Art appreciation and the different space

Art appreciation

1. PRES. RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Iba, Zambales
ART APPRECIATION
Marilyn M. Gutierrez, Ed. D.
INSTRUCTOR

2. Beauty ---trait/s that excite immediate
admiration
Beautyis a characteristic of an animal, idea,
object, person or place that provides a perceptual
experience of pleasure or satisfaction.Beautyis
studied as part of aesthetics, culture, social
psychology, philosophy and sociology.
nature art

3. ART
Practical artsFine arts
•Visual arts
•Literature
•Music
•Dance
•Drama/Theater

4. –arts or crafts that serve
utilitarian purposes

5. -creative art, whose products are to be
appreciated primarily for their imaginative,
aesthetic, or intellectual content.

6. Fine arts: (Scope of Humanities)
1. Visual arts
---painting
---sculpture
---architecture
2. Literature
3. Music
4. Dance
5. Drama/Theater

7. Manhadalwayssoughtanswersabouthisquestonthemeaningofhis
existence...WhoamI?WhyamIwhatIam?WhyamIinthis
world?WheredoIgofromhere?Thesearejustsomeofthe
questionshehadtriedtofindanswerinaneffortto“makesense”out
oflife’sconfusion.
Thewritingsofgreatthinkersareproofsofthemanyattemptsto
answerthequestions,butuntilnowmanhasnotyetfoundconclusive
andfinalwayofresolvingtheissueofwhathereallyis.Themeaning
ofhisexistencehasbecomemorepuzzlingtodaywhentraditional
functionsaretakenoverbymachines.
Welearnwhatitistobehumanbystudyinghumanity.Butthiscannot
bedoneondirectcontactswithhumanfellowbeings.Thisencounter
canbepossibleinthehumanities.

8. human race: the human race considered as a whole
qualities of human being: the qualities or
characteristics considered as a whole to be
characteristic of human beings
kindness: kindness or compassion for
others
hu·man·i·tiesor Hu·man·i·ties, plural noun
liberal arts: subjects such as history,
languages, and philosophy that involve the
study of culture and ideas, as distinct from
the sciences
classical studies: the study of the
language and literature of the ancient
Greeks and Romans
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Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved
hu·man·i·ty[hyoománnətee]
noun

9. Why study the HUMANITIES?
enrich the soul and make a person a cultured
individual.
help understand, appreciate, and produce art,
music, theatre, and literature.
emphasize on understanding beauty and the
good, …give students the chance to practice
making good and beautiful things.

10. The term humanities is derived
from the Latin word
“humanus” which means
human, cultured and refined. It
highlights the saying of
Protagoras, a Greek
philosopher, that :
“Man is the measure of all
things,”
which implies that the
humanities give emphasis to
the dignity and worthiness of
man and recognizes his
creative expressions.

11. Humanitieswas derived from the Latin
word “humanus”meaning human, refined
and cultured.
synonyms: cultivated,intellectually/artistically
aware,artistic,enlightened,civilized,educ
ated,well educated,well read,well
informed,learned,knowledgeable,discern
ing,discriminating,refined,polished,sophi
sticated;informalartsy
"she got her love of art and music from her
mother, a vibrant and cultured woman"
cul·tured
ˈkəlCHərd/
adjective
* characterized by refined taste and manners and good education.
"the development of a modern, cultured society"

12. Nine points of view that the humanities are important.While you read
them, try to think of what you would fill in as number 10.
1.The humanities help us understand others through their languages,
histories and cultures.
2.They foster social justice and equality.
3.And they reveal how people have tried to make moral, spiritual and
intellectual sense of the world.
4.The humanities teach empathy or fellow feeling.
5.They teach us to deal critically and logically with subjective, complex,
imperfect information.
6.And they teach us to weigh evidence skeptically and consider more than
one side of every question.
7.Humanities students build skills in writing and critical reading.
8.The humanities encourage us to think creatively. They teach us to
reason about being human and to ask questions about our world.
9.The humanities develop informed and critical citizens. Without the
humanities, democracy could not flourish.

13. While technology keeps the world
moving at a quick pace, slowing down
to appreciate the humanities is an
essential lesson for all students and
helps them to become well-rounded
individuals.

14. From philosophy, history and literature to
music, art, sociology, psychology, and
anthropology, the humanities are as they
sound:
“the study of what makes us human”.

15. Often marked against the sciences,
the humanities and sciences go
hand-in-hand in understanding the
world around us.

16. Humanism believes
that man should be
humanized,
socialized, and
educated to
respond positively
to rapid changes.

17. It is in this course where
appreciation of the arts
can be strengthened
because the artists
convey their thoughts,
beliefs, values, and
feelings through the
visual arts, literary arts,
dance, and music.

