ART APPRECIATION

OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

FIRST SEMESTER SY. 2021-2022

ARTS PURPOSE OF THE ARTS

1. Create beauty
HUMANITIES 2. Provide decoration
▪ Humanities came from the Latin word humanus meaning 3. Reveal truth
refined, cultured and human. It speaks of the study of the 4. Immortalize
different cultural aspect of man, his frailties in life and how 5. Express religious values
it can be improved records man’s quest for answers to the 6. Record and commemorate experience
fundamental questions he asks about himself and about ASSUMPTION AND NATURE OF ARTS
life. ▪ Art has been created by all people at all times, in all
▪ Humanities are expressions of man’s feelings and countries and it lives because its well-liked and enjoyed
thoughts emphasizes dignity and worthiness of man and CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION AND EXPRESSION
recognizes creative expressions aimed to shape ▪ Creativity
students subjective energies (feelings, attitudes and o It is the use of imagination or original ideas,
aspirations) especially in the production of an artistic work.
IMPORTANCE OF HUMANITIES ▪ Imagination
▪ Man needs an image of himself o It is the faculty or action creating new ideas or
▪ Understanding of his natures images or concepts of external objects not
▪ Necessary for the development of a complete, social man present to the senses.
▪ Provides man with a measure of his own passion & desire IMAGINATION TAKES PLACE IN THE LEFT BRAIN
▪ Regulate man’s behaviour
3000 BC ROCK ART

ART AND NATURE

▪ Art is not nature; Nature is not art.
▪ Art is made by man. Art is everywhere.
▪ It has to pass through a creative mind. - Louie Nevelson.
▪ Art is man’s oldest means of expression. Art as means of
PETROGLYPS PETROGLYPHS* expression and communication.
OLDEST ART PIECE FOUND
▪ “The humanities constitute one of the oldest and most
important means of expression developed by man”.
Human history has witnessed how man evolved not just
physically but also culturally, from cave painters to men of
exquisite paintbrush users of the present. Even if one goes
back to the time before written records of man’s civilization
has appeared, he can find cases of man’s attempts of not
just crafting tools to live and survive but also expressing
his feelings and thoughts. The Galloping Wild Boar found
WHAT IS ART? in the cave of Altamira, Spain is one such example. In
ETYMOLOGY OF ART 1879, a Spaniard and his daughter were exploring a cave
▪ ART comes from the Aryan root word AR which means to when they saw pictures of a wild boar, hind, and bison.
put together Latin word ARS which means skills/ability THE GALLOPING WILD BOAR FOUND IN THE CAVE OF
cover those areas of artistic creativity -embraces the visual ALTAMIRA, SPAIN
arts, literature, music and dance expresses aesthetic
ideas by use of skill & imagination.
DIVISION OF THE ARTS
▪ Visual: arts that are primarily seen, occupies space
Auditory: heard, timed arts; exist in time
Combined/performing arts: combines visual & auditory
elements
o EXAMPLES: Visual arts: paintings, sculptures
and architectures. Auditory arts: music and
PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS
poetry. Combined: drama & theatre, dancing,
▪ According to experts, these paintings were purported to
cinema & TV, opera
belong to Upper Paleolithic Age, several thousands of

