want to marry the most beautiful

Assumptions & person in the tribe

Nature of Art 2. Motivational

• A reflection of desire to seek pleasure and
Art Appreciation entertainment
• Ability to interpret or understand man- • Used to communicate an idea or emotion
made arts and enjoy them either through • Used as an agent of confrontation for
actual work experiences with art tools change, transgression, subversion,
and materials or possession of these anarchy
works of art for one’s admiration and • Motivated by propaganda and
satisfaction. commercialism

Art Education Angono Petroglyphs (Angono, Rizal)

• Study of elements and principles of art or • The stonewall carvings are considered as
design and their proper applications to all the oldest artwork in the Philippines
things made by man. • Consists of 127 human and animal
figures engraved on the rockwall
Art
• Set of aspects which make something a Assumptions of Art
candidate for appreciation 1. Art possesses selective value
• Conscious use of skill and creative • Art enhances the survival of a species
imagination especially in the production whose members possess that
of aesthetic objects behavior
2. Art is a phenomenon
Art Nature • Art comprises a broad general
Made by man Made by God phenomenon experienced by the
creators of the art
2 Basic Assumptions Why We Do Art • Art is a collection of human
experiences
1. Instinctual 3. Art manifests itself
• We create art as a response for basic • Consciously/unconsciously
instinct for seeking balance, harmony, • Human societies will have art even
rhythm, and desire to experience mystery when these societies do not
• Expression of the human imagination and demonstrate them
the need to communicate with others 4. Art is experienced in duality
• Means for ritualistic and symbolic • Making art and recognizing and
functions responding to it are considered to be
• Ex. Maasai Jumping Dance, “Adumu” separate experiences
o It is an instinct to have the desire
to be the highest jumper, and to
 Imagination Photography
• Ability to form images and ideas about • Science, art, application, and practice of
things never seen or experienced before creating durable images by recording light
• An underlying factore in creating or other electromagnetic radiation, either
knowledge itself electronically by means of an image
sensor, or chemically by means of a light-
Aspects of Imagination sensitive material such as photographic
• Provide ability to think of something to film
develop
• Develop mental images Film
• Explain events by providing reasons rather • Revolves around the attention to details
than causes and how films convey meanings by
• Foster the ability to create work that cinematic means
explains human life and how to advance it • Involves looking and appreciating the full
impact of aesthetic choices made within
Creativity Imagination the film
Responding to a Free thinking
problem with the independently; Think Performance Arts
tools and knowledge outside the box • Solo or group performance of artists
in existence; Think
which is contingent on the presence or
inside the box
Ability to use those Ability to create absence of the body
images to create mental images • Live presence of artists and focus on the
something new artist’s body
• Example. Japan’s Noh Theatre
Works of Art o Structured around song and dance
Visual Arts o Plots: legend, history, literature
• Include arts such as drawing, painting,
printmaking, photography, and sculpture Poetry
• Sub-categorized into 2D and 3D arts • Aesthetic use of language in creating
notions and semantic content
Drawing • Poems are interactive layers of words
• A person uses various drawing which generate
instruments to mark paper or another
two-dimensional medium. Architecture
• Creative foundations of buildings and
Painting innovative structures
• Practice of applying paint, pigment, color • Design and execution become references
or other medium to a solid surface of how humans think creatively through
(support base). physical materials
• Mode of creative expression
Dance
• Human expression through movement
 • Represents the conscious way of Applied Arts
rhythmic movements of the body in • Concerned with making objects with
defined bounded space functional purposes, but which aesthetic
• Ballroom concerns are significant
o Includes waltz, viennese, tango, • Includes interior design, manufactured
cha-cha, rumba, samba, mambo, items, ceramics, metalwork, jewelry,
quickstep, jive, and bolero fashion
• African-American and Traditional Jazz
o Includes charleston …. Functions & Philosophy of Art
• Latin
Golden Ratio
o Salsa, flamenco, argentina tango,
lambada, polka, east coast swing, • Mathematical ratio found in design which
country, folk dance, and belly is used to create pleasing, natural looking
dance compositions in a work of art.
• Professional Performance • Derived from the math equations which
o Ballet, contemporary dance, shows two quantities with the same ratio
modern dance, concert dance, of their sum to the larger of the two
and tap dance quantities.
• Modern
Beauty in Art
o House, rave, disco, bollywood
• Beauty is what gives pleasure when seen
• Hip-hop and funk
(St. Thomas Aquinas)
o Breaking, bounce, electric
boongaloo, street jazz, jookin, • Beauty should not be limited to visual
locking and popping appeal alone