18. The Humanities generally
refers to art, literature,
music, architecture, dance
and the theatre—in which
human subjectivity is
emphasized and individual
expressiveness is
dramatized.

19. HOW IMPORTANT IS HUMANITIES
•The fields of knowledge and study falling
under humanities are dedicated to the
pursuit of discovering and
understanding the nature of man.

20. •The humanities deal with man as a
being of purpose, of values, loves,
hates, ideas and sometimes as
seer, or prophet with divine
inspiration.

21. •The humanities aim at educating.

22. Art historyis the study of
objects of art in
theirhistoricaldevelopment
and stylistic contexts; that
isgenre,design,format,
andstyle.
The study includes painting,
sculpture, architecture,
ceramics, furniture, and
other decorative objects.

23. The arts help students to
attain life skills, not
only skills in a specific
artistic discipline.
The arts draw on a
range of skills and
abilities that encourage
the development of
study, social, and
personal skills in
addition to specific
artistic techniques.

24. “the arts can play a vital role in learning how
to learn”.
This is an essential skill for success in all
fields in both school and work environments,
and it is vital for all students to attain.

25. Arts education develops students who are
self driven and motivated as they are often
the toughest critics of their own work.

26. It teaches students to learn for the experience
of learning and not just for the grade.

27. Involvement in the arts teaches students
how to try new things, manage risk, and
handle failure.

28. cre·a·tiv·i·ty
[kree-ey-tiv-i-tee, kree-uh-]
NOUN
1.
the state or quality of beingcreative.
2.
the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules,
patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create
meaningful new ideas, forms, methods,
interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness,
or imagination:the need for creativity in modern
industry; creativity in the performing arts.
3.
the process by which one
utilizescreativeability:

30. The Visual Elements of Artare:
line,shape,tone,color,pattern,textureandform.

31. A knowledge of how the
elements are used in art
will help us understand how
artworks are created.

32. One can learn how to
analyze an artwork by
breaking it down to its
component parts, so
that we may
appreciate the skill
and imagination that
the artist has used in
composing it.

33. Art Appreciation is the knowledge and
understanding of the universal and timeless
qualities that identify all great art.

34. The more you appreciate and understand the
art of different eras, movements, styles and
techniques, the better you can develop,
evaluate and improve your own artwork.

35. Humanities and Art:
.
•The word “art” usually refers to the
so-called “fine arts”–and to the so-
called “minor arts” (everyday,
useful, applied, and decorative arts)
•The word “art” is derived fromthe
Latin ars,which denotes
craftsmanship, skill, mastery of
form, inventiveness.
•Art serves as a practical and
creative record of human needs
and achievements.

36. The Nature of Art
Artoriginated from Latin “ars”and Greek “techne”
which both mean skill. It is an expression of oneself
and can be considered as a basic necessity.

37. Art is found everywhere.It is very much part of our
lives and we cannot ignore its presence even if we try to.

38. We find art at all
times and it is
indeed as old as
the human race
itself.

39. Art exists in all
forms of human
society and in
every generation
because it
serves some
fundamental
human needs.

40. Assumptions of Art
1.Art as Expression and Communication
No one can hold on to an intense emotion within one’s
self for long that is why we share the feeling to others.
We burst it into song or dance when we are happy, we
sing out our love or despair, or we write poems or
lyrics of songs.

41. Art as Universal

42. Art as cultural

43. Art involves experience

44. Art and Experience
There are three major kinds of experience
involve in the artistic activity:
(1)an experience which the artist wants to
communicate
(2)the act of expressing this experience ---
creating the art object of form
(3)the artist’s gratifying experience of having
accomplished something significant.

45. Art is important in order for man to express
himself.Expression in the arts is not only limited to
the revelation of emotions alone but as well as the
personal and social values of the artist.

47. Art as Creation
The word creationrefers to the act of
combining or re-ordering existing
materials in order to form a new object.
Art involves skillor expertnessin
handling materials and organizing them
into new, structurally pleasing and
significant units.

49. Art is a planned activity.
An artist
(1) thinks out a design
(2) selects his materials, and
(3) arranges them according to his design.

51. An artist’s work may not be wholly
original but he would be
producing something that never
existed before.
Sometimes the finished product
may not turn out as what he has
originally envisioned or planned.
Creation involves constant
correction and redirection
depending on the demands of the
material and the challenges it
poses.

52. Art must be directly seen or heard in order to
be enjoyed or appreciated.
A combination of sensory, emotional, and
intellectual response are involved in
experiencing art.
To learn to appreciate any of the arts, we
must understand its elements and
components and these are put together in a
pattern of relationships.
Whatever response we have in a work of art,
we cannot fail to experience a sense of
amazement at the object’s existence.

53. Art and Nature
Art is not nature.A work of art is man-made
and although it may closely resemble nature,
it can never duplicate it.

