Leni D.

Hallarces
BSTM-2-YA-2

ARTA111 Reviewer
(Art Appreciation)

Week 1: Introduction to Art Appreciation

HUMANITIES
● Humanities came from the Latin word humanus meaning refined, cultured
and human.
- study of the different cultural aspect of man, his frailties in life and how it can be
improved
- records man’s quest for answers to the fundamental questions he asks about himself
and about life
● Humanities are expressions of man’s feelings and thoughts
- emphasizes dignity and worthiness of man and recognizes creative expressions
- aimed to shape students subjective energies (feelings, attitudes and aspirations)
Importance of Humanities>>
- Man needs an image of himself
- Understanding of his natures
- Necessary for the complete development of a complete social man
- Provides man with a measure of his own passion and desire
- Regulate one's behavior.

ETYMOLOGY OF ART
● ART comes from the Aryan root word AR which means to put together
- Latin word ARS which means skills/ability
- cover those areas of artistic creativity -embraces the visual arts, literature, music and
dance
- expresses aesthetic ideas by use of skill & imagination
Division of the Arts>>
1. Visual: arts that are primarily seen, occupies space
2. Auditory: heard, timed arts; exist in time
3. Combined/performing arts: combines visual & auditory elements
EXAMPLES:
- Visual arts: paintings, sculptures and architectures
- Auditory arts: music and poetry
- Combined: drama & theater, dancing, cinema & TV, opera
Purposes of the Art>>
1. Create beauty
2. Provide decoration
3. Reveal truth
4. Immortalize
 5. Express religious values
6. Record and commemorate experience
7. Create order & harmony

Week 2: Basic assumptions of the Art

ART & NATURE
● Art is not nature. Art is made by human beings.
● Artists frequently find their inspiration and subject matter in nature, and artists do use
nature as a medium. but art itself, not nature.
● The function of the artist is to help us understand the nature of things, to realize the
possibilities in the world, to develop insights or enlarge imagination by creating or
revealing new subjects.

PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS
● According to experts, these paintings were purported to belong to the Upper Paleolithic
Age, several thousands of years before the current era.
● Prehistoric men, with their crude instruments, already showcased and manifested
earliest attempts at recording man's innermost interests, preoccupations, and thoughts.
The humanities, then, ironically, have started even before the term has been coined.
Human persons have long been exercising what it means to be a human long before he was
even aware of his being one. The humanities stand tall in bearing witness to this magnificent
phenomenon. Any human person, then, is tasked to participate, if not, totally partake in this long
tradition of humanizing himself.

Week 3: Functions of Art & Philosophy

POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS
● VISUAL ARTS
- Visual Arts is the kind of art form that the population is most likely more exposed to, but
its variations are so diverse they range from sculptures that you see in art galleries to the
last movie you saw.
- paintings, drawings, lettering, printing, sculptures, digital imaging, and more.

● FILM
- Film refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an
illusion of movement.
- focuses on its aesthetic. cultural, and social value and is considered as doing an art and
an industry
● PERFORMANCE ART
- Performance art is a live art and the artist's medium is mainly the human body which he
or she uses to perform, but also employs other kinds of art such as visual art. proos. or
sound.

● POETRY PERFORMANCE
- Poetry is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal
or camera, but expresses them through words.

● ARCHITECTURE
- Architecture is the art of designing and constructing buildings and other types of
SirlicTures.
- It is often referred to as the "mother of the arts" because it houses, serves as a
background for. or occurs in relation to other fields of art.
- Materials used include stone, concrete, brick, wood, steel, glass, and plaster.

● DANCE
- Dance is series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment
- Dance (French dancier) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of
expression or presented in a social, spiritual, or performance setting
- Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called the
choreographer.

● LITERARY ART
- Literary art goes beyond the usual professional, academic. journalistic. and other
technical forms of writing.
- It focuses on writing using a unique style, not following a specific form or norm.
- It may include both fiction and non-fiction such as novels, biographies and poems

● THEATRE
- Theater uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live
audience.
- usually follows a script, though they should not be confused with literary arts

● APPLIED ARTS
- Applied arts incorporate elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of
increasing their aesthetic value.
- Artists in this field bring beauty, charm, and comfort into many things that are useful in
everyday life.
 THE FUNCTIONS OF ART
A. THERAPY
- In its therapeutic function, art can be and is used as therapy for individuals with a variety
of illnesses. both physical and mental.

B. ARTIFACT
- A product of a particular time and place, an artwork represents the ideas and technology
of that specific time and place.

C. PERSONAL FUNCTION
- The personal functions of art are varied and highly subjective.
- This means that its function depends on the person,the artist who created the art.
- Artwork that is created to express the feelings and emotions of the artist.

