SUMMARY OF ARTS 002

PRELIM

Lesson 1

What is ART?

 Art is a highly diverse range of human activities engaged in creating visual, auditory, or performed
artifacts— artworks—that express the author’s imaginative or technical skill, and are intended to be
appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
 Art is a creative activity that expresses imaginative or technical skills. It produces a product, an object.
The product of art is called a work of art. It includes drawing, painting, sculpting, photography, dance,
music, poetry, prose, theatre, etc.
 ART’s original classical definition was derived from the Latin word "ars" (meaning "skill" or "craft") - is a
useful starting point.

Art can be classified as Visual Art, Literary Art or Performing Art.

 Visual Art
 These are the arts that meet the eye and evoke an emotion through an expression of skill and
imagination.
o Examples:
 painting
 drawing
 sculpture
 printmaking
 photography,
 installation art
 Literary Art
 Literary art is something in the form of writing or stories that have artistic and cultural value that
displays the beauty of speech and language to convey certain meanings.
o Examples:
 Manuscripts
 poetry
 dissertations
 theses
 reports
 speeches
 pamphlets
 brochures
 textbooks
 catalogs
 Performance Art
 Performance art, a time-based art form that typically features a live presentation to an audience or
to onlookers (as on a street) and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, and painting.
 It is generally an event rather than an artifact, by nature ephemeral, though it is often recorded on
video and by means of still photography.
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 Classification of Arts According to Functions

1. Motivated (Functional) Examples: Architecture, weaving, furniture-making
2. Non-motivated (Non-functional) Examples: Painting, sculpture, literature, music, and the theatre
arts.

 The Common Functions of Art

1. Personal Function
 Arts are vehicles for the artists’ expression of their feelings and ideas.
 The art also serve as means of expression for us.
 The works of art makes us aware of other ways of thinking, feeling, and imagining that
have never occurred to us before.
2. Social Function
 One cannot conceive of a society without art, for art is closely related to every aspect of
social life.
 Viewers can often relate in some way to social art and are sometimes even influenced
by it to enforce and enhance the shared sense of identity of those in family, community,
or civilization (this includes festive occasions, parades, dances, uniforms, holidays and
events).
3. Spiritual Function
 The designs of religious structures tells so many things about the culture of the faithful.
 The same is true for the hymns used in worship services, and the religious plays that
dramatized or depicting the crucifixion and death of Christ and the time His
Resurrection.
 Same is true with the portraits of the Saints and religious personalities– to express
spiritual beliefs about the destiny of life controlled by the force of a higher power.
4. Educational Function
 " Artsrelated activities are important for so much more than just keeping your child busy
or relaxed. They’ve been proven to boost a child’s self-image. The self-esteem,
confidence and pride that comes from art in education is truly incredible and every child
should experience that.
5. Political Function
 One function of sculpture and painting is the commemoration of important personages
in society.
 The statues of national heroes that grace our parks and plazas are commemorative
works as are the commissioned paintings of leaders or rulers. Often they serve to record
important historical events, or reveal the ideals of heroism and leadership that the
community would want the young to emulate.
6. Physical Function
 Works of art that are created to perform some service such as tools and containers are
objects which make our lives physically comfortable.
 Works of art that are created to perform some service have physical functions like
vases, benches, chairs, etc.

Lesson 3
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 Art Appreciation
 Art appreciation is the knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities
that identify all great art. The more you appreciate and understand the art of different eras,
movements, styles and techniques, the better you can develop, evaluate and improve your
own artwork.
 Art appreciation refers to the exploration and analysis of the art forms that we are exposed
to.
 Art appreciation involves a deeper look into the setting and historical implication and
background of the piece, a study of its origins.
 Expression
 It is the ability to convey meaning.
 It involves low level skills such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, but
also high level composition skills such as planning, organization, determining content, and
revision to express information effectively.
 Within its nature, art has no rules. There are no guidelines to express yourself.
 Art is controversial yet peaceful, simple yet bold.
 Imagination
 It is the ability to produce and simulate novel objects, peoples and ideas in the mind
without any immediate input of the senses.
 Imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through
the five senses.
 It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are
not present, or have happened in the past.
 Creativity
 It is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed.
 The created item may be intangible (such as an idea, a scientific theory, a musical
composition, or a joke) or a physical object (such as an invention, a printed literary work, or
a painting).
 Creativity can also be equated with innovation. Innovation in its modern meaning is "a new
idea, creative thoughts, and new imaginations in form of device or method".

Lesson 5
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Lesson 6
 The PowerPoint presentation sent in your group chat serves as the summary.