ART APPRECIATION

THE NATURE OF ART AND

CREATIVITY
 WHAT IS ART?
• The quality, production, or expression of what is
beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary
significance.
• Work of art = visual expression of an idea
• Medium = a particular material, along with its
accompanying technique( plural: media)
 POPULAR MEDIA

•Paint Media
•Acrylic, Enamel, Gesso, Glazze, Ink,
Oil, Watercolor
•Used on: canvas, cloth, glass,
metal, paper, wood
 POPULAR MEDIA

•Drawing Media
•Chalk pastel, Charcoal, Colored
pencil, Marker, Oil pastel, Pen and
ink
 POPULAR MEDIA

•Sculpture materials
•Beads, Clay, Found objects, Jewels,
Marble, Metals, Paper Mache,
Plaster, Plastic, Sand, Stone, Textile,
Wax, Wire, Wood
 PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS
OF ART
•Communicating Information
•In non-literate societies, art was
used for teaching
•Today, photography, film &
television are used for disseminating
information
 PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS
OF ART
•Spiritual Sustenance
•All of the world’s major religions
have used art to inspire and instruct
the faith
 PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS
OF ART
•Personal & Cultural Expression
 PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS
OF ART
•Social & Political Purposes
•Artist have criticized or influenced
values or public opinion
 WHAT IS ART
APPRECIATION?
 WHAT IS APPRECIATION?
• Recognition of good qualities of person or
something
• A full understanding of a situation
• Synonyms = respect, esteem,
comprehension
 ART APPRECIATION
• Recognition of the good qualities and
understanding of art
• Acquiring knowledge leads to appreciation
• Knowing vocabulary, concepts, themes,
processes, materials
• Knowing context
• Does not require liking or loving