PRELIMS Flashcards
LATIN TERM THAT ART IS DERIVED FROM AND WHAT IT MEAN
ARS
SKILL, TALENT AND ABILITY
innate qualities that pretty art can give us is that it makes our dull, lifeless walls come to life (aesthetic appeal)
beauty
in a societal tone, artworks tend to echo the hopes and anxieties of an age
happiness and hope
art can serve as a powerful tool to help us communicate and relay our confusion
identity and understanding the self
artist have interpreted these shared human experiences in diff. ways which also help us process our grief
grief and healing
art has helped us remember and shaped our landscape
remembering and markmaking
forms of art often localized so that they bring identity also to certain regions
culture and togetherness
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ART
art must be perfect
drawing and painting go hand in hand
more colors are always better
small canvases over big canvases
painting is easy
quantity equals quality
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ART
art is not nature
art is universal
art involves experience
art is cultural
art is a form of communication
The personal functions of art are varied and highly
subjective. This means that its functions depend on the person-the artist who created the art.
Personal function
Art is considered to have ____
function if and when it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest”
ex. political art
social function
ARTIST OF ‘‘REMEMBERING’’
AI WEIWEI
______ functions can be found in
artworks that are crafted to serve some physical purpose”
EX: Architecture, jewelry-making, and even
interior design, music
Physical function
Plato’s metaphysics or view of reality, the
things in this world are only copies of the original, the eternal, and the true entities that can only be found in the_______
ART AS AN IMITATION
WORLD OF FORMS
2 REASONS PLATO WAS SUSPICIOUS OF ARTS ANF ARTIST
they appeal to the emotion rather to the rational faculty of man
they imitate rather than lead one to reality
- Aristotle defends art by saying that in the
appreciation of art the viewer receives a certain “cognitive value” from the experience (Stumpf, p 99). “This is to say that through the perception of art one gains a certain understanding about the nature of reality…
ART AS A REFLECTION OF SOCIETY
poetry tends to express the ____ and history the _____
universal; particular
, in his Critique of Judgement,
considered the judgement of beauty, the cornerstone of art, as something than can be universal despite its subjectivity.
Judgement of beauty is subjective
IMMANUEL KANT, ART AS A DISINTERESTED JUDGEMENT
art plays a huge role in
communication with its audience’s emotions that the artist previously experienced.
- Art then serves as a language; a communication
device that articulates feelings and emotions that are otherwise unavailable to the audience.
ART AS A COMMUNICATION OF EMOTION, LEO TOLSTOY
art plays a huge role in
communication with its audience’s emotions that the artist previously experienced.
- Art then serves as a language; a communication
device that articulates feelings and emotions that are otherwise unavailable to the audience.
imagination
_____defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ___, ____, or ______ that may be useful in solving
Creativity
ideas, alternatives, or possibilities
3 reasons why people are motivated to be creative
need for novel, varied, and complex
stimulation
need to communicate ideas and values
need to solve problems
“What an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it. Through______, he is able to explore his own emotions and at the same time, create something beautiful out of them.” – Robin George Collingwood
EXPRESSION
Creations that fall under this category are those that appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly ____
EX. Creations that fall under this category are those that appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly
VISUAL ART
of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement.
FILM
live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body that he or she uses to perform, but also employs other kinds of art such as visual art, props, or sound.
PERFORMANCE ART
is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words.
POETRY PERFORMANCE
pursuit and creation of beautiful things while ______ is the making of beautiful buildings
ARCHITECTURE
s a series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
HAS NO RULES
DANCE
practice ________use words-not paint, musical instruments or chisels – to express themselves and communicate emotions to the readers.
It focuses on writing using unique style, not
following a specific format or norm.
LITERARY ART
live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience.
Some genres: drama,
musical, tragedy, comedy, and improvisation.
THEATER