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years before the current era. Pre-historic men, with their Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
crude instruments, already showcased and manifested City.
earliest attempts at recording man’s innermost interests,
preoccupations, and thoughts.
HUMBLE BEGINNING
▪ The humanities, then, ironically, have started even before
the term has been coined. Human persons have long been
exercising what it means to be a human long before he
was even aware of his being one. The humanities stand
tall in bearing witness to this magnificent phenomenon.
Any human person, then, is tasked to participate, if not,
totally partake in this long tradition of humanizing himself. 3. ARCHITECTURE
POPULAR EXPRESSIONS OF ARTS ▪ is the art of designing and constructing buildings
1. VISUAL ART and other types of structures. It is often referred
▪ Is the kind of art form that the population is most to as the “mother of the arts” because it houses,
likely more exposed to, but its variations are so serves as background for, or occurs in relation
diverse they range from sculptures that you see to other fields of art. Materials used include
in art galleries to the last movie you saw. Some stone, concrete, brick, wood, steel, glass, and
mediums of visual arts include paintings, plaster.
drawings, lettering, printing, sculptures, digital THE 3 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
imaging, and more. ARCHITECTURE
2. SCULPTURE 1. Beauty
TYPES OF SCULPTURE 2. Durability
▪ Sculpture in the Round 3. Utility
a. It has no principal views; its forms
move around the central axis of the
composition, and their serpentine
movement unfolds itself gradually as
the spectator moves around to follow
them.
b. Apollo and Daphne, marble sculpture
by Lorenzo Bernini, 1622–24; in the
Borghese Gallery, Rome.
4. FILM
▪ Film refers to the art of putting together
successions of still images in order to create an
illusion of movement, Filmmaking focuses on its
aesthetic, cultural, and social value and is
considered as both an art and an industry.

▪ Sculpture in Relief
a. Relief sculpture is a complex art form
that combines many features of the 5. PERFORMANCE ART
two-dimensional pictorial arts and the ▪ Performance Art is a live art and the artist’s
three-dimensional sculptural arts. On medium is mainly the human body which he or
the one hand, a relief, like a picture, is she uses to perform, but also employs other kind
dependent on a supporting surface, of art such as visual art, props, or sound.
and its composition must be extended
in a plane in order to be visible. On the
other hand, its three-dimensional
properties are not merely represented
pictorially but are in some degree
actual, like those of fully developed
sculpture.
b. The Reign of Jupiter, marble bas-relief
depicting Jupiter (centre) and Mercury
(left), dating to the northern French
Renaissance, c. 1550–70; in the

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6. POETRY PERFORMANCE 10. APPLIED ARTS

▪ Poetry Performance is an art form where the ▪ Applied arts incorporate elements of style and
artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, design to everyday items with the aim of
charcoal, or camera, but expresses them increasing their aesthetical value. Artists in this
through words. field bring beauty, charm, and comfort into many
things that are useful in everyday life.
a. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE
ON ART,
b. SUBJECT AND CONTENT

7. LITERARY ART
▪ Literary art goes beyond the usual professional,
academic, journalistic, and other technical form
of writing. It focuses on writing using a unique
style, not following a specific form or norm. It
may include both fiction and non-fiction such as
A. FUNCTIONS OF ART AS THERAPY
novels, biographies and poems.
▪ In its therapeutic function, art can be and is used as
therapy for individuals with a variety of illnesses, both
physical and mental.
B. FUNCTION OF ART AS ARTIFACTS
▪ Art also functions as an artifact: A product of a
particular time and place, an artwork represents the
ideas and technology of that specific time and place.
As we look back over history, we find in art striking,
and in some cases, the only, tangible records of some
8. DANCE
peoples. The insights we gain into cultures, including
▪ Dance is series of movements that follows the
our own are enhanced tremendously by such artifacts
rhythm of the music accompaniment.
as paintings, sculptures, poems, plays, and buildings.
▪ Manunggul Jar, Lipuun Point, Quezon, Palawan
Secondary Burial Jar, Discovered in 1964

a. Choreography
o is an art employed in
dancing and the person C. PERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
who is at work is called a ▪ The personal functions of art are varied and highly
Coreographer. subjective. This means that its function depend on the
b. Dance person- the artist who created the art. At times, to
o French “dancier” generally express his feelings.
refers to human D. SOCIAL FUCNCTIONS OF ART
movement either used as ▪ Art is considered to have a social function if and when
a form of expression or it addresses a particular collective interest as
presented in social or opposed to a personal interest. Political art is a very
spiritual performance common example of an art with a social function. Art
setting. may convey message of protest, contestation, or
9. THEATRE whatever message the artist intends his work to carry.
▪ Theatre uses live performers to present E. PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
accounts or imaginary events before a live ▪ The physical functions of art are the easiest to spot
audience. Theater art performance usually and understand. The physical functions of art can be
follows a script, though they should not be found in artworks that are crafted in order to serve
confused with literary arts. some physical p
F. OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART
▪ Music as an art is also interesting to talk about in
relation to function. Music in its original form was
principally functional. Music was used for dance and
religion. Unlike today, when one can just listen to
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saw music only as an instrument to facilities worship

