ART APPRECIATION: Creativity,

Imagination, And Expression

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. Characterize artistic expression based on personal experiences with art.
2. Categorize works of art by citing personal experiences.
 ART APPRECIATION AS A WAY OF LIFE

Each artwork beholds beauty of its own kind, the kind that
the artist sees and wants the viewers to perceive. More often than
not, people are blind to this beauty and only those who have
developed a fine sense of appreciation can experience and see the
art the same way the artist did. Because of this, numerous
artworks go unnoticed, artists are not given credit, and they miss
opportunities.
It sometimes takes a lifetime before their contribution to the
development of art is recognized. Hence, refining one’s ability to
appreciate art allows him to deeply understand the purpose of an
artwork and recognize the beauty it possesses (Collins & Riley,
1931).
 THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN ART MAKING
Creativity requires thinking outside the box. In art,
creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another. We
say something is done creatively when we have not seen
anything like it or when it is out of the ordinary. A creative
artist does not simply copy or imitate another artist’s work.
He embraces originality, puts his own flavor into his work,
and calls it his own creative piece.
Yet, being creative nowadays can be quite challenging.
What you thought was your own unique and creative idea
may not what it seems to be after extensive research and
that someone else has coincidentally devised before the
idea in another part of the world.
 THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN ART MAKING

For instance, the campaign ad “It’s More Fun in the

Philippines” used by the Department of Tourism (DOT) boomed
popularity in 2011, but later on it was found out that it was
allegedly plagiarized from Switzerland’s tourism slogan “It’s
More Fun in Switzerland,” back in 1951. In DOT’s defense,
former DOT secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. claimed that it was
“purely coincidental.”
Thus, creativity should be backed with careful research on
related art to avoid such conflicts.
 ART AS A PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION,
IMAGINATION AS A PRODUCT OF ART
Where do you think famous writers, painters, and
musicians get their ideas? Where do ideas in making creative
solutions begin? It all starts in human mind. It all begins with
imagination.
German physicist, Albert Einstein states that “Imagination
is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to
all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces
the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and
understand.”
Imagination is not constrained by the walls of the norm,
but goes beyond that. That is why people rely on curiosity and
imagination for advancement.
 ART AS A PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION,
IMAGINATION AS A PRODUCT OF ART
In an artist’s mind sits a vast gallery of artworks. An artwork
does not need to be a real thing, but can be something that is
imaginary (Collingwood, 1938). Take for example a musician who
thinks of a tune in his head. The making of this tune in his head
makes it an imaginary tune, an imaginative creation, an
imaginary art (Collingwood, 1938). It remains imaginary until he
hums, sings or writes down the notes of the tune on paper.
In the same way, art also inspires imagination. Often, you will
find coffee shops, restaurants and libraries with paintings hung,
or sculptures and other pieces of art placed around the room.
 ART AS EXPRESSION

Robin George Collingwood, an English philosopher

who is best known for his work in aesthetics, explicated in
his publication The Principles of Art (1938) that what artist
does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it.
Through expression, he is able to explore his own
emotions and at the same time, create something
beautiful out of them. However, expressing emotion is
something different from describing emotions.
There are countless ways of expressing oneself
through art. Please take not of the following:
 WAYS OF EXPRESSING ONESELF THROUGH
ART

1. VISUAL ARTS 5. ARCHITECTURE

2.FILMS 6.DANCE
3. PERFORMANCE 7. LITERARY ART
ART 8.THEATER
4.POETRY 9.APPLIED ARTS
PERFORMANCE
 THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR WATCHING!

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activity regarding this lesson.