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Art can trigger different emotions and reactions in people. While some think art should conform to standards, others believe it should be free from criteria. There are shared understandings of evaluating art based on traditions and concepts like beauty. Art is often considered universal for its ability to evoke shared experiences across cultures through themes, qualities, and influence. However, art is not nature because it is intentionally created by humans through creativity rather than natural processes, and can involve distortion of reality. Art also involves experience through emotional engagement, perception, interpretation, and engagement over time.

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Lesson Two

Art can trigger different emotions and reactions in people. While some think art should conform to standards, others believe it should be free from criteria. There are shared understandings of evaluating art based on traditions and concepts like beauty. Art is often considered universal for its ability to evoke shared experiences across cultures through themes, qualities, and influence. However, art is not nature because it is intentionally created by humans through creativity rather than natural processes, and can involve distortion of reality. Art also involves experience through emotional engagement, perception, interpretation, and engagement over time.

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ASSUMPTIONS OF

ART
Objectives:

• Clarify misconception about arts


• Distinguish between the form and content of an artwork
• Characterize the assumptions of art
• Categorize works of art based on personal experience
• Give the significance of assumptions and the nature of art in real-life situation

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- Art can trigger different emotions and


reactions. It can be beautiful, peculiar,
puzzling. It can make you laugh, think,
cry or became angry. Most importantly,
people vary in the way they perceived
IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
- People may say that art has to conform to
some standard to be called such but others
claim that it should be free from any
criterion.
- It is similar to the principles of art for art’s
sake versus arts for life’s sake
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• In the art world, there is often a shared


understanding of art judgement that is built
on centuries of artistic tradition, critical
discourse, and institutional norms.
• There may be agreement on certain formal
qualities, such as composition, color, and
form, as well as broader concepts like beauty,
originality, and expression, that are
considered important in evaluating art.
Arts involve Art is not nature
experience

Assumptions of art

Art is universal
What makes art universal?

- Art is often considered to be universal in that it has the


ability to evoke shared experiences, emotions, and ideas
across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
Spoliarium
Juan Luna, 1884
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci, 16th century
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai, 1831
The Scream
Edvard Much, 1893
- People oftentimes feel that what is considered as
artistic are only those which have been made long
time ago.

Art is not good because it is old, but old because it is


good
Dudley et al., 1960
NUMBER OF REASONS WHY ART IS UNIVERSAL

1. Cross-cultural appeal - Art has the ability to evoke emotions


and feelings that are common to all people, regardless of
cultural background
2. Exploration of universal themes - Art often explores universal
themes and subjects, such as love, death, and the human
condition, that are common to all human experience.
NUMBER OF REASONS WHY ART IS UNIVERSAL

3. Shared formal qualities - Art also possesses formal qualities that


can be universal, such as balance, proportion, and rhythm, which
can be appreciated and understood by people from different
cultures, regardless of their individual cultural context.

4. Ability to evoke empathy - Art can also be considered universal


because of its ability to foster empathy and understanding.
NUMBER OF REASONS WHY ART IS UNIVERSAL

5. Cultural exchange and influence - art has played a major role in


cultural exchange and cross-cultural influence throughout history,
helping to bridge gaps between cultures and spread ideas and
perspectives across the globe.
All these aspects of art contribute to its universal appeal and its
ability to connect people across cultural and linguistic
boundaries. Despite differences in cultural context, artistic style,
and medium, art has the power to evoke shared experiences,
emotions, and ideas, and to bring people together in a shared
appreciation of beauty and human creativity.
Art is not nature

- It is made by humans as expression of their


reception or interpretation about nature
Caslib et al., 2017
Dudley et al., 1960
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Art is not nature
- One’s reception about nature may include,
DISTORTION, MODIFICATION, or ALTERATION of
reality to satisfy his/her creative imagination that is
influenced by nature.
Reasons why art is not nature
1. Intentionality - Art is created by human beings with a
specific intention or purpose, while nature is not.
2. Creativity - Art is the result of human imagination and
creativity, while nature is a product of natural
processes.
3. Human control - Art is created through a process of
deliberate control, while nature is subject to chance
and unpredictability
Reasons why art is not nature

1. Synthesis - Art is a synthesis of different elements,


while nature is a complex system of interrelated
parts
2. Purpose - Art has a specific purpose or meaning, while
nature does not.
Reasons why art is not nature

These differences between art and nature reflect the unique


qualities and characteristics of each. While art and nature can be
appreciated for their own individual merits, it is also possible to
see how they complement one another and how art can be
inspired by and reflect the beauty and complexity of nature.
Art involves experience

- Art is just an experience that depicts the actual


doing of something
Caslib et al., 2001
CHOREOGRAPHY
SCULPTOR
PAINTER
Some ways in which art involves experience
- Emotional engagement - Art often elicits emotional
responses in those who encounter it.
- Perception - Art involves perception, as the viewer or
participant must actively look at, listen to, or interact with
the work in order to experience it
- Interpretation - Art is open to interpretation, meaning
that different people can experience the same work in
different ways
Some ways in which art involves experience

- Engagement - Art often involves active engagement by


the viewer or participant
- Time - Art often involves time as an integral element,
whether it is the creation process, the viewing experience,
or the impact of the work over time
- In conclusion, the statement "art involves experience" highlights
the importance of the active, subjective, and personal encounter
with art. Art is not simply a representation of reality, but a means
of experiencing and engaging with the world in new and
meaningful ways.
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