o It takes an artist to make art.

One luxuries, knowing what gives o Through imagination, one is able

may perceive beauty on a daily better value for time or money to craft something bold,
basis. while taking into consideration the something new, and something
o However, not every beautiful thing aesthetic and practical value. better in the hopes of creating
that can be seen or experienced may something that will stimulate
truly be called a work of art. o Learning to appreciate art no change.
matter what vocation or o In artist’s mind sits a vast gallery
Art is a product of man’s creativity, of artworks.
imagination, and expression. profession you have, will lead
o An artwork does not need to be a
to a fuller and more
o Not everyone can be considered an real thing, but can be something
meaningful life.
artist, but all are spectators of art. that is imaginary.
o We are able to distinguish what is o However, something imaginary
THE ROLE OF does not necessarily mean it
fine and beautiful from what is not
CREATIVITY IN ART cannot be called art. Artist use
and what good quality is and from
poor.
MAKING their imagination that gives birth
o This gives us a role in the field of to reality through creation.
art appreciation. o Creativity requires thinking o In the same way that imagination
outside the box. produces art, art also inspires
ART APPRECIATION AS A WAY o In art, creativity is what sets imagination.
OF LIFE apart one artwork from another.
ART AS EXPRESSION
o “The role of art as a creative work
When we can say that
is to depict the world in a o “What an artist does not to an
completely different light and something is creative?
emotion is not to induce it, but
perspective” – Jean Paul Sartre express it. Through expression,
o Each artwork beholds beauty o When we have not seen anything
he is able to explore his own
in its own kind, the kind that like it
emotions and at the same time,
the artist sees and wants the o When it is out the ordinary
create something beautiful out of
viewers to perceive. o When it is not just a copy or them”.- Robin George
o More often than not, people are imitation of someone’s work Collingwood
blind to this beauty and only THERE IS ORIGINALITY! o Expressing emotions is different
those who have developed a fine o Nowadays, being creative can be from describing emotions.
sense of appreciation can quite challenging. o This makes people’s art not a
experience and see the art the reflection of what is outside or
way the artist did. ART AS A PRODUCT OF external to them, but a reflection
IMAGINATION, of their inner selves.
o Hence, refining one’s ability to IMAGINATION AS A
appreciate arts allows him to PRODUCT OF ART I. VISUAL ARTS
deeply understand the purpose of
an artwork and recognize the o Creations that fall under this
o “Imagination is more important
beauty it possesses. category are those that appeals
than knowledge. For knowledge
is limited to all we now know to the sense of sight and are
o In cultivating an appreciation of mainly visual in nature.
and understand, while
art, one should also exercise and o Artists produce visual arts driven
imagination embraces the entire
develop his taste for things that by their desire to reproduce
world, and all there ever will be
are fine and beautiful. things that they have seen in the
to know and understand”. –
Albert Einstein way that they perceive them.
o This allows, individuals to make o There are also other artistic
o Imagination is not constrained by
intelligent choices and decisions disciplines that also involve a
the walls of the norm, but goes
in acquiring necessities and visual aspect, such as
beyond that.
 performance arts, theater, and means it cannot be bought or o Dancing is a creative art form that
applied arts. traced as a commodity. allows people to freely express
o Some medium of visual arts o Poetry is an art form where the themselves.
include paintings, drawings, artist expresses his emotions not o IT HAS NO RULES
letterings, printing, sculpture, by using paint, charcoal, or o Choreography may seem not to
digital imaging. camera, but expresses them allow this, but in art expression,
through words. dancers are not confined to set
II. FILM o These words are carefully selected steps and rules but are free to
to exhibit clarity and beauty and create and invent their own
o Film refers to the art of putting to stimulate strong emotions of movements as longs as they
together successions of still joy, anger, love, sorrow among deem them graceful and
images in order to create an others. beautiful.
illusion of movement. o It uses a word’s emotional,
o Filmmaking focuses on its musical, and spatial values that go VI. LITERARY ART
aesthetic, cultural, and social beyond its literal meaning to
value and is considered both an art narrate emphasize, argue or o Artists who practice literary
and an industry. convince. arts use words to express
o Techniques in film-making o These words combined with themselves and communicate
process: movements, tone, volume, and emotions to the readers.
 Motion – picture camera intensity of the delivery add to the o Simply becoming a writer
(also known as movie artistic, value of the poem does not make one a literary
camera) artist.
 Animation techniques IV. ARCHITECTURE o Literary art goes beyond the
 Computer-generated imagery usual professional, academic,
(CGI) o Art is the pursuit and creation of journalistic and other
o Filmmaking simulates beautiful things while technical forms of writing.
experiences or creates one that is architecture is the making of
beyond the scope of our beautiful buildings. VII. THEATER
imagination as it aims to deliver
ideas, feelings, or beauty to its o However, not all building are o Theater uses live performers to
viewers. beautiful because some only present accounts or imaginary
embody he functionality they events before a live audience.
III. PERFORMANCE ART need, but the structure, lines, o Theater art performance
forms, and colors are not usually follows follow a script,
o Performance art is a live art and beautifully expressed. though they should not be
the artist’s medium is mainly the confused with literary arts.
human body which he or she uses Important Elements: o Like in filmmaking, theater
to perform, but also employs other o Plan also considers several elements
kind f art such as visual art, props, o Construction such as acting, gesture,
or sound. o Design lighting, sound effects,
Buildings should embody these three musical score, scenery and
Elements of performance arts: important elements if they wish to props.
o Time merit the title architecture. o Like performance art, theater
o Where the performance took also is a live performance.
place V. DANCE o Genres: drama, musical,
o The performer’s body tragedy, comedy and
Relationship between the o Dance is series of movements that improvisation
audience and the performer(s) follows the rhythm of the music
o The fact that performance art is accompaniment.
live makes it intangible, which
 worship, magic, and -Sharp, Jagged Lines
ceremony -Actual Lines
VIII. APPLIED ARTS -Implied Line
Art for Personal Expression -Head Line, Soft Line
o Applied arts is incorporating  The artist uses their medium
to express their personality THE VISUAL TOOLBOX
elements of style and design to
and/or feelings to the viewer -Visual tools used by artists to
everyday items with the aim of create artistic expression
increasing their aesthetic value Romare Bearden -Line, Shape, Mass, Space,
o Artists in this field bring beauty,  “The biggest thing I learned Time, Motion, Light, Color,
charm, and comfort into many was reaching into your Abstraction
things that were useful in consciousness of black
everyday life. experience and relaxing it to LOOKING AND SEEING
the universal”. -Looking-Taking in what is
o Industrial design, interior
before us
design, fashion design, graphic Art For Social Causes -Seeing-Active Extension of
design.  Humans are influenced by looking
what they see -Ordinary things
What Is Art?  Artists can use their art to become extraordinary when
influence the public we see them deeply
 Work of art-visual expression of
Art for Visual Pleasure CHARACTERISTICS OF
an idea or experience formed LINE
 Art is often identified solely
with skill through use of a -Lines can be active or static,
by this definition
medium  Art made to be visually aggressive or passive,
 Media/Medium – type of tools attractive and well crafted sensual or mechanical
used to create the artwork
Untrained Artist Lines can:
-clay, fiber, stone, wood,
-Indicate direction
paint, video, photography.  Outsider artists or folk artists- -Define shapes and
 Some communication can only people with no formal art boundaries
be expressed through visual form education -Imply Volume or mass
or music -folk artists work within a -Depict Light and Shadow
tradition -Form Patterns
Purposes and Functions of Art -outsider artists rarely know
about the trends and history of SHAPE
 Art can: art -Shape-expanse within the
-tell us things -they work outside of outline of a two-dimensional
-elevate our spirits traditional art guidelines area or within the boundaries
of a three-dimensional object
-show beauty
-show injustice What is Creativity? Two categories
-Geometric-Shapes-
Art for Communicating  The ability to bring forth Circles, triangles….
Information something new that has value -Organic Shapes-Irregular
 Through the ages, art has been Shapes
IMPLIED LINE
used to impart information  Implied lines-suggest visual -Shapes on a picture plane can
connections also be create a secondary
Art for Day to Day Living  Can serve as an underlying shape in the negative space
 Objects made to delight the structure
eyes as well as serve useful MASS
LINES VARIATIONS -a 2-Dimensional Area is a
functions
-Vertical Line, Horizontal Shape but a 3-dimensional
Art for Worship and Ritual Line Area is a mass
-Dance of Curving Lines -When a mass enclosed space
 Through the ages people have -Diagonal Lines its volume
used art to use for prayer, -Lines created by Edge
-most often used in sculpture BLUE-VIOLET,RED-
and architecture VIOLET

