ART APPRECIATION:

CREATIVITY,
IMAGINATION, AND
EXPRESSION
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By the end of this lesson, you
should be able to:
1. Differentiate art from nature,
2. Characterize artistic expression based on
personal experiences with art,
3. Discuss the nature of art’s
preliminary
expression, and
4. Categorize works of art by citing
personal experiences.
OLearning to appreciate art
no matter what vocation or
profession you have, will
lead to a fuller and more
meaningful life.
When can we say that
something is creative?
O When we have not seen anything like it
O When it is out of the ordinary
O When it is not just a copy or imitation of
someone’s work

…THERE IS ORIGINALITY!
 VISUAL ARTS
O Creations that fall under this category are
those that appeals to the sense of sight
and are mainly visual in nature.
O Artists produce visual arts driven by their
desire to reproduce things that they have seen
in the way that they perceived them.
 VISUAL ARTS
O There are also other artistic disciplines that also
involve a visual aspect, such as performance arts,
theater, and applied arts.
O Some mediums of visual arts include
paintings, drawings, letterings, printing,
sculpture, digital imaging.
 FILM
O Film refers to the art of putting together
successions of still images in order to create an
illusion of movement.
O Filmmaking focuses on its aesthetic, cultural,
and social value and is considered both an art
and an industry.
 FILM
O Techniques in film-making process:
O Motion-picture camera (also known as movie
camera)
O Animation techniques
O Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
 PERFORMANCE ART
OPerformance 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 kind of art such as visual art, props,
or sound.
 PERFORMANCE ART
OElements of performance arts:
OTime
OWhere the performance took place
OThe performer’s body
Relationship between the audience and the
performer(s)
 POETRY PERFORMANCE
O Poetry is an art form where the artist expresses
his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or
camera, but expresses them through words.
O These words are carefully selected to exhibit
clarity and beauty and to stimulate strong
emotions of joy, anger, love, sorrow among
others.
 POETRY PERFORMANCE
OIt uses a word’s emotional, musical, and
spatial values that go beyond its literal
meaning to narrate emphasize, argue, or
convince.
OThese words combined with movements,
tone, volume, and intensity of the delivery
add to the artistic, value of the poem
 ARCHITECTURE
O Art is the pursuit and creation of beautiful
things while architecture is the making of
beautiful buildings.
O However, not all building are beautiful because
some only embody the functionality they need,
but the structure, lines, forms, and colors are not
beautifully expressed.
 ARCHITECTURE
O Important elements:
O Plan
O Construction
O Design
O Buildings should embody these three
important elements if they wish to merit the
title architecture.
 DANC
E
ODance is series of movements that
follows the rhythm of the music
accompaniment.
ODancing is a creative art form that
allows people to freely express
themselves.
O IT HAS NO RULES.
 DANC
E
OChoreography may seem not to allow
this, but in art expression, dancers are not
confined to set steps and rules but are
free to create and invent their own
movements as longs as they deem them
graceful and beautiful.
 LITERARY
ART
O Artists who practice literary arts use words to
express themselves and communicate emotions
to the readers.
O Simply becoming a writer does not make one a
literary artist.
O Literary art goes beyond the usual professional,
academic, journalistic and other technical forms
of writing.
 LITERARY
ART
O It focuses on writing using a unique style, not
following a specific format or norm.
O It may include both fiction and non-fiction
such as novels, biographies, and poems. O
Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
O The Little Prince – Antoine de Sain-Exupery
 THEATER
O Theater uses live performers to present
accounts or imaginary events before a live
audience.
O Theater art performance usually follows
follow a script, though they should not be
confused with literary arts.
 THEATER
O Like in filmmaking, theater also considers
several elements such as acting, gesture,
lighting, sound effects, musical score,
scenery and props.
O Like performance art, theater also is a live
performance.
O Genres: drama, musical, tragedy, comedy
and improvisation
 APPLIED ARTS
O Applied arts is incorporating elements of style
and design to everyday items with the aim of
increasing their aesthetic value.
O Artists in this field bring beauty, charm, and
comfort into many things that were useful in
everyday life.
O Industrial design, interior design, fashion
design, graphic design
 Answer briefly.
OIn one of your encounters with art through
museum visits, musicals, and plays among
others, have you ever felt disconnected
from an artwork? Was there a point in time
when you did not understand what message
the art was trying to convey? Explain why
you think you did or did not understand the
art.
Using the table below, write down
examples of the different art forms
studied in this lesson. Provide ways
on how these art forms express
and unmask creativity from the
artist.
 How Does This
Types of Art How Does This
Example Unmask the
Express?
Artist’s Creativity?
Expression
Visual Arts

Film

Performance Art
Poetry
Performance

Architecture

Dance

Literary Art

Theater

Applied Arts