IMPORTANCE OF ART AND and experience a certain enjoyment in

DEFINITION OF ART creating arts.

-The product of man‟s inventiveness and
creativity.
- The result of a conscious will or effort
to create artworks or objects with
function.
DEFINITION OF ART
-Herbert Read: an attempt to create
pleasing forms.
-Art is the enjoyment of forms
Susanne Langer:
“Art molds our actual life of feelings, by
giving form to the world, it articulates
human nature, sensibility, energy,
passion, and mortality.”
ETYMOLOFY OF ART
-Latin „ars‟- ability, skills, or man made.
-Italian „artis‟- craftsmanship, mastery
and inventiveness.
The Creative Process
Imagination
Envisioning ideas that are not present in
reality. It is visualizing the impossible or
things that are not present in our senses.
Creativity
Uses imagination to represent new idea
and create a physical embodiment which
is beneficial and with value.
e.g. musical composition, painting.
Expression
The work of art reflects the artist‟s
personality, background or even personal
circumstances.
Innovation

ASSUMPTIONS OF ART The utilization of both imagination and

Art is Universal
Art immortalizes man and his marvelous
achievements
Art is Rooted in Culture
Cultures has been producing arts for
many thousands of years. e.g. cave
paintings, works of Leonardo Da Vinci,
Michael Angelo
Art is not Nature
-Divine model, work of God or God
made.
-Arts as craft of man.
Art Involves Experience
Experience of Art as Subjective:
Our judgement of art is highly personal
and individual.
creativity can be considered as
innovation.
Does all artwork have function?
-Every art form has definite function
since it satisfies particular needs.
Direct Function-Art made which as
functional purpose and serves a
particular purpose.
Indirect Function-Created solely for
aesthetic purpose.

Definition of Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation or Aesthetic education
is the capacity to understand works of art
Different Function of Arts
1. Personal Function
-An artist may create out a personal
reason out of a need for a SELF-
EXPRESSION.
2. Social Function
Art is an avenue to extend his sense of
belongingness and connection with
people.
3. Cultural Function
Art forms serve as channels to share and
transmit from one generation (a nation‟s
cultiure) another generation.
4. Spiritual Function
-People from the past WORSHIP their
gods through sculptures with music and
dance.
-People gather in architectural structure
like churches, arenas and other venues to
worship and they incorporate music and
dance.
5. Aesthetic Function
Beautification adds appeal and
excitement like displays or paintings in
an empty area on a wall.
6. Physical Function
-Architectural structure like hospitals,
physical therapy center and laboratories
are there to assist us for health care, to
rejuvinate and revitalize.
-Art can function therapeutically.
7. Political Function
Arts became the political medium to
promote their political programs and
status.
8. Economic Function
-Any art reproduction involves money.
-Be it in the forms of songs, movies,
theatre plays they all significant part in
the economic system.
9. Historical Function
-Paintings, sculputures, architechtural
works and other art forms serve to record
historical figures and events.
Philosophical Perspective on Art
Art as Mimesis
- The ideal is only true and arts are just
imitation or copy of the truth.
- All art form are imitative and replica of
idea.
- Art provides insignificant replacement
for the real entities that can only be
attained through reason.
Art as Representation
-Art as an agent in Philosophy in
revealing TRUTH.
-Every art form like music, dance,
painting and sculpture represents
possible VERSIONS OF REALITY.
Art as Representation (Aristotle)
-Imitation is in-born instinct in men and
there is a natural pleasure in such
imitation.
“Poetry and literature are philosophical
in nature.”
Catharsis
“The result from the encounter with
literature or poetry and other art forms.”
Morality in Representation
“All good literature gives pleasure gives
pleasure that is not divorced from moral
lessons.”
Art for Art’s Sake (Kant)
“Autonomous aesthetic standard in art.”
-Art can be universal despite its
subjectivity.
-Art should be separated from other
considerations like morality, function,
and pleasure.
-“Art should stand independently and
should be free from all scrutiny of other
advantages, rather art stands for beauty
alone.”