D. SOCIAL FUNCTION
- Artwork that is produced to enhance a shared sense of identity in a family, community,
and civilization.
- Art is considered to have a social function if and when it addresses a particular collective
interest as opposed to a personal interest.

E. PHYSICAL FUNCTION
- The physical functions of art can be found in artworks that are crafted in order to serve
some physical purpose

F. OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART

- Music as an art is also interesting to talk about in relation to function.
- Music in its original form was principally functional. Music was used for dance and
religion.
- Unlike today, when one can just listen to music for the sake of music's sake, the ancient
world saved music only as an instrument to facilities worship and invocation to gods.
- Music also was essential to dance because music assures synchronicity among
dancers.

- Art as a Representation
- Art as a Disinterested Judgment
- Art as a communication of emotion

SUBJECT & CONTENT

- Subject refers to the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the
artwork.
- Content is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork.
● TYPES OF SUBJECT
A. REPRESENTATIONAL ART- These types of art have subjects that refer to objects or
events occurring in the real world. Often, it is also termed figurative art, because as the
name suggests, the figures depicted are easy to make out and decipher.

B. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART- This art does not make a reference to the real world,
whether it is a person, place, thing, or even a particular event. It is stripped down to
visual elements such as shapes, lines, emotion, and even concept.

● SOURCES OF SUBJECT
A. Nature- Vincent van Gogh's "Die Ebene von Auvers"
B. History- Battle of Waterloo
C. Greek & Roman Mythology- "Discobolus" - Greek original by the sculptor Myron of
450-440 BC
D. Sacred Oriental Texts- “Shah Jahan Receiving Dara Shikoh"
E. Judeo-Christian Tradition- “Sistine Chapel" - Michelangelo

● KINDS OF SUBJECT
- History
- Animals
- Still Life
- Figures
- Seascape
- Mythology
- Landscape
- Nature
- Cityscape
- Myth
- Fantasies
- Dreams.

CONTENT IN ART LEVELS OF MEANING

A. Factual - This pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it may be extracted
from the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these
elements relate to one another.
B. Conventional - This pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using
motifs, signs, symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning. These conventions
are established through time, strengthened by recurrent use and wide acceptance by its
viewers or audience and scholars who study then
C. Subjectivities - When subjectivities are consulted, a variety of meaning may arise when
a particular work of art is read. These meanings stem from the viewer's or audience's
circumstances that come into play when engaging with art.
Week 4: Artist & Artisan
Some of the greatest artists in the world:
"MONA LISA"
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)- He's known for his paintings, drawings, sculptures, science,
engineering, architecture. and anatomy.

"THE CREATION OF ADAM"

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564)- Italian Renaissance sculptor,
painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of
western art.

"THE STARRY NIGHT"

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)- Dutch post-impressionist

"DALAGANG BUKID"
Fernando Amorsolo, who was touted as the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art."

● ARTIST>>
- An artist is a person who performs any of the creative arts. This captures all forms of art.
- An art practitioner such as painter, sculptor, choreographer, dancer, musician, etc. who
produces or creates indirectly functional arts with aesthetic value using their imagination.
- The specialty of an artist is that he is able to create art for the sake of art itself without
needing any ulterior motives.

● ARTISAN>>
- An artisan is a skilled worker who makes things by hand. This includes various objects
ranging from jewelry to furniture.
- An artisan should not be confused with an artist because there is a clear difference in the
things that they create.
- An artisan is able to produce something that has a functional value; although it should
not be limited to its use value alone.

The Difference between Artist & Artisan

Definitions
● Artist: An artist is a person who performs any of the creative arts.
● Artisan: An artisan is a skilled worker who makes things by hand.
Characteristics of Artist and Artisan

ARTIST ARTISAN

1. Artistic value The object has a clear artistic The object has an artistic
value. value.

2. Functional Value The object has no functional The object has a functional
 value. value.

3. Object The object has a lot of The object, though utilitarian,

aesthetic value and is has certain aesthetic
appreciated for this quality as attributes to it.
it pleases the individual.

Cologne Cathedral in Germany

•An example of early Gothic architecture.
•This is also a collaboration between the artist who made the design and the Artisan who help in
the construction of the whole building.

Artisan and Guilds

•Guilds are a type of social fellowship, an association structured with rules, customs, rights, and
responsibilities. With a lifetime commitment to a particular trade, an artisans develops immense
skill and expertise in his craft.

● ART CURATOR
- Art curators are employed by museums and art galleries to design, develop and manage
installations and exhibits.
- Art curators typically specialize in specific areas of art, like Western, Asian or
contemporary art. The job duties of a curator are vast.
- Role of an Art curator- The role of the curator is more of the interpretation and
development of the artwork(s) or the collection(s) through establishing the significance,
relationship, and relevance of these materials in isolation and/or as part of a wider
narrative.

● FILM MAKING
Production process
1. Preproduction
2. Production
3. Postproduction