1. Art defines art as not what you
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see but you make other see. Georgia
O’ Keeffe
2. Art as an attitude of spirit, a state
of mind – one which demands for its
own satisfaction and fulfilling,
shaping matter to new and more
signification forms. John Dewey
3. Art is a product of man’s need to
express himself. F. Zulueta
4. Art is never finished, only
abandoned. Leonardo Da Vinci
5. Art is desire of a man to express
himself, to record the action of his
personality in the world he lives in.
Amy Lowell
6. Art is a life that helps us to
realize the truth Pablo Picasso
7. Art is that which brings life in
harmony with the world Plato
8. Art concerned itself with the
communication of certain ideas and
feelings and by means of form and
film. C. Sanchez
9. Art is the skillful arrangement or
composition of some common but
significant qualities of nature such us
colors, sounds, lines, movements,
words, stones, wood, etc., to express
human feelings, emotions, or
thoughts in a perfect, meaningful,
and enjoyable way.
Rustia
10. Art is the conscious creation of
something beautiful or meaningful
using skill and imagination. Lisa
Morder
11. The oldest documented forms of
art. Visual Arts
12. originated from Renaissance
Latin expression studia humanitatis
or study of humanitas which refers to
“culture, refinement, education”.
Study of humanities
13. is a subject under humanities
(there is no one universal definition
of art since art is subjective). It is
subjective in the sense that people
differ in their perception of an object
or thing Art
14. Art exists because it is important
to people’s lives Art is Universal
15. In understanding this assumption,
we should first see the meaning of
the two terminologies Art is not
Nature
16. Divine model, work of God, or
God made Nature
17. All art requires experience Art
involves Experience
18. is the actual doing of something.
Experience
19. Art contributes to the
understanding of past and present
cultures. Art is Cultural
20. Art is an expression of an
individual, making known his
thoughts or feelings Art as
Expression
21. requires thinking outside the box
Creativity
22. “is more important than
knowledge. Imagination
23. referring to the main character,
object, or anything else that is
presented as the main focus in the
work of art Subject
24. arts that have a subject (e.g
painting, sculpture, graphic arts,
literature and theatre arts).
Representational or Objective Arts
25. Arts that do not have subject.
Non-Representational or Non-
Objective Arts
26. musical compositions which
have subject Program Music
27. when things are depicted in the
way they would normally appear.
Realism
28. it is the process of simplifying
and/or reorganizing objects and
elements according to the demands of
the artistic expression. Abstraction
29. is when the figures have been so
arranged that proportions differ
noticeably from natural
measurements. Distortion
30. it is realism plus distortion.
Surrealism
31. ), is the visual organization of the
art work -how the artist has used line,
shape, value, color, etc. Form
32. forms that are mathematical,
precise, and can be named, as in the
basic geometric forms: Geometric
Form
33. are those that are free-flowing,
curvy, sinewy, and are not
symmetrical or easily measurable or
named. Organic Form
34. is the impact or meaning of this
work. Content
35. the literal statement or the
narrative content in the work which
can be directly apprehended because
the objects presented are easily
recognized Factual Meaning
36. refers to the special meaning that
a certain object or color has a
particular culture or group of people.
Conventional Meaning
37. any personal meaning
consciously or unconsciously
conveyed by the artist using a private
symbolism which stems from his
own association of certain objects,
actions or colors with past
experiences. Subjective Meaning
38. Artists have their personal reason
as they try to express themselves
Personal Function
39. As a social being, man associates
with those around him. Art is an
avenue to extend his sense of
belongingness and connection with
people Social Function
40. Any art production will definitely
involve money. Economic Function
41. Political aspect of one particular
country plays a very distinctive role
nowadays. Political Function
42. Tangible representations of one
culture such as architectural
structures like buildings, sculpture
like furniture and intangible
representations like music, dance,
and language or literary piece form
part of a nation’s culture Cultural
Function
43. Art forms like architecture,
music, dance, and sculpture play an
important role in one cultural
spirituality Religious Function
44. Our health is our first priority,
architectural structure like hospitals,
physical therapy center and
laboratories are there to assist us for
health care Physical Function
45. Beautification adds appeal and
excitement like displays of paintings
in an empty area on a wall Aesthetic
Function
46. These are the arts which have
practical usage. Functional Arts
47. These are the arts which have no
other purpose except that of giving
pleasure or life enhancement. Non-
functional Arts
48. It deals with any creation of an
artist that are primarily visual in
nature Visual Arts
49. It is a category in visual and fine
arts that involves the application of
paint, pigment, color, or other
medium to a surface (support base) in
order to present a picture of a subject
Painting
50. It is the art of carving, modelling,
casting, assembling, and constructing
materials into figures of forms.