and invocation to gods. Music also was essential to
dance because music assures synchronicity among
dancers.
OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART
1. Art as a Representation
2. Art as a Disinterested Judgment
3. Art as a Communication of Emotion
SUBJECT AND CONTENT
▪ SUBJECT OF ARTS
o Subject refers to the visual focus or the image
that may be extracted from examining the
artwork.
KINDS OF SUBJECT
▪ History
▪ Cityscape
▪ Still life
▪ Fantasies
▪ Landscape
▪ Figures
▪ Seascape
▪ Animals
▪ Myth
▪ Dreams
▪ Nature
o CONTENT
▪ Content is the meaning that is
communicated by the artist or the
artwork.
▪ CONTENT IN ARTS
LEVELS OF MEANING
▪ Factual
• pertains to the most
rudimentary level of meaning
for it may be extracted from
the identifiable or
recognizable forms in the
artwork and understanding
how these elements relate to
one another.
▪ Conventional
• meaning, on the other hand,
pertains to the
acknowledged interpretation
of the artwork using motifs,
signs, symbols and other
cyphers as bases of its
meaning. These conventions
are established through time,
strengthened by recurrent
use and wide acceptance by
its viewers or audience and
scholars who study then.
▪ When subjectivities are consulted, a
variety of meaning may arise when a
particular work of art is read. These
meanings stem from the viewer’s or
audience’s circumstances that come
into play when engaging with art.

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WEEK 5
ONLINE LECTURE

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LINE
The Elements of Visual Arts The Elements of Visual Arts

• Line is a mark on a
surface that describes a
shape or outline. It can
create texture and can
be thick and thin. Types
of line can include actual,
implied, vertical,
horizontal, diagonal and
contour line.

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LINE What do these lines suggest? Vertical Lines

• is an important element at the disposal
of every artist. VERTICAL LINES • Vertical lines are
• always has direction, always moving. poised for action.
HORIZONTAL LINES They are poised,
• as used in any work of art, may either be balanced, forceful,
straight or curved. DIAGONAL LINES and dynamic. They
• A line can be used to express various express an
things or feelings; it can be used to CURVED LINES impression of dignity.
show various moods or anything
abstract.

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VERTICAL LINES
Horizontal Lines
• Horizontal lines are
lines of repose and
serenity. They
express ideas of
calmness and
quiescence..

Only vertical lines can be used to

express an orderly feeling

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Diagonal lines
are used to create Curved lines,
feelings of sometimes referred as S
curves, suggest gracefulness
movement or
or sexiness.
action.
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Only horizontal lines can give a

feeling of peacefulness and stillness.

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If you want to photograph S curves, the

human body makes for a wonderful subject.
Three Main Types of Lines
• Repetition occurs
when two or more
lines are drawn within
a corner following the
lines of the corner.

It is up to the artist how he

conveys his message, in the
From the arch of a foot to the curve of a neck,
you can find many ways to capture curved
best way possible through the
leading lines by photographing the human form. use of lines.

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The Art Element of Color

Three Main Types of Lines
• Lines that are in • A transition line is a Color refers
opposition to each line that connects two to the visual
perception of
other form a workflow elements. light being
contrast. Transition lines allow reflected
you to define what the from a
next step in a surface of an
workflow will be. artwork.

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Attributes of Color Color Wheel

• Hue is the term for the pure • A color wheel is an
spectrum colors commonly abstract illustrative
referred to by the "color
organization of color
names" - red, orange,
yellow, blue, green violet - hues around a circle, that
which appear in the hue shows relationships
circle or rainbow. between primary,
Theoretically all hues can secondary, and tertiary
In the most basic classification, colors be mixed from three basic colors, etc.
hues, known as primaries.
can be divided into three groups:
primary, secondary and tertiary.

