ART HISTORY Flashcards
Art is derived from the Latin word “___” which means?
“Ars”
Means ability or skills or manmade
Art is also derived from the Italian word “___” which means?
“Artis”
Means craftmanship, mastery, and inventiveness.
Because of the traces from the greatest works of human activity anyone can argue that art is a product of…?
…man’s mastery and skills rooted from his artistic creativity.
According to Estolas et al., all artworks expresses the artist’s…?
…imagination, his emotions, ideas, and things he wants and values in life.
The four assumptions of art are?
Art is rooted in culture
Art is universal
Art is not in nature
Art Involves Experience
This assumption of art means that it ties our present from the past and connects us to the future.
Art is rooted in culture
This assumption of art means that art is as old as humans. In almost every country and within the most primitive communities, there is always art in every era and locus. No matter what period or location, art exists.
Art is universal
This assumption of art means that art is made by man using his skills, craftsmanship, creativity, and imagination.
Art is not in nature
Explain:
Universal Agreement: Art is NOT NATURE
Art is made by man. What is art is not nature; what is nature is not art.
Differentiate Art from Nature
Art:
—- Made by man using his skills, craftmanship, creativity, and imagination.
Differentiate Art from Nature
Art:
—- Made by man using his skills, craftmanship, creativity, and imagination.
—– It is a representation of what we see, feel, experience etc., and present them through artistic interpretation.
Nature:
—– Divine model, work of God, or God made.
—– Nature was not designed by God to represent and to express anything.
This assumption of art means that experience is the actual doing of something. The perfection of art appreciation will never be possible without experiencing art
Art Involves Experience
What is Art Appreciation?
Subjective Answer
_____ is envisioning ideas that are not present in reality. It is visualizing the impossible or things that are not present in our senses.
Imagination
_____ uses imagination to represent new ideas and create a physical embodiment which is beneficial and with value. It is the unveiling of the impossible to possible.
Creativity
______ is making known ones thoughts or feelings. It means that the work of art reflects the artist’s personality, background or even personal circumstances.
Expression
List down the different functions of arts.
Personal
Social
Cultural
Spiritual
Aesthetic
Physical
Political
Economic
Historical
This function tries to convey the artist personal feelings through his work of art. It is also used to give convenience, comfort and happiness to human being.
Personal Function
This function connects people because art is usually used for public display and celebration, it means it is used to influence shared behavior, that is why art conveys sense of family, community or civilization.
Social Function
This function helps art to preserve, share and transmit culture of people from one generation to another. Art also serves as passage towards people’s knowledge, skills, attitudes, customs and traditions of different group.
Cultural Function
This function of art strengthens the artist work in terms of religious and Spiritual support to the culture.
Spiritual Function
This function of art helps people to have the real attitude of gratefulness to nature’s beauty, the feeling of appreciation that is established through enjoyment when in touch with the artwork
Aesthetic Function
This function of art deals with art that fulfils and satisfy man’s physical needs.
Physical Function
This function of art deals with campaign art such as promotion of political agenda.
Political Function
