Lesson 1

WHAT IS ART:
INTRODUCTION
AND
ASSUMPTIONS
WHAT IS ART?

ART IS THE EXPRESSION OR APPLICATION OF

HUMAN CREATIVE SKILLS AND IMAGINATION,
TYPICALLY IN VISUAL FORM SUCH AS PAINTING OR
SCUPLTURE, PRODUCING WORKS TO BE
APPRECIATED PRIMARILY FOR THEIR BEAUTY OR
EMOTIONAL POWER
WHAT IS ART

ART IS THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF CREATIVE

ACTIVITY, SUCH AS PAINTINGS, MUSIC,
LITERATURE AND DANCE
What is ART? / ARTS IN ANCIENT LATIN

The word Art comes from the Ancient Latin, ARS which
means a“craft or specialized form of skill”. Art then
suggested the capacity toproduce an intended result from
carefully planned steps or method.In ancient worldart
, they define artsby using the bare hands only toproduce
something that will beuseful to our everyday life.
ARTS IN MEDIEVAL LATIN

 Ars in Medieval Latin came to mean something different. It meant

“any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic,
magic.”.
ARTS IN RENAISSANCE PERIOD

• It was only during the Renaissance Period that

the Early Renaissance artists saw theiractivities
merely as craftsmanship.
ARTS IN 17TH CENTURY

It was during the 17th Century, when the idea of

aesthetic (study of beauty) began to unfold distinctly
from the notion of technical workmanship.
ARTS IN 18TH CENTURY

• It was finally in the 18th Century when the word has

evolved to distinguish between the fine arts and the Useful
arts. Fine arts would come to mean beautiful arts, which
something more similar to what is now considered art.
USEFUL ART OR FINE ARTS?
USEFUL ART OR FINE ART?
USEFUL ART OR FINE ART?
USEFUL ART OR FINE ART?
USEFUL ART OR FINE ART?
USEFUL ART OR FINE ART?
USEFUL ART OR FINE ART?
3 ASSUMPTIONS OF ART
ART IS UNIVERSAL

 Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning generations and
continents through and through. In every country and in every
generation, there is always art. It has been crafted by all people
regardless of origin, time, place, and that it stayed on because it is
liked and enjoyed by people continuously. Art will always be present
because human beings will always express themselves and delight in
these expression.
ART IS NOT NATURE

Art is not nature, it is made by man, whereas nature is a

given around us. What we find in nature should not be
expected to be present in art too. It is based on individual’s
subjective experience of nature
ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

For most people, art does not require a full definition. Art is
just experience. By experience we mean the “actual doing of
something”. If one is to know art, he must know it not as fact
orinformation but as experience.