SPACE COLOR
-is the indefinable empty -color can affect our thoughts,
-how an artist organizes the moods, actions, and even ART AND REALITY
space is a very important step health
in the making of their art -most cultures use color – how an artist approached
-3D space is experienced by symbolically reality is part of their visual
the viewer -color is the effect of light in toolbox
-2D space is simply the our eyes
parameters of the art, but -white light can contains all -how reality is depicted:
space can be implied colors combined
-Representational
-to see a color is to see part of
-Abstract
IMPLIED DEPTH white light
-Non Representational
-When shapes overlap, we
assume that one is in front of PIGENTS AND LIGHT
REPRESENTATIONAL ART
the other -when light reflect off a
-depicts the appearance of things
-Diminishing size-as things surface, some light is
-Representational art depict
get further away, they appear absorbed and some light is
subjects
smaller reflected. The reflected light
-vertical placement – things makes the color
ABSTRACT ART
lower on the picture plane -when all light is absorbed in
appear closer the surface, I appear black -Abstract is to take the essence of
an object or idea
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE COMPONENTS OF
-Perspective refers to point of COLOR * Abstract art can:
view -have no reference to real
-in art, perspective refers to  HUE objects
the representation of 3D -the spectral color (red, green, -simplify or exaggerate
objects in space yellow) objects

ATMOSPHERIC  VALUE-LIGHTNESS OF A NON REPRESENTATIONAL

PERSPECTIVE COLOR -Visual Forms with no references
-Atmospheric or aerial -add back to create a shade of to anything real
perspective-depth is created color
by difference in color, value, -add white to create a tint of a FORM AND CONTENT
and detail color -Form –what we see
-As things get further away, -Content- the meaning we get
they appear more indistinct  INTENSITY/SATURATION- from what we see
and contain less contrast PURITY OF THE HUE
between light and dark ICONOGRAPHY
COLOR WHEEL -symbolic meaning of signs,
TIME AND MOTION subjects and images
-Time-fourth dimension in  PRIMARIES – RED,
which events occur in YELLOW, BLUE
succession
 SECONDARY – MIXTURE
LIGHT OF TWO PRIMARIES –
-Light can drastically change ORANGE, GREEN, VIOLET
how we see a piece of art,
specifically sculpture  INTERMEDIATE-
-Value refers the darkness of BETWEEN PRIMARIES
lightness of a surface AND SECONDARIES –
RED-RANGE, YELLOW-
ORANGE, YELLOW
GREEN, BLUE-GREEN,