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3.OWKR
4.OEMCNRRYOA
NATURE OF ART
• Derived from the Latin word ars/artis which means to do or man-made.
• A medium of expression because we express our ideas, emotions,
feelings, without using words.
• Creative activity that involves skill or expertise in handling materials
and organizing them into something new.
• Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one which demands for its own
satisfaction and fulfilling. – J. Dewey
• Art is taken from the Italian word "artis," which means craftsmanship,
skill,mastery of form exist between material and technique. - A.Tan
• Art is a product of man's need to express himself. – R. Zulueta
• Art is the communication of ideas and feelings by means of medium,
color,sound, bronze, marble, words, and film. -C. Sanchez
• Art is beauty of the world. – Plato
• Art is the skilful arrangement of nature such
as colors sounds, lines,
movements, words, stones, wood, etc., and
to express human feelings. –Rustia
 IMPORTANCE OF ARTS
- SATISFIES THE NEEDS FOR PERSONAL
EXPRESSION
-DEVELOPS OUR SKILLS TO EXPRESS
OURSELVES
-CHALLENGES US TO SEE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY
- UNLEASHES OUR HIDDEN DESIRES AND
-Can change our ways in life-
- Sees the truth that we might not
understand before
-Gives pleasure, satisfaction and
gratification
FUNCTION OF ART

-Most important means of

expression developed by man.
-To express beauty
-To give man ion and spiritual
happiness
To serve as a channel of
man’s passion
- To reform man
- To overcome the feelings
of restlessness and
loneliness
Art Appreciation
---It is the ability to interpret or understand
man-made arts and enjoy them
either through actual and work-experience with
tools and materials or
possession of these works for satisfaction.
Work of Art
-An activity that involves both imagination and
skill in accomplishing it

-A thing of beauty having aesthetic value; obra

maestra that provides aesthetic
value to viewers
- Must have an artistic and
literary merit

-A symbolic state of meaning

rather having a practical function