ART APPRECIATION: CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, AND EXPRESSION 2
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to: Differentiate art from nature, Characterize artistic expression based on personal experiences with art, Discuss the nature of art’s preliminary expression, and Categorize works of art by citing personal experiences.
It takes an artist to make art. One may perceive beauty on a daily basis. However, not every beautiful thing that can be seen or experienced may truly be called a work of art. Art is a product of man’s creativity, imagination, and expression.
Not everyone can be considered an artist, but all are spectators of art. We are able to distinguish what is fine and beautiful from what is not and what is good quality and from poor. This gives us a role in the field of art appreciation.
Answer briefly. In one of your encounters with art through museum visits, musicals, and plays among others, have you ever felt disconnected from an artwork? Was there a point in time when you did not understand what message the art was trying to convey? Explain why you think you did or did not understand the art.
ART APPRECIATION AS A WAY OF LIFE “The role of art as a creative work is to depict the world in a completely different light and perspective” – Jean-Paul Sartre Each artwork beholds beauty in its own kind, the kind that the artist sees and wants the viewers to perceive.
More often than not, people are blind to this beauty and only those who have developed a fine sense of appreciation can experience and see the art the way the artist did. Hence, refining one’s ability to appreciate arts allows him to deeply understand the purpose of an artwork and recognize the beauty it possesses.
In cultivating an appreciation of art, one should also exercise and develop his taste for things that are fine and beautiful. This allows individuals to make intelligent choices and decisions in acquiring necessities and luxuries, knowing what gives better value for time or money while taking into consideration the aesthetic and practical value.
Learning to appreciate art no matter what vocation or profession you have, will lead to a fuller and more meaningful life.
THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN ART MAKING Creativity requires thinking outside the box. In art, creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another.
When can we say that something is creative? When we have not seen anything like it When it is out of the ordinary When it is not just a copy or imitation of someone’s work …THERE IS ORIGINALITY!
Nowadays, being creative can be quite challenging.
ART AS A PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION, IMAGINATION AS A PRODUCT OF ART “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” – Albert Einstein
Imagination is not constrained by the walls of the norm, but goes beyond that. Through imagination, one is able to craft something bold, something new, and something better in the hopes of creating something that will stimulate change.
In artist’s mind sits a vast gallery of artworks An artwork does not need to be a real thing, but can be something that is imaginary. However, something imaginary does not necessarily mean it cannot be called art. Artists use their imagination that gives birth to reality through creation.
In the same way that imagination produces art, art also inspires imagination. IMAGINATION ART
ART AS EXPRESSION “What an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it. Through expression, he is able to explore his own emotions and at the same time, create something beautiful out of them.” – Robin George Collingwood
Expressing emotions is different from describing emotions. This makes people’s art not a reflection of what is outside or external to them, but a reflection of their inner selves.
VISUAL ARTS Creations that fall under this category are those that appeals to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature . Artists produce visual arts driven by their desire to reproduce things that they have seen in the way that they perceived them.
VISUAL ARTS There are also other artistic disciplines that also involve a visual aspect, such as performance arts, theater, and applied arts. Some mediums of visual arts include paintings, drawings, letterings, printing, sculpture, digital imaging.
FILM Film refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement. Filmmaking focuses on its aesthetic, cultural, and social value and is considered both an art and an industry.
FILM Techniques in film-making process: Motion-picture camera (also known as movie camera) Animation techniques Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
FILM Filmmaking simulates experiences or creates one that is beyond the scope of our imagination as it aims to deliver ideas, feelings, or beauty to its viewers.
PERFORMANCE ART Performance art is a live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he or she uses to perform, but also employs other kind of art such as visual art, props, or sound.
PERFORMANCE ART Elements of performance arts : Time Where the performance took place The performer’s body Relationship between the audience and the performer(s)
PERFORMANCE ART The fact that performance art is live makes it intangible, which means it cannot be bought or traded as a commodity.
POETRY PERFORMANCE Poetry is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words. These words are carefully selected to exhibit clarity and beauty and to stimulate strong emotions of joy, anger, love, sorrow among others.
POETRY PERFORMANCE It uses a word’s emotional, musical, and spatial values that go beyond its literal meaning to narrate emphasize, argue, or convince. These words combined with movements, tone, volume, and intensity of the delivery add to the artistic, value of the poem
ARCHITECTURE Art is the pursuit and creation of beautiful things while architecture is the making of beautiful buildings. However, not all building are beautiful because some only embody the functionality they need, but the structure, lines, forms, and colors are not beautifully expressed.
ARCHITECTURE Important elements: Plan Construction Design Buildings should embody these three important elements if they wish to merit the title architecture.
DANCE Dance is series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment. Dancing is a creative art form that allows people to freely express themselves. IT HAS NO RULES.
DANCE Choreography may seem not to allow this, but in art expression, dancers are not confined to set steps and rules but are free to create and invent their own movements as longs as they deem them graceful and beautiful.
LITERARY ART Artists who practice literary arts use words to express themselves and communicate emotions to the readers. Simply becoming a writer does not make one a literary artist. Literary art goes beyond the usual professional, academic, journalistic and other technical forms of writing.
LITERARY ART It focuses on writing using a unique style, not following a specific format or norm. It may include both fiction and non-fiction such as novels, biographies, and poems. Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare The Little Prince – Antoine de Sain-Exupery
THEATER Theater uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience. Theater art performance usually follows follow a script, though they should not be confused with literary arts.
THEATER Like in filmmaking, theater also considers several elements such as acting, gesture, lighting, sound effects, musical score, scenery and props. Like performance art, theater also is a live performance. Genres: drama, musical, tragedy, comedy and improvisation
APPLIED ARTS Applied arts is incorporating elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetic value. Artists in this field bring beauty, charm, and comfort into many things that were useful in everyday life. Industrial design, interior design, fashion design, graphic design
Answer the following questions as precisely yet as thoroughly as possible. What art field will you explore? Why? How can you utilize the arts to express yourself, your community, and your relation to others?
Using the table below, write down examples of the different art forms studied in this lesson. Provide ways on how these art forms express and unmask creativity from the artist.
Types of Art Expression Example How Does This Express? How Does This Unmask the Artist’s Creativity? Visual Arts Film Performance Art Poetry Performance Architecture Dance Literary Art Theater Applied Arts