Lesson 1 and 2 Flashcards
Humanities originated from?
Renaissance Latin expression “studia
humanitatis” or “study of humanitas”
Studia humanitatis or study of humanitas means?
“culture, refinement, and education”
Who said this?
Art is derived from the Latin word “ars,” meaning ability or skill
J.V Estolas
Art is taken from the Italian word “artis,” which means craftmanship, skill, mastery of form,
inventiveness, and the associations that exists
between form and ideas, between material and technique
A. Tan
Art is a product if man’s need to express himself
F. Zulueta
Art is concerned itself with the comunication of certain ideas and feelings by means of sensous medium, color, sound, bronze, marble, words, and film
C. Sanchez
art is that which brings life in harmony with the world
Plato
Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one which demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping matter to new and more significant form
John Dewey
Art is the skillful arrangement or composition of some common but significant qualities if nature such as colors, sounds, lines, movements, words, stones, wood etc. to express human feelings, emotions, or thought in a perfect, meaningful and enjoyable way
Panizo and Rustia
Art is not what you see but what you make others see
Edgar Degas
Art is life that helps us to realize the turth
Pablo Picasso
Art is the desire of a man, to express himself, to record the action of his personality in the world he lives in
Amy Lowell
Art is never finished, only abandoned
Leonardo Da Vinci
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling, the artist has experienced
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Art is the realization in external form of a true idea and is traced back to that natural love of imitation which characterizes human
Aristotle
Art is the conscious creation of something beautiful or meaningful using skill and imagination
Lisa Morder
art is the discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use
Frank Lloyd Wright
4 common essentials of art
- Art is man-made, not God-made.
- Art is creative, not imitative.
- Art benefits and satisfies man - when he uses art in
practical life through artistic principles, taste, and skill. - Art is expressed through a certain medium or
material by which the artist communicates himself to
his fellows
Importance of art
- Highlights importance of certain events; keeps them memorable and pleasurable
- Gives glimpses of thought, feelings, beliefs of the people in their time
enables value and appreciate beautiful things - Change our ways and behavior
- Art are sources of inspiration
Reasons why art is important accd to Swara Swami
- Arts improve your creativity skills.
- Arts give you joy and satisfaction.
- Arts relieve stress.
- Arts give you the opportunity to showcase your talent .
- Arts give you confidence in our performance.
- Arts help you do well academically.
- Arts help you learn visually.
- Arts help you to express your emot ions.
- Art is a different language because it can
express things without words.
Importance of arts to students
- Develop their creativity
- Learn about their identity
- Develop self-awareness
- Develop self-confidence
- Develop sense of well-being
- Experience a sense of
wonder and joy - Be motivated to
participate more fully in cultural life
Art appreciation is the ability to interpret and understand
man-made arts and enjoy them through actual work
experience with art tools and
materials
INTERPRET
Art appreciation is the
possession of the works of art for one’s admiration and satisfaction
POSSESSION
Art appreciation refers to the knowledge and
understanding of the
general and everlasting
qualities that classify all
great arts.
UNDERSTANDING
Art appreciation is the
introduction and exploration of visual and performing art forms
Exploration
Art appreciation is the analysis of the
form of an artwork to general audience to enhance their enjoyment and satisfaction of the works of art
ANALYSIS
Importance of Art Appreciation
1) the aesthetics and form of art
2) elements and
principles of design; and 3) social and cultural acceptance.
other reasons for the importance of art appreciation
- It develops their visual
thinking and analytical skills - help the person make sense of his world
- imagine even the unimaginable.
- connect a person’s life
- help transport the individual to different places and culture
- see himself, his family dynamics as well as his community through different lens of great art.
- to better empathize
- moral, emotional, and
spiritual meanings.
“Our nation’s future may depend on our creativity and our ability to understand and appreciate the cultures
around the world as much as our proficiency in reading and math
- Cornell University President David Skorton
Art can serve as a symbol for something that is tangible, or for a thought, an emotion, a feeling, or a concept. Through peaceful means, it can convey full
spectrum of the human experience. Perhaps that is why appreciating art is so important.
Archeologist Nicholas Conrad
ART HISTORY refers to:
- historical development and stylistic context
- encompasses the different methods of studying visual art.
- Art historians based their studies by scrutinizing objects of arts
The major arts include
painting, sculpture, and
architecture t
The minor arts like
ceramics, furniture, and other decorative arts
Methods used in Art history
- Examine art through context of its time
- Analyze through the analysis of their forms
- Use critical theory in
analyzing objects - application of media
and digital technology
Purpose of Art History
- to place art in a social and historical context
- More advantage over art appreciation when evaluating works of art.
- With more context, the more we could better understand the story more
- To see how things like war, religion, politics, technological change have effect not only on the artist but on the artwork that was produced.
a thing that is accepted
as true or as certain to happen, without question or proof.
ASSUMPTION
4 BASIC ASSUMPTION Of ART
- Art involves experience
- Art is not nature; nature is not art
- Art is cultural
- Art is a form of creation
To experience something,
you must make use of
your five senses
ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE
Art is made by man and
nature by God
Art is not nature; nature is not art
Art is a work of humans
and anything that has
been created by humans is part of culture
Art is cultural
Art is a form of
creation
Art is something that is
created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings
NATURE OF ARTS
- diverse range of
human activities - intended to be
appreciated for their beauty or
emotional power
NATURE OF ARTS
- Art represents reality
- Art is an expression
- Art serves as a means of communication of emotions
- Art matters
- Art is universal
- Art is creation
- art may serve the personal functions of control.
- Art has been used to attempt to exert magical control over time,
or the seasons or even the acquisition of food.
PERSONAL FUNCTION
is the use of creative arts as a form of therapy and is a fantastic field that as proven to work wonders in many people’s lives
Expressive art therapy
usually expresses collective ideas about human life in relation to the divine. For our purposes, then, an art
of spiritual concern is any search for ultimate values through
the use of visual form.
Religious Art
- One cannot conceive of a society without
art, for art is closely related to every
aspect of social life. - Social functions of art are those that go
beyond personal intrinsic value to art’s
social benefits. - Art communicates
- Art enriches, informs, and questions our
world
SOCIAL FUNCTION