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Attributes of Color Attributes of Color

• Value refers to the • Tints are values Intensity refers to the ⮚ is the element that deals more
lightness or darkness above the normal brightness or darkness of
directly with the sense of touch.
of a color. It is the color. It gives color strength.
• Shades are values When a hue is vivid form, it
quality which below the normal. ⮚ applies to how an object feels
is said to be in full intensity.
depends on the or appears to feel.
When it is dulled, it is said to
amount of light and be partly neutralized.
dark in color. ⮚ rough or smooth, fine or coarse,
shiny or dull, plain or irregular.

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THE ELEMENT
OF
• Implied texture expresses the idea of • Actual texture, on the other hand, is
how a surface might feel. For example, a texture that can actually be felt. For
painting of a blanket might convey the idea example, a ceramic bowl might feature a • PERSPECTIVE
Perspective deals
that the blanket is soft. carved texture that could be felt when with the effect of
holding that bowl. distance upon the
appearance of
objects, by means of
which the eye judges
spatial relationships.

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Kinds of Perspective
• Linear perspective is
the representation of an
appearance of distance
by means of converging
lines.
• It has to do with the
direction of lines and with
the size of objects.

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Kinds of Perspective THE ART ELEMENT OF SPACE

Kinds of Space
• Space as an element of
• Aerial perspective is the art, refers to distances or areas
representation of relative around, between or within
• Positive space - the
distances of objects by components of a piece. areas in a work of art
gradations of tone or color. • Space can be positive (white or that are the subjects, or
• Objects become fainter in light) or negative (black or areas of interest.
the distance due to the dark),open or closed, shallow or
deep and two- • Negative space – areas
effect of the atmosphere.
Objects appear to be lighter
dimensional or three- around the subjects, or
dimensional.
in color as they recede into areas of interest.
• Sometimes space isn't actually
the distance or atmosphere. within a piece, but the illusion of it
is.

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FORM Organic and Geometric Forms KENNETH COBONPUE’S

DESIGNS
• Form applies to the
over-all design of a
work of art.
• It describes the
structure or shape of
an object.
• only applied to those Kenneth Cobonpue 's Knottee
artworks that are hanging lamp at Hive
three-dimensional

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The art element of VOLUME

• Volume refers to the

amount of space
occupied in three
dimensions.
• It refers to solidity or
thickness.

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Yin Yang Chair
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Objectives
1. To familiarize oneself of how an artwork is made,
PRODUCTION, PROCESS, put together, or organized.
2. To determine the meaning conveyed by the art
MEDIUM & TECHNIQUE and how an artwork makes life more meaningful.
Week 5 3. To appreciate the vase of self-trust in producing
art.
4. To compare and contrast the different mediums
in art production.
5. To come up with simple art presentation.

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What is a medium in art? Michelangelo’s David (1501-1504)

Medium and Technique ⚫In art, "medium" refers to the substance the artist
1. Medium refers to the material used by an artist. uses to create a piece of artwork. For example, the
medium Michelangelo used to create "David"(1501-
1. Technique is the manner in which the artists 1504) was marble, Alexander Calder's stabiles
controls the medium to achieve desired effect. employ painted steel plates, and Marcel Duchamp's
infamous "Fountain" (1917) was made with a
1. Combined arts are those whose mediums can be porcelain medium.
both seen and heard and which exist in both
space and time.

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Alexander Calder’s Monumental Public Sculpture

made of steel Medium and Technique
Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, 1917
4. Painting is the art of creating meaningful effects
on a flat surface by the use of pigments.

5. Architecture is the art of designing and

constructing a structure.

6. Sculpture is the construction of figure by

putting together module segments of the material.

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Technique Technique
⚫Technique is the ⚫It has something to do with the way he
manner in which the manipulates his medium to express his ideas in
artist controls his the work of art. Constantin Brancusi
medium to achieve the 1916
desired effect. It is the “The Kiss”

ability which he fulfills

the technical
requirements of his
particular work of art.

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The Artist and his Technique Medium of Performance Art Painting Technique
⚫Artist differ from
one another in
technique even if
they use the same
medium.

⚫Technique differs in
various arts.

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Filipino Sculptors/Carvers

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