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Lesson 1 - Art Concepts

Art has traditionally been defined in three main categories: as a representation or imitation of something beautiful or meaningful; as an expression of emotional content intended to evoke a response in the audience; and as abstract form judged based on principles of design. The document also provides 17 quotes from artists and philosophers on their views of what art is, including definitions that see art as a way to discover nature, console those in pain, or recognize oneself. It concludes with learning activities asking the reader to further discuss two quotes and analyze how the Mona Lisa fits the definitions.

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Lesson 1 - Art Concepts

Art has traditionally been defined in three main categories: as a representation or imitation of something beautiful or meaningful; as an expression of emotional content intended to evoke a response in the audience; and as abstract form judged based on principles of design. The document also provides 17 quotes from artists and philosophers on their views of what art is, including definitions that see art as a way to discover nature, console those in pain, or recognize oneself. It concludes with learning activities asking the reader to further discuss two quotes and analyze how the Mona Lisa fits the definitions.

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LESSON 1- ART

CONCEPTS
Philosophy of Art

• There is no one universal


definition of art though there is
a consensus that is it the
conscious creation of
something beautiful or
meaningful using skill and
imagination.
Etymology
Art is related to the Latin
word ‘ars’ - which means art, skill
or craft. The first known use of
the word comes from 13th century
manuscripts.
The definition of art has generally
fallen into three categories:

• Art as Representation: Mimesis. Plato


first developed the idea of art as
mimesis in Greek meaning copying or
imitation. Hence, the primary meaning
of art was for centuries defined as the
representation or replication of
something that is beautiful or
meaningful.
• Art as Expression of Emotional
Content. Expression became
important during the Romantic
Movement with artwork expressing a
definite feeling as in the sublime or
dramatic. Audience response was
important for artwork was intended
to evoke an emotional response.
• Art as Form. Immanuel Kant,
influential theorist at the end of
18th century, believed that should
be judged only on its formal
qualities because the content of
the work of art is not of aesthetic
interest.
• Formal qualities became
important when art became
more abstract in the 20th century
and the principles of art and
design (balance, rhythm,
harmony, unity) were used to
define and assess art.
Definition (Comments and
Quotes) of Art
1. Art evokes the mystery without
which the world would not exist.
-Rene Magritte

2. Art is a discovery and development


of elementary principles of nature.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
3. Art enables us to find ourselves and lose
ourselves at the same time.
-Thomas Merton
4. The purpose of art is washing the dust of
daily life off our souls.
-Pablo Picasso

5. All art is but imitation of nature.


-Lucius Seneca
6. Art is not what you see but what
you make others see.
-Edgar Degas

7. Art is the signature of civilizations.


-Jean Sibelius
8. Art is a human activity
consisting in this that one man
consciously, by means of certain
external signs, hands on to other
feelings he has lived through and
that others are infected by these
feelings and also experience
them. -Leo Tolstoy
9. Art is the concrete representation
of our most subtle feelings.
-Agnes Martin
10. Art is the elimination of the
unnecessary.
-Pablo Picasso
11. Art without emotion is like
chocolate cake without sugar.
-Laurie Anderson

12. Art is the proper task of life.


-Friedrich Nietzsche
13. Art is to console those who are broken by
life.
---Vincent Van Gogh

14. Art wasn’t supposed to look nice, it was


supposed to make you feel something. ---
Rainbow Rowell

15. Art is the only way to run away without


leaving home.
---Twyla Tharp
16. Art is a way of recognizing oneself. -
Loiuse Bourgeois

17. Art helps us identify with one another. -


Olafur Eliasson

18. Art is the most intense mode of


individualism that the world has known. -
Oscar Wilde
Learning Activity 1:
Essay/Reflection
1. Among the definition
(comments and quotes) of
art given in this lesson,
choose at least two and
expound it further.
2. Take a look at this famous work of
arts (Mona Lisa). Which among the
definitions given above best
describe it? Explain it briefly.

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