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    Plato was one of the earliest philosophers to study aesthetics and view of art. He considered art as imitation and believed it could be dangerous so its use should be controlled. Aristotle viewed art as aiming to give pleasure through imitation of nature. Kant believed beauty was subjective based on the pleasure experienced but could also inspire universal appreciation. Artists were seen as more creative and sensitive than artisans but both used skills and experience to create formal expressions of human experience.

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    Plato was one of the earliest philosophers to study aesthetics and view of art. He considered art as imitation and believed it could be dangerous so its use should be controlled. Aristotle viewed art as aiming to give pleasure through imitation of nature. Kant believed beauty was subjective based on the pleasure experienced but could also inspire universal appreciation. Artists were seen as more creative and sensitive than artisans but both used skills and experience to create formal expressions of human experience.

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    Plato was one of the earliest philosophers to study aesthetics and view of art. He considered art as imitation and believed it could be dangerous so its use should be controlled. Aristotle viewed art as aiming to give pleasure through imitation of nature. Kant believed beauty was subjective based on the pleasure experienced but could also inspire universal appreciation. Artists were seen as more creative and sensitive than artisans but both used skills and experience to create formal expressions of human experience.

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    ART: AS VIEWED

    BY PHILOSOPHY
    AESTHETICS
    • The philosophical study of beauty and
    taste
    • Concerned with the nature of art and
    used as a basis for interpreting and
    evaluating individual works of art
    PLATO
    (428 – 347 BCE)
    • A philosopher of Ancient Greece
    • Known for his famous Dialogues that
    includes Socrates
    • Was said to have loved and hated arts at
    the same time
    • A good literary stylist and a great story
    teller
    He considered arts as
    threatening and using this
    should be strictly controlled.
    • Plato explained that the physical world is a copy
    of perfect, rational, eternal and changeless original
    (called Forms)

    TWO IDEAS OF THE ARTS


    1. Art is imitation.
    2. Art is dangerous.

    Artist has the ability to make a better copy of the true Form.
    For Plato, artists have the skills, imagination and creativity.
    ARISTOTLE
    (384 – 322 BCE)
    • Also a philosopher of Ancient Greece
    • was a student of Plato
    • He first distinguished between what is
    good and what is beautiful
    • Universal elements of beauty is manifested
    by order, symmetry and definiteness.
    • “Beauty is likewise affected by its size”
    – Poetics
    • Arts aim is to give pleasure and in giving
    pleasure, the arts presented itself as an
    activity.
    • Considered art as imitation or a representation
    of nature.
    • Emphasis is on poetry
    IMMANUEL KANT
    (1724 – 1804)
    • a German, Enlightenment Philosopher
    • wrote Observations on the Feelings of the
    Beautiful and the Sublime – interest is on
    the beauty
    • “Beauty is a matter of taste” – subjective
    and universal
    • SUBJECTIVE STATE – not on properties
    but rather on the pleasure one
    experiences
    • UNIVERSAL STATE – non-aesthetic, does
    not consider the beauty of the work but
    rather, the artwork is appreciated for
    what it is
    • Beauty is a question of form and color is not
    important. What is important in beauty is
    the design and composition.
    TWO KINDS OF AESTHETIC RESPONSES
    1. Beauty results in pleasure if there is order,
    harmony and symmetry.
    2. Beauty leads to a response of awe that
    overwhelms the viewers of the art.
    ARTISTS AND ARTISANS
    ARTISTS
    • A person who exhibits exceptional skills in
    the visual and/or performing arts.
    • More sensitive, very perceptive and more
    creative
    • What they create is defined as a formal
    expression of the considered human
    experience.
    TWO COMPONENTS OF THEIR WORK
    • FORM - gives life to the experience by using a
    skillful composition of media
    • SUBSTANCE - the artist’s experience as a subject
    matter
    ARTISAN
    • A person who is in a skilled trade that
    involves making things by hand.
    • A craft worker
    e.g. -‘palayok’ or earthen pot - clothing
    - furniture - handicrafts
    - sculpture
    • Through experience and honing their skills
    they could reach the expressive levels of an
    artist.
    • Hand-made products are priced more than the
    commercial products
    WOODCARVING OF PAETE, LAGUNA
    CERAMICS MAKING OF TIWI, ALBAY
    BASKET WEAVING OF PANGASINAN
    APPRECIATING THE ARTS
    • Give a good physical description of the
    artwork
    • Analyze the artwork and their subjective
    reactions
    • Perceive the artwork in the context of its
    history
    • Give meaning to the artwork
    • Judge the artwork

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