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The document discusses the appreciation of art as a vital aspect of understanding humanity, emphasizing the importance of creativity and expression in various art forms. It defines art as a universal and timeless expression of human experience, highlighting the role of imagination in artistic creation. Additionally, it outlines different forms of art, including visual arts, performance, and literary arts, and their significance in enriching human life.

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AA-Lesson-12

The document discusses the appreciation of art as a vital aspect of understanding humanity, emphasizing the importance of creativity and expression in various art forms. It defines art as a universal and timeless expression of human experience, highlighting the role of imagination in artistic creation. Additionally, it outlines different forms of art, including visual arts, performance, and literary arts, and their significance in enriching human life.

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Art

A p p re c i a t i o n
Mr. C a r l o
By:
D a n i e l
Plato
“Man is his soul
and his capacity
to think”
d H u m a n i t i e s
Art a n o f h u m a n it i es
u n d e r t h e fi e ld
Art is
because of
ym n s , v e rs e s ,
e a t i o n s l i k e h
his cr
paintings,
d n o v e ls , a re
e s , d a n c in g , an
s c ul p t u r
part of
b e i n g h u m a n
Art Appreciation
Course
Attempts to develop our ability to
appreciate,
scrutinize (examine analyze), and
appraise
(evaluate, review, value) works of art.
→ UTS – what is a human being
→ ART APPRECIATION – how to be
human
Understanding
Humanities
• Latin word “humanus” which means
human,
cultured, or refined
• Branch of learning which is concerned with
studying:
- Human thought
- Feeling
- Relations
• The humanities constitute one of the oldest
and
most important means of expression
developed
by man (Dudley et.al, 1960)
• Man evolved not only physically but
culturally
(example: cave painters – paintbrush users –
digital
art)
.
What is Art? What is What is Art
• Latin language “ars” Appreciation? Appreciation
which means skill or • the encounter between the artist • The recognition of
craft and the good qualities and
audience that happen in various understanding of art
• Constitutes one of the sensory • Knowing vocabulary,
oldest and most experiences concepts, themes,
important means of • the act of recognizing and processes, and materials
expression developed by understanding that • Acquiring knowledge
human beings and has something is valuable or important. which then leads to
been a part of every • A feeling or expression of appreciation
admiration, approval,
Assumptions of Art
Art is Universal Art is not nature Art Involves
Experience
Timeless, spanning It’s a man’s expression of his
By experience, it means the
generations, and reception of nature
“actual
continents through and
doing of something” (Dudley
through
et.al, 1960)

Involves the 5 senses


Hear
Touch
Sight
Taste
Smell
p p r e c i a t i o n :
Ar t A
C r e a t i v i t y ,
i n a t i o n , a n d
Im a g
E x p re s s i o n
Less on 2
• Jean-Paul Sarte
- French philosopher of the 20th
century
Art as a way of life
- Described the role of art as a
creative work that
depicts the world in a completely
different light
and perspective, and the source is
due to
human freedom (Greene, 1995)

• Collines & Riley 1931


- Refining one’s ability to
appreciate art allows
him to deeply understand the
purpose of
artwork and recognize the beauty it
possesses.
- Learning to appreciate art, no
matter what
vocation or profession you have,
will lead to a
THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN
ART MAKING:
• Creativity requires thinking A creative artist does not simply
outside the box to copy or imitate
explore ideas that are creative another artist’s work. He does not
and unusual and imitate the
that are not limited or lines, flaws, colors, and patterns
controlled by rules or in recreating
tradition nature. He embraces originality,
puts his own
flavor into his work, and calls it his
own creative
piece.
ART IS A PRODUCT
OF IMAGINATION
• Creativity starts with imagination
• Albert Einstein - “Imagination is more
important than knowledge. For
knowledge is to
all we know and understand, while
IMAGINATION embraces the entire
world, and
all there will be to know and
understand.
ART AS
EXPRESSION
• Releasing yourself from a tormenting
and
disabling state by doing something, is
called
expressing oneself (Collingwood, 1938)

Example: If you are happy. Keeping it


to yourself without
sharing is frustrating
FO R M S O F
ART
EXPR E S S I O N
FORMS OF ART
EXPRESSION:
VISUAL ARTS FILM PERFORMANCE ART POETRY ARCHITECTURE
PERFORMANCE
Creations that appeal Refers to the art of Live art and the An art form where the The making of
to the sense of sight putting together a artist’s medium is artist expresses his beautiful buildings
and mainly visual in succession of still mainly emotions not by using
nature images in order to the human body paint, charcoal, or
create which he or she uses camera, but expresses
am illusion of to them through arts.
movement perform
FORMS OF ART
EXPRESSION
LITERARY ART THEATER APPLIED ARTS
Focuses on writing Uses live performers Incorporating
using a unique style, to present accounts or elements of style and
not imaginary events design
following a specific before a live audience to everyday items
format or norm that with the aim of
may include both increasing aesthetical
fiction and non-fiction value. The artist in
this field brings
beauty, charm, and
comfort
into many things that
are useful in everyday
life. (Collins & Riley,
1931)

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