Unit 1 Flashcards
What is the meaning of art according to the French word art?
skill as a result of learning or practice
Latin word ars
ability or practice skills
Medieval latin ars
any special form of book learning such as grammar, logic, or astronomy
art as an ability
art is the skill of man to make things beautiful and stirring; it is imagination and creativity
art as a process
art involves activities
art as a product
art is the completed work
art according to plato
“Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world”
John Dewey
“ Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind- one that demands its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form”
Oscar Wilde
“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known”
Elbert Hubbard
“Art is not a thing, it is a way”
Nietzsche
“Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence’.
four common essentials of art
- Art has to be man-made
- Art must be creative, not imitative
- Art must benefit and satisfy a man
- Art is expressed through a certain medium
art appreciation
attitude towards art
creativity
refers to the act of combining or reordering already existing materials so that a new object is formed
art is universal
art is for everyone