What is ART?
well as interpretations of the art, it
-skill acquired by experience, study, or
observation- merriam websters dictionary
e.g. the art of making friends
-an occupation requiring knowledge or skill-
merriam websters dictionary
- the conscious use of skill and creative
imagination especially in the production of
aesthetic objects- merriam websters dictionary
-Skill; its display or application.
Sing. art (abstractly); no plural. -Oxford Dictionary
-Skill in doing anything as the result of knowledge
and practice. -Oxford Dictionary
-Human skill as an agent, human workmanship.
Opposed to nature. -Oxford Dictionary
Why is art not nature?
 art is a product of the artist's imagination.
WHY STUDY ART?
 “By participating in the arts, our
students develop cognitive abilities
and forms of intelligence that
complement training in other
disciplines, and in some cases they
discover talents and interests that
will shape their careers and
principal avocations.” – Shirley M.
Tilghman (Princeton University
President, 2001 – 2013)
e.g. noli me tangere and
spolarium
WHY DO WE NEED TO APPRECIATE ART?
 Art appreciation helps open the
mindset of the people, by listening to
different perspective and views as
encourages thoughtful conversation
and the understanding that there is
more than one approach to
everything.
What is CREATIVITY?
the ability to create; the quality of being creative -
merriam websters dictionary
The production of ideas and objects that are both
novel or original and worthwhile or appropriate,
that is, useful, attractive, meaningful, or correct.
-Oxford Dictionary
WHY DO PEOPLE CREATE ART?
 Humans are born with the ability to
create art.
 In communication, art is a medium
through which ideas can be expressed and
information shared.
 Healing through Art: We can create or
experience art to relax. We can also
enliven and stimulate ourselves with art.
It can also be expressed artistically, tells
a story, or has a functional purpose.
Creativity and imagination are at the
heart of art.
WHAT IS IMAGINATION?
- the act or power of forming a mental image of
something not present to the senses or never
before wholly perceived in reality -merriam
websters dictionary
-A creative ability; a creation of the mind -
merriam websters dictionary
- Most directly, the faculty of reviving or especially
creating images in the mind's eye. But more
generally, the ability to create and rehearse possible
situations, to combine knowledge in The mind’s
capacity to generate images of objects, states, or
actions that have not been felt or experienced by the
senses.-Oxford Dictionary
KINDS OF ART
 Sculpture- (1) art of processing (as by
carving, modeling, or welding) plastic or
hard materials into works of art. (2) to form
an image or representation of from solid
material (such as wood or stone) (3)to form
into a three-dimensional work of art (4)to
shape by or as if by carving or molding
 Architecture- (1) the art or science of
building. (2) a method or style of building.
(3) unifying or coherent form or structure.
 Painting- (1)a work produced through the
art of painting. (2) the art or occupation of
painting
 Poetry- Language sung, chanted, spoken, or
written according to some pattern of
recurrence that emphasizes the relationships
between words on the basis of sound as well
as sense.
 Literature- (1) writings in prose or verse.
(2) writings having excellence of form or
expression and expressing ideas of
permanent or universal interest.
 Music- (1) vocal, instrumental, or
mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody,
or harmony. (2)The science or art of
ordering tones or sounds in succession, in
combination, and in temporal relationships
to produce a composition having unity and
continuity.
 Theatre- is a collaborative art form which
combines words, voice, movement and
visual elements to express meaning. The
field of theatre encompasses not only live
improvised and scripted work, but also
dramatic forms such as film, television and
other electronic media.
 Dance- is the art form in which human
movement becomes the medium for sensing,
understanding, and communicating ideas,
feelings, and experiences. Dance has its own
content, vocabulary, skills, and techniques,
which must be understood and applied to be
proficient in the art.
ELEMENTS OF ART
 Line- Melodic Line
 Color- Bright/Dark Sound
 Value- Count/timing/ or More generally
music has, or can have, various sorts of
practical value. Notable among the practical
values of music are social value,
entertainment value, therapeutic value,
functioning-enhancement value, and self-
affirmation value.
 Shape-The direction of a melody; the
abstract quality of the motion and figure of a
composition, achieved through dynamics,
pitch direction, and tempo.
 Form- structure of music
 Space- actual location or A person listening
to music can be said to “hear space” in two
senses: metaphorically, when the musical
features of a composition, such as melody,
harmony or rhythm, evoke a space (e.g., if
she hears a “rising” melodic line) or suggest
abstract concepts related to an imaginary
spatial scene
 Texture- how the tempo, melodic, and
harmonic materials are combined in a
musical composition, determining the
overall quality of the sound in a piece.
o Monophonic-characterized by a
single unaccompanied melodic line
of music
o Homophonic-multiple voices
moving together harmonically at the
same pace
o Polyphonic- a musical texture
consisting of two or more
simultaneous melodic lines
o Meterophonic- multiple variations
of the same melodic line that are
heard simultaneously across different
voices.
CATEGORIES OF ART
 Visual Art- The visual arts are art forms that
create works that are primarily visual in
nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting,
sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts,
photography, video, film making and
architecture.
 Auditory Art- The art of arranging sounds
in time so as to produce a continuous,
unified, and evocative composition, as
through melody, harmony, rhythm, and
timbre
 Combined art- Combined arts is where
different artforms interact and create
something new and exciting across outdoor
arts, carnival, festivals, spectacle,
interdisciplinary work, live art and
participatory and social art practice.