Odysseus does in returning home to his wife in The Odyssey or as Captain Willard does in his journey through the jungles of Vietnam to find Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. Another example of a quest narrative is JRLR. Tolkein's The Hobbit. In the novel, Bilbo Baggins sets out with a band of dwarves to reclaim lost gold from a dragon. Their quest takes them through many dangerous territories, and some crises nearly ruin them along the way (MasterClass 2021) |. Viewpoint Narrative - is designed to express the points of view or subjective personal experience ofthe main character or other fictional characters in the story. In viewpoint narrative writing, moods, feelings, and other sensory details are filtered through the narrator’ own life and subjective point of view. This narrative style often takes the form of first-person or third-person omniscientnarration, The omniscient narrator switches between the POVs and private thoughts of multiple central characters. This type of narrative allows for the possibility of an unreliable narrator, in which the person telling the story presents information subjectively and inconsistently. The unreliable narrator is either deliberately deceptive (e.g, noted liar or trickster) or unintentionally misguided (eg, a middle schooler who may not fully understand the events taking place), forcing the reader to question their credibility as a storyteller. In Lolita by VIadamir Nabokov, the first-person narrative comes from Humbert Humbert, a man who has been in a psychiatric clinic multiple times and casts the entire story in a subjective, untrustworthy light (MasterClass 2021) chronological manner ’s events out of order, employing jort story, LESSON 5: PRACTICE IN ART CRITICISM Art criticism according to Barret, T. (1994) responds to, interprets meaning, and makes

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