Sculpture
51. It is the art of designing and
constructing buildings and other non-
building structure for man’s use
Architecture
52. These are art forms that involve
modeling or molding such as
sculpture and ceramics, or art
involving the representation of solid
objects with three-dimensional
effects. Plastic Arts
53. is a type of art that generally
involves movement of the body,
usually rhythmic and dependent to
music, performed in many different
cultures and used as a form of
expression, social interaction and
exercise or presented in a spiritual or
performance setting.. Dance
54. The art of combining sounds of
varying pitches to produce a coherent
composition that is melodious,
harmonious, intelligible, and
expressive of ideas and emotions
Music
55. A play or a drama that is being
re-created by an actress or actors to
form a dramatic art form. Theater
56. is the art of moving images; a
visual medium that tells stories and
exposes reality Film
57. written material such as poetry,
novels, poems, drama and others.
Literary Arts
58. like graphic arts, it has two-flat
dimensional surface, such as
painting, drawing, photography and
other products of printing industry
with the aid of computer and other
electronic devices. Digital Arts
59. This group is characterized as
gay and lively. It includes film,
newspaper, magazines, radio and
television Pop Art
60. This involves skill in food
preparation or food art. Gustatory
Arts of the Cuisine
61. They are visual objects produced
for aesthetic function for houses,
interior designs, offices, cars and
other structures. Decorative Arts
62. In Plato’s metaphysics or view of
reality, the things in this world are
only copies of the original, the
eternal, and the true entities that can
only be found in the World of Forms.
Art as an Imitation
63. Aristotle, agreed with Plato that
art is a form of imitation. Art as a
Representation
64. Immanuel Kant, in his Critique
of Judgement considered the
judgement of beauty, the cornerstone
of art, as something that can be
universal despite its subjectivity. Art
as a Disinterested Judgement
65. According to Leo Tolstoy, art
plays a huge role in communication
to its audience’s emotions that the
artist previously experienced.
66. Artworks that depict something
that can easily be recognized which
is real and part of this world. Art as
Communication of Emotion
67. (pictures of men and women)
became popular before the invention
of the camera; was enjoyed only by
elite: kings and noblemen; nowadays,
charcoal is one of the mediums used
in doing portraits. Portraiture
68. It represents animals and plants.
Animals and Plants
69. representing inanimate objects or
non-living things placed on a table or
another setting to become a subject in
a certain artwork Still Life
70. copying scenes happening in the
community. Country Life
71. It depicts pictures of land forms
Landscape.
72. pictures of any of the water
forms Seascape
73. pictures of an aerial view of a
city or a portion of it Cityscape
74. The Holy Family, Madonna and
the Child, Jesus Christ, angels, saints
and other religious objects. Religious
Items
75. supernatural beings and fantasies,
technological items, and objects.
Mythological, Fictional and
Cartoon Characters
76. Artworks that have no
resemblance to any real subject or
objects or anything from nature. It
does not represent anything. Non-
Representational
77. Abstraction indicates a departure
from reality in depiction or imagery
in art. Abstract
78. It is also known as naturalism.
Realism
79. is an invented word meaning
“super naturalism” or beyond
realism. Surrealism
80. A symbol is a visible sign of
something invisible such as an idea
or quality. Symbolism
81. It is derived from the French “les
fauves,” which means “the wild
beasts.” Fauvism
82. The term “dada” is a French
word, which means a “hobby-horse.”
Dadaism
83. is an art movement that
originated in Italy in the early 20th
century Futurism
84. It is also sometimes referred to as
optical realism due to its interest in
the actual viewing experience,
including such things as the effect of
color, light and movement on the
appearance of the objects depicted in
the artworks. Impressionism
85. Abstract means “drawing away
from reality” or “to move a Abstract
Expressionism