Lesson 2: Assumption Of Art

Question 1

is something that is taken for granted or accepted as true without question or proof.

Answer 1

ASSUMPTION

Question 2

(3) There are principles and bases of appreciating a work of art since it is in art that man can communicate one’s individuality and way of life.

Answer 2

ART IS UNIVERSAL
ART IS NOT NATURE
ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

Question 3

The first assumption then about the humanities is that art has been crafted by people regardless of origin, time, place and that it stayed on because it is liked and enjoyed by people continuously.

• Art is everywhere; wherever men have lived together, art has sprung up among them as a language charged with feelings and significance.

Answer 3

ART IS UNIVERSAL

Question 4

One important characteristic of art is that it is not nature.

• Art is man’s expression of his reception of nature.

• Art is man’s way of interpreting nature.

• Example: Movies are not meant to be direct representation of reality. They may, according to the moviemaker’s perception of reality, be a reinterpretation or even distortion of nature.

Answer 4

ART IS NOT NATURE

Question 5

Getting this far without a satisfactory definition of art can be quite weird for some. For most people, art does not require a full definition. Art is just experienced. By experience, we mean the “actual doing of something” (Dudley et al., 1960).

Answer 5

ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

Question 6

Art is very much a personal experience for both the creator and the observer. There is no single standard by which any particular piece of art may be judged. Judges can look for certain things composition, color, balance, brushstrokes, rhythm, melody, etc.

Answer 6

THE STANDARD OF ART

Question 7

In art, theme is usually about life, society, or human nature, but can be any other subject. Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a work. Themes are usually implied rather than explicitly stated.

• A theme is not the same as the subject of a work. For example, the subject of Star Wars is “the battle for control of the galaxy between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance”. The themes explored in the films might be “moral ambiguity” or “the conflict between technology and nature”.

Answer 7

THE THEMES OF ART