Literature Functions of Art

• Written works which are considered to
Physical
have lastic artistic merit
• Artwork which were created to perform
• Includes books, novels and other
some service have physical functions
published material which arouses
emotional and intellectual
Social
Theater Arts • Art has social function when it addresses
aspects of life
• Expression and exploration which delves
in the understanding of the human
Personal
condition
• Artists create artwork for the need for
• Combination of entertainment and
self-expression or gratification
instruction
• Artists create artwork to communicate a
thorough point or provide aesthetic
experience
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Aesthetic Pleasure • Art can be expansive
• The value of arts lies in the pleasure that • Art must be open to the permanent
humans derive from them. possibility of radical change, expansion,
• Pleasure accompanies human’s and novelty
perception of beauty • Art cannot be defined
• Natural sight of beauty sensationalizes
the sense Subject Matter
• Artwork may resemble original artwork in
Starry Night is a painting of Van Gogh. It terms of expression
represents his inner turmoil being represented by • Artwork may remind audiences of another
the swirling moonlit clouds. Whereas, Vincent is aspect of another existing artwork
a song by Don Mclean. These two artworks are • Art is art for art’s sake
different in form but have the same subject. o Even if it mimics existing work

Aesthetics Subject and Content

• Derived from the Greek word aesthesis • People as objects look as close as
which means "sense of perception” possible to their real world counterparts
• In Medieval times, it was defined as the • They can be clearly identified
"philosophical study of art"
Abstraction
Reasons Why People Pursue Art • Images are made to look less like the
1. Audience seek art for aesthetic object they are based although they may
experience, they expect artworks to still be recognizable
function as such
2. Artists are interested in having audiences Non Objective Imaging
3. Artists inherently work to function as • Creates objects which are non
sources of aesthetic experience representational images- they do not refer
to any existing forms in real life
The Scream is Munch's most famous work and • Subjects may be difficult for the observer
one of the most recognizable paintings in all art. to identify since they are based solely on
It has been widely interpreted as representing elements of art rather than real life
the universal anxiety of modern man. The objects or people
agonized figure is reduced to a garbed skull in
the throes of an emotional crisis. With this Other times, the artist may cross the
painting, Munch met his stated goal of "the classification and combine two different subject
study of the soul, that is to say the study of my making processes to create not necessarily
own self". unique form. Deformations by Can Pekdimir
is an example of how representational art can
cross boundaries of what is conventionally
classified as abstraction. A man's body and a
pelican head.
Art History 1. Artist
• As a discipline, it seeks to understand • A person who makes tangible or
different cultures and times through the intangible products as an expression of
study and analysis of art as a means of creativity and imagination
communication
• Evaluation and interpretation of people in 2. Artisan
works of art based on their own • Spurred by the same impulses as that in
viewpoints an artist
• Produces crafts which may be acquired
Benefits of Studying Art History only for decoration or for practical use
• Offers guide to recognize and understand
artifacts, architecture, painting, and Phases of Art Production
sculpture among others
• Provides knowledge and understanding of Pre-Production
the past, and through it of the present • The artist focuses mainly on the
• Encourages humanity and sympathy by intellectual or emotional message of the
learning about other people and societies art
through artistic expressions • The artist decides on the form which will
be used to create the art
Appreciating Artwork
1. Ask yourself what you see Production
• Create a specific emotional reaction for • Involves the actual creation of the art
what you see piece
• Engage in appreciating a work of art and • The artist utilizes available materials in
find beauty in its creation order to produce the desired result

2. Study the history behind a piece Post-Production

• Gain better impression and perception of • Requires the artist to add finishing
a work through researching touches on the art piece
• Final layers are added and minute details
3. Explore information about the artist are refined in order
• Know the profile of the artist
Medium
4. Learn about different methods and • Materials used by an artist to express
techniques his/her feelings or thoughts
• Acquaint yourself with different
techniques of artmaking Types of Medium
1. Visual
Creators of Art • Medium which can be seen and which
occupy space
 o Dimensional or two-dimensional
includes painting, drawing,
printmaking, and photography
o Three-dimensional includes
sculpture, architecture,
landscape, industrial designs, and
crafts like furniture

2. Auditory
• Media which can be heard and which are
expressed in time

3. Combined
• Media which can be both seen and heard
and which exist both in space and time

What is Technique?
• Determines the artist’s control over the
medium
• The manner in which the artist controls
the medium to achieve the desired effect
• Ability which the artist fulfills as a
technical requirement of the particular
work of art