Art App

ART
A P P RECIATION
COURSE DESCRIPTION
1. Aims to develop the students’ ability to appreciate, analyze and

criticize works of art.
2. Equips the students with a broad knowledge of the practical,
historical, philosophical and social relevance of arts in order to
hone their ability in articulating and understanding arts.
3. Develops students competency in researching and curating art
as well as conceptualizing, mounting and evaluating arts
production.
4. Develop students’ genuine appreciation for the Philippine Arts
by providing opportunities to explore the diverse and rich
Filipino culture.
KEY DISCUSSION POINTS
• History
• Art history versus art appreciation
• Importance of arts
• Assumption of arts
“CREATIVITY TAKES COURAGE.”
- HENRY MATISSE
WHAT IS YOUR
RELATIONSHIP TO ART?
Art washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
- Picasso
WHAT IS ART?
• The word “ART” Is rooted from the

Aryan root word “AR” which means to
join or to put together. The Latin word
“ARS” means everything that is artificially
made or composed by man.
WHAT IS ART
Art is a diverse range of human activities in

creating visual, auditory or performing
artifacts (artworks), expressing the
author's imaginative and conceptual
idea.
All art works are product of the
creative and imaginative
character of human beings, a
characteristic which is absent from all
other living creatures.
IMAGINATION
• The action of forming new ideas, or images or

concept of external objects.
• The ability of the mind to be creative or

resourceful.
Imagination produces art, art also
inspires imagination.
CREATIVITY
• the use of the imagination or original ideas,

especially in the production of an artistic
work.
• Creativity is a phenomenon whereby

something new and somehow valuable is
formed.
THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN
ART MAKING
• Creativity requires thinking outside the box.
• Creativity is what sets apart one artwork from
another.
• It brings us to hidden parts of ourselves.
• A creative artist does not simply copy or imitate
work.
WHY DO WE STUDY ART?
• We learn our own creative expressions and those

of the past; expression of oneself
• Bridges the gap between the past and the present
• Window to the soul
ART IS GOOD
BECAUSE IT IS
POPULAR.
Or
Art is good because
it is universal.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
1. Art is universal
Many individuals can relate to a single piece of artwork; serves
as a communication between individuals.
1.1 Art as a means of communication

1.2 art is timeless
1.3 art addresses human needs
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
2. Art is cultural
Totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs, institutions,
and all other products of human work and thought.
3. Art is not nature

Art is just a product or sum of "created“ nature; remake of a
person's creative mind from the things we see in nature, perception,
views, impression, expression and feelings are just tools to create
beautiful creations.
Art is made by man, whereas nature is a given around us.

ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
4. Art involves experience
Involves both the artist and the observer who encounter
each other, their mental environments, and culture at large;
not just a recording of human experience but an involvement
of it
5. Art as expression, as a form of creation
Expression made visible by a form; art allows that process to
take in order to create meaning which involves understanding
our surroundings and marking our experiences.
There is not specific way of
expression.
ART AND NATURE
• nature is original and art is only a creation by human
beings; Art tries to replicate things natural but nature will
always remain supreme.
• Art is the imagination in the mind of the artist that he
transforms into a tangible form through his skills.
• An artist gets inspired mostly by nature though there are
times when the genius of the artist draws on his own.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
•Art is universal
- Regardless of origin, time, place it
stayed on because it is liked and
enjoyed by people continuously.
ASSUMPTIONS OF ARTS
•Art is not nature, nature is not

an art
- Art is made by man, whereas nature
is a given around us.
ART HISTORY VERSUS
ART APPRECIATION
Art history is Art

appreciation
the Knowledge
is the pleasure
and historical
an individual
context of the gets from
artwork his/her sensory
experiences
ART HISTORY VS. ART
APPRECIATION
• art history is the academic study of the
history and development of the visual arts.
• And art appreciation, the application basic
tools of visual literacy in order to
understand and appreciate works of art.
P
ACTIVITY
1. If you were an artist, what kind of artist will
you be?
2. What art field will you explore?
3. How can you utilize the arts to express
yourself, your community, your relation to
others and with the earth?
INSIGHT PAPER
Instructions: Select one topic below and provide a 2-page reaction paper
about it. (Computerized, times new roman, “12” font size, single spacing.)
Why is art ageless and timeless?

Why is art not nature?
Why does art involve
experience?
TWO KINDS OF RESPONSES
1. Sensory response
- Stimulates the senses
2. Intellectual response
- Stimulates the mind, colored by prejudice and
biases
SUBJECTS IN ART
Refers to PERSONS, OBJECTS, SCENE, EVENTS
described or presented in an art
1.Representational/Objective Arts
– Arts with subject
2. Non- Representational/Non- Objective Arts

– Arts without subject
(FAVORITE) SUBJECTS
Landscapes
ANIMALS
STILL LIFE
PORTRAIT
EVERYDAY LIFE
HISTORY
MYTH/LEGEND
MYTH/LEGEND
RELIGION
FIGURES
DREAMS AND FANTASIES
ELEMENTS AND
PRINCIPLES
OF DESIGN
Subject
- refers to the object in the art
Form
- visual organization (how the artist has
used line, shape, value, color, etc)
Content
- refers to the meaning of the art
EXAMINE
Picasso's painting Ancient Greek sculpture

The differences in content were
created by the differences in form,
not the subject matter.
LEVELS OF
MEANING IN
ART
LEVELS OF MEANING IN ART
1. FACTUAL – The Literal meaning

• 2. SOCIAL/CONVENTIONAL /CULTURAL
• - Has a meaning for a group of people
3. SUBJECTIVE/ PERSONAL
– With personal meaning to the artist

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ART

1. Aims to develop the students’ ability to appreciate, analyze and

• The word “ART” Is rooted from the

Art is a diverse range of human activities in

• The action of forming new ideas, or images or

• The ability of the mind to be creative or

• the use of the imagination or original ideas,

• Creativity is a phenomenon whereby

• We learn our own creative expressions and those

1.1 Art as a means of communication

3. Art is not nature

Art is made by man, whereas nature is a given around us.

•Art is not nature, nature is not

Art history is Art

Why is art ageless and timeless?

2. Non- Representational/Non- Objective Arts

Picasso's painting Ancient Greek sculpture

1. FACTUAL – The Literal meaning

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