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What Is Art?: Introduction and Assumptions

This document discusses definitions of art and assumptions about art. It explores how the definition of art has changed over time, from meaning skilled craft in Latin and Ancient times to referring to aesthetics and beauty in later eras. The document also outlines assumptions about art, such as it being universal across time and cultures, not defined by age, involving experience over just facts, and being a human expression and interpretation of nature rather than nature itself.

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What Is Art?: Introduction and Assumptions

This document discusses definitions of art and assumptions about art. It explores how the definition of art has changed over time, from meaning skilled craft in Latin and Ancient times to referring to aesthetics and beauty in later eras. The document also outlines assumptions about art, such as it being universal across time and cultures, not defined by age, involving experience over just facts, and being a human expression and interpretation of nature rather than nature itself.

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What is Art?

INTRODUCTION AND ASSUMPTIONS


Art is something that is perennially around us.

 A bankmanager choosing what tie to wear with his shirt


and shoes
Art is something that is perennially around us.

 A politician shuffling her music track while comfortable


seated in her car
Art is something that is perennially around us.

 A studentmarvelling at the intricate designs of a medieval


cathedral during a field trip
Art is something that is perennially around us.

 A marketvendor cheering for her bet in a dance


competition on a noontime TV show
½ Sheet of Paper
½ sir?
Yes, ½

In the first column of the table below, list down your most
striking encounters with arts. On the second column,
explain why you think each encounter is an experience
with art.
My Encounters with Arts Why?
Origins of “Art”

 Art> from the Latin word “ars” which means a “craft or


specialized form of skill, like carpentry, smithying, or
surgery” (Collingwood, 1938).
 Art> suggested the capacity to produce an intended result
from carefully planned steps of methods.
 Art in the Ancient World meant using the bare hands to
produce something that will be useful to one’s day-to-day
life.
Changing Definition through the Times

 Medieval Latin > any special form of book-learning


 Early Renaissance > craftsmanship
 17th Century > aesthetics vs. technical workmanship
 18thCentury > distinction between the fine arts and the
useful/practical arts
Humanities > The Fine Arts
 Not delicate or highly
skilled arts but “beautiful
arts”
The Humanities

 From the Renaissance Latin expression studia humanitatis


or study of humanities which refers to “culture, refinement,
education”
 Constituteone of the oldest and most important means of
expression developed by man
 Demonstrates how men evolved not just physically but also
culturally
Evolution of Culture

Galloping Wild Boar in Altamira, Spain


Assumptions of Art

 Artis universal. In every country and in every generation,


there is always art.
 Age is not a factor in determining art.
 “Art
is not good because it is old, but old because it is
good” (Dudley et al., 1960).
Assumptions of Art

 Artis not nature. Art is man’s expression of his reception


of nature.
 Art is a man’s way of interpreting nature.
Assumptions of Art

 Art
involves experience. If one is to know art, he must
know it not as fact or information but as experience.
 Art is just experience.
Wrap it Up

 Humanitiesand the art have always been part of man’s


growth and civilization.
 Manhas tried to express his inner thoughts and feelings
about reality through creating art.
 Artis universal because it is present in every part of the
globe and in every period time.
 Art is not being nature but being a creation of the artist.
 Theartist has to be foremost, a perceiver who is directly in
touch with art.

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