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PERSPECTIVES ON
ART
KRYZZLE TRITZ B. DANGEL
Mimesis
•it is the basic theoretical
principle in the creation of
PHILOSOPHICAL
PERSPECTIVE art.
OF ART •It is a Greek word which
means “imitation” (though
in the sense of “re-
presentation” rather than
of “copying”).
According to Plato, all artistic creation is a
form of imitation: that which really exists (in
the “world of ideas”) is a type created by
God; the concrete things man perceivesin
his existence are shadowyrepresentations
of this ideal type.
Mimesis
Therefore, the painter, the tragedian, and
the musician are imitators of an imitation,
twice removed from the truth. Aristotle,
speaking of tragedy, stressed the point that
it was an “imitation of an action”—that of a
man falling from a higher to a lower estate.
According to Plato,
Art is imitation, and that’s bad.
• Work that does not depict anything from the real world (figures, landscapes,
animals, etc.) is called nonrepresentational. Nonrepresentational art may simply
depict shapes, colors, lines, etc., but may also express things that are not visible–
emotions or feelings for example.
NON-
REPRESENTATIONAL
ART
1.Nature-animals, people, landscapes. These 3 are the most common inspiration and subject
matter for art.
2.History- artists are sensitive to the events taking place in the world around them. the dress, the
houses, the manner of living, the thoughts of a period are necessarily reflected in the work of the
artist.
3. Greek and Roman Mythology-these are the gods and goddess. its center is on deities and
heroes
4. Judeo -Christian tradition- religion and art, The Bible, the apocrypha, the rituals of the church
5.Sacred oriental texts-the countries of the orient, especially China, Japan, and India, have all
produced sacred texts of one kind or another, and these inspired various kinds of art. most fruitful
have been the texts and traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Animals
People
Landscape
Greek and
Roman
Mythology
Judeo-Christian
Tradition
Different Kinds of Subject
Dreams and
fantasies
Activity 1
01 02 03
Look for aFilipino Identify and Present your
contemporary art. discuss the output via power
subject, source, point presentation
type and kind of
subject used inthe
artwork.