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Arts Appreciation " Creativity, Imagination and Expression

This document discusses various ways that artists can express themselves through creativity and imagination. It defines art as a creative work that provides a unique perspective on the world. It then describes several art forms like visual arts, film, performance art, poetry, architecture, dance, literature, theater, and applied arts as ways that artists express their emotions, ideas, and imagination. Frequent exposure to art helps develop an understanding and appreciation of different art forms. Creativity and imagination are essential to creating original artworks.

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Arts Appreciation " Creativity, Imagination and Expression

This document discusses various ways that artists can express themselves through creativity and imagination. It defines art as a creative work that provides a unique perspective on the world. It then describes several art forms like visual arts, film, performance art, poetry, architecture, dance, literature, theater, and applied arts as ways that artists express their emotions, ideas, and imagination. Frequent exposure to art helps develop an understanding and appreciation of different art forms. Creativity and imagination are essential to creating original artworks.

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Lesson 2

Art
Appreciation:
Creativity,
Imagination
JEAN-PAUL
SARTRE
× A famous French philosopher of the
20th Century

× Described the role of an art as a


creative work that depicts the world in a
completely different light and
perspective and the source is due to
human freedom.
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• Refining one’s ability to
appreciate art allows him
to deeply understand the
purpose of an artwork and
recognize the beauty it
possesses. ( Collins &
Riley, 1931)
3
• In cultivating an
appreciation of art, one
should also exercise and
develop his taste for
things that are fine and
beautiful.
4
• Frequenting museums, art
galleries, performing art
theaters, concert halls or
even malls that display art
exhibitions will not only
develop an understanding of
the art but will serve as a
rewarding experience.
(Collins & Riley, 1931)
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THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN
MAKING
ART
• In art, creativity is what sets apart
one artwork from another. A
creative artist does not simply copy
or imitate another artist’s work in
terms of its lines, flaws, colors and
patterns in recreating nature.

• Embraces originality
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• Being creative can
be quite challenging
since what you
thought was your
own and creative
idea may not what it
seems to be after
“It’s More Fun in
the
Philippines.
” Campaign Ad of Department of
Tourism
which boomed popularity in 2011 but
was found out that it was allegedly
plagiarized from Switzerland’s
Tourism.
• Thus, creativity
should be backed
with careful
research on related
art to avoid such
conflicts.
Art as a Product
of
Imagination,
Imagination as
a Product of
• Creativity starts
with human mind.
It all begins with
imagination.
“Imagination is more important
than knowledge. For
knowledge is limited to all we
now know and understand,
while imagination embraces
the entire world, and all there
ever will be to know and
understand.”
ALBERT
EINSTEIN
•
German Physicist

•
Knowledge is derived
from imagination.
• Imagination is not
constrained by the walls of
the norm, but goes
beyond that. Through
imagination, one is able to
craft something bold, new
and better in the hopes of
creating something that
will stimulate change.
• Something
imaginary does not
necessarily mean it
cannot be called art.
Artists use their
imagination that
gives birth to reality.
• Art also inspires
imagination.
Example: Being in an
empty room
surrounded by blank,
white walls and floors.
There is craving and
desire to be
surrounded by beautiful
ART AS
AN
EXPRESSION
• Expressing oneself
– trying to
release yourself
from tormenting
and disabling
state of
excitement or
• The Principles of Art

- by Robin George Collingwood

- what an artist does to an emotion


is not to induce it, but express it.

- Expressing emotions is something


different from describing
emotion.
WAYS
OF
EXPRESSING
ONESELF
THROUGH
• VISUAL ARTS

- appealing to the sense of


sight and are mainly visual in
nature.

- paintings, drawings,
letterings, printing,
sculptures and digital
• FILM
- refers to the art of putting
together successions of still
images in order to create an
illusion of movement.

- Focuses on its aesthetics, cultural


and social value and considered
as both an art and industry.
-Techniques: motion-
picture camera,
animation techniques,
Computer- Generated
Imagery

-Elements:
Lighting, musical
• PERFORMANCE ART
- A live art and the artist’s
medium is mainly human body
and other kinds of arts such as
visual art, props, or sound.

- Four important elements: time,


where the performance
happened, performer’s body
and relationship between the
audience and performers.
• Poetry Performance

- artist expresses his emotions not


by paint charcoal or camera but
through words.

-Clarity and beauty and


stimulate strong emotions

- combined with movements, tone,


volume and intensity of the
• Architecture
- making of
beautiful buildings.

- not all buildings can


be considered
architecture. (striking
balance of lines, colors
• Dance

- series of movements
that follows the rhythm
of the music
accompaniment.

- form of expression.
• Literary Art
- use words- not paint, musical
instruments or chisels to
express themselves.

-focuses on writing using


a unique style

- fiction and non-fiction such as


novels, biographies and
• Theater
- use live performers to
present accounts or
imaginary events before a
live audience.

- script
Elements: acting, gesture,
lighting, sound effects,
• Applied Arts
- incorporating elements of
style an design to everyday
items with the aim of
increasing their aesthetical
value.

-industrial design, interior


design, fashion design and
graphic design.

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