CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
The Nature of Art
- Art is Everywhere
- Art as Expression and Communication
- Art as Creation
- Art and Experience
- Art ang Nature
- Art and Beauty
(EECENB)
All things are part of man’s effort to lessen the tedium of everyday living and transforms the environment into more interesting place to live in
Art is Everywhere
Art exist in all forms of human society and in every generations because it serves some fundamental human need
Art is Everywhere
The personal values of the artist and his insights into human reality are also conveyed through arts
Art as Expression
According to John Canaday, what’s the 3 major searches of man
- find ways to picture his gods
- to discover the world
- to discover himself
Man has been led by an innate craving to create objects that are delightful to perceive
Art as Creation
The word “ART” originated from the Latin word “ars” which means?
skill
Art must be directly seen or heard in order to be enjoyed or appreciated
Art and Experience
The identification with the characters or other people
Empathy
Our Reaction to art is personal and individual.
Art is Subjective and Relative
(True or False)
Appreciating an art means responding emotionally only to it
False
- we must understand also what goes into making it
(True or False)
Even though we don’t understand art, it will at least lead us in forming ideas of our own understanding of it
True
(True or False)
Art is not nature
True
A work of art is ________
man-made
(True or False)
Art will never fully replicate the features of nature
True
(True or False)
Nature is evanescent and will always recreate itself.
True
(True or False)
Art is non-repeatable and unchanging
True
Example on how we use art to improve on nature.
Art of Landscaping
A thing of beauty is one which gives up pleasure when we see it, this experience is called?
Aesthetic Pleasure
to perceive with the senses
Aesthetic
(True or False)
We are delighted when we see illogical arrangements and unbalanced forms
False
(True or False)
Beauty is Relative
True
(True or False)
Concepts of Beauty changes as time pass by
True
- just like how one generation could favour a different fashion design or other set of standards
it refers to any person, object, scene or event described in an art
Subject
Arts that have a subject are called?
Objective Art or Representational Art
Arts that do not have a subject are called?
non-objective arts
(Identification)
Arts classified as representational art
- paintings
- sculpture
- literature
- theatre art
(Identification)
Arts classified as non- representational art
- Music
- Architecture
- and others
(Identification)
Ways of Representing Subject
- Realism
- Abstraction
- Distortion
When things are depicted the way they would normally appear in nature
Realistic / Realism
The process of simplifying objects and elements according to the demands of artistic expression
Abstraction
When Figures have been so arranged that proportions differ noticeably from normal measurements
Distorted
meaning to twist, stretch or deform
Distortion
A form of representing subject with the use of distortion and realism
surrealism
Type of surrealism when the artist uses symbols which are not directly associated to the physical world
doodling
(Identification)
Kinds of Subject
- Landscape/Seascape/Cityscape
- Still Lifes
- Animals
- Portraits
- Figures
- Everyday life
- History and Legend
- Religion
- Dreams
Refers to what the artist expresses or communicates on the whole in his work
Content / Meaning
Word called for “content” in the literature aspect
Theme
(Identification)
Levels of Meaning
- Factual Meaning
- Conventional Meaning
- Subjective Meaning
(FCS)
the literal statement or narrative in the work
Factual Meaning
the special meaning of an object or color for a specific people.
Conventional Meaning
any personal meaning conveyed in the art
Subjective Meaning
It means Practical Usefulness
Functional
To serve no other than to amuse or provide entertainment
Non-functional
