Art as a Way of Life (Lesson 1) Flashcards
- Art as a creative work that depicts the world in a completely different light and perspective, and the source is due to human freedom (Jean Paul Sartre as cited in Greene, 1995)
- Hence, 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)
Art Appreciation as a Way of Life
- In art, creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another.
- An artist embraces originality, puts his own flavor into his work, and calls it his own creative piece.
The Role of Creativity in Art Making
- Imagination is not constrained by the walls of the norm, but goes beyond that.
- An artwork does not need to be a real thing, but can be something that is imaginary (Collingwood, 1938).
- Artists use their imagination that gives birth to reality through creation.
- In the same way that imagination produces art, art also inspires imagination.
Art as a Product of Imagination, Imagination as a Product of Art
- Robin George Collingwood, an English philosopher who is best known for his work in aesthetics, explicated in his publication The Principles of Art (1938) that what an artist
does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it. - Some forms of art expression include visual arts, lm, performance art, poetry performance, architecture, dance, literary arts, theater arts, and applied arts.
Art as Expression
- Roughly and broadly, the functions of art are classified into three: personal (public display or expression), social (celebration or to affect collective behavior), and physical
(utilitarian)
Functions of Art
Does Art Always Have to Be Functional?
- The value of a work of art does not depend on function but on the work itself.
- Despite these, efficiency cannot be mistaken as beauty. While it certainly determines
beauty in some works of art, an efficient functional object is not necessarily beautiful.
Philosophical Perspectives on Art
- Art as an Imitation.
- Art as a Representation
- Art as a Disinterested Judgment
- Art as a Communication of Emotion
For Plato, when one ascribes beauty to another person, he refers to an imperfect beauty that participates only in the form of beauty in the World of Forms
Art as an Imitation
Aristotle considered art as an aid to philosophy in revealing truth. It allows for the experience of pleasure. art also has an ability to be instructive and teach its audience things
Art as a Representation
According to Leo Tolstoy, art plays a huge role in communication to its audience’s emotions that the artist previously experienced about life; thus, it is cognitive as well .
Art as a Communication of Emotion
Kant considered the judgment of beauty, the cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity. Kant mentioned that judgment of beauty, and therefore, art, is innately autonomous from specific interests.
Art as a Disinterested Judgment
The primary stage of engaging with art is its__________
Perception
____________ is illustrated in the way that selective perception renders one or two details more prominent than others, prompting the viewer to focus on some details as essential or as standouts
Subjectivity
Types of Subjects
- Representational art
- Non - representational art
Have subjects that refer to objects or events occurring in the real world
Representational art
