The

Nature
of Art
Reported by: Christine E. Arm
 ART
 Art is human’s expressions,
experience or thought communicated
by the means of mediums used in art
making like glass, stones, pigments,
graphite and so on.
 Anything that is human-made is art.
 The Nature of
 Art isArt
everywhere
 Art as an expression and form of
communication
  Art as Creation
- Art is the act of combining or re-ordering already
existing materials so that a new object is formed.
- “art” is from Latin word “ars” which means “skill”.
- Equivalent to Greek word “techne” which the word
technology originated.
 Art as Experience
- We express our experience through art. Art is
varying combination of sensory, emotional and
intellectual responses in which they express in
art.
 Art and
- Nature
All natural things are not art.
- Work of art is man-made.
- Nature is evanescent (lasting a very short
time) and always recreating itself.

 Art and Beauty

- The desire for beauty and order around us
is another basic human need.
- Beauty is relative.
- Concept of beauty change as time passes.
- Artist’s concept of beauty change as he/she
grows older.
 How To
View
And
Interpret Art
Ways of thinking about
“Interpretation””
 You are a Translator
-Think of the artwork as something written in visual
language and you have to translate it into words.
What do you think the artist might have been trying
to say?

 You are a Detective

- Thing of the artwork as a body of evidence – a
crime scene even. What has happened? How has
it happened and Why?
 You are an Archaeologist
- Think of the artwork as layer upon layer of
physical information about human life. Dig through
the layers and examine them carefully – what do
they tell us?

 You are a Scientist

- Think of the artwork as an experiment, look at all the
materials that have been used and develop a
hypothesis on what the artist might have been trying
to prove.
Thank you for