54. Natureis momentary and always recreating itself
while artis non-repeatable and unchanging.
It is in nature where artists get their models of
art but they never tried to make an exact copy
of a natural thing. We also use art to improve
nature.

56. Art and Beauty
We may find beauty in nature and in
man-made objects. Beauty gives us
pleasure when we perceive it.
The delight that we experience is
called aesthetic pleasure.
Beauty is relative.What is beautiful
to you may not be so to others and no
two persons would have exactly the
same degree of satisfaction from
seeing or hearing the same things.

57. Concepts of beauty change as time passes---one
generation is different from that of the previous one. The
concepts of beauty may also vary between cultures.
We expect every work of art to be beautiful but it may
not always be so. It is not always an artist’s intention to
present a beautiful work of art but to communicate a
feeling of dislike with things that he had observed
around him.
Beautyin art may be the result of successful
organization of lines, colors, shapes, and spaces in
order to express the idea or emotion.

61. It is a good way to appreciate the
history behind the work, and the
period from which the piece
originated.
Artists often reveal the problems
that they face, and the issues of
the society in their work.
By analyzing and putting
ourselves in the mind of the
artist, we can better study how
differently society functioned
then, compared to now.

62. Art is meant to stimulate
thought and conversation
between its viewers.
By reflecting on a piece of
art, we dig into our own
experiences and longing,
thus a piece of art means
something different to every
person that comes across it.

63. Art appreciation helps open up the
mindset of the people, by listening
to different perspectives and
understanding theinterpretations of
the art.
It encourages thoughtful
conversation and the understanding
that there is more than one
approach to everything.

67. Art is generally regarded as impractical
as compared to other activities of man.
Architecture, furniture-making, and other
crafts are considered to be functional.

68. But painting, sculpture, literature, music and
theater arts only serve to amuse man and
provide escape from life’s daily problem..
these make them non-functional.

69. From one point of view, we may consider art
as having the general function of “satisfying
(1) our individual needs for personal
expression…

70. (2) our social needs for display, celebration,
and communication,

71. and (3) our physical needs for utilitarian
objects and structures."

72. The Personal Function
The arts are vehicles for the artists and for ordinary
persons to express their feelings and ideas.
Music and literature provide means for us to express our
emotions… as we listen to music, we feel that reveal exactly
what we think, though we cannot express them beautifully and
clearly at all times.

73. Music’stherapeuticvalueisalsoveryevident.
Inmodernhospitalrooms,ithadbeenfoundout
thatitspeedsuptherecoveryofpatients..

74. Soft, sweet music brings a child to sleep.

75. Music sessions had already been proven to
be effective in treating mentally disturbed
patients.

76. The power of music makes us feel certain
emotions and act in certain ways.

77. Arthelpstoeducateoursensesandsharpen
ourperceptionofcolors,forms,textures,
designs,sounds,rhythms,andharmoniesin
ourenvironment

78. Visualand auditory“literacy”through
contact with the arts can lead us to a
strengthened awareness of the beautiful in
life.

79. Itcanmakeourexistencelessdullor
monotonous;itcanrefineandelevateour
aesthetictaste.

80. Art offer us fresh
insights into nature
and human nature so
we better understand
ourselves and the
world around us.

81. TheSocialFunction
Artperformsasocialfunctionwhen
“(1)itseekstoinfluencethecollective
behaviorofpeople,
(2)itiscreatedtobeseenorusedprimarily
inpublicsituations,and
(3)itexpressesordescribessocialor
collectiveaspectsofexistence.

82. Influencing Social Behavior.
Artscauseustolaughatcertainphenomena.
Raiseourvoicesinprotesttocertainmatters,orsee
asocialrealitywhichhadneverbeencleartous
before.

83. The pictorial form is a very
powerful means of putting
across a message.
Paintings, photographs,
posters, and cartoons have
been used to express
humanitarian concern as
well as ideological or
political comment.

84. Literature is also effective
for political and ideological
expression and is a
powerful tool to shape
society and its manners.
Example is the Urbana and
Feliza, a novel in the 19
th
century which became the
Filipino code of ethics of
the time, guiding the
youth on how to conduct
themselves in church, in
social gatherings, in
school, and at home.

85. DisplayandCelebration.
Onefunctionofsculptureandpaintingisthe
commemorationofimportantpersonagesin
society.

86. The statues of national
heroes beautify our
parks and plazas and
they serve to record
important events, or
reveal the ideals of
heroism and leadership.

87. Rituals also play important
role as they influence the
growth of certain arts.
Lanterns are made for
Christmas, decorative
bamboo arches are used
during fiestas.

88. Public celebrations like,
festivals, involve rituals. as
well as masks for
celebrations like Moriones
Festival in Marinduque.

89. Atii-atihanin Kalibo, Aklan.

91. Music and dance are the arts that are
most often used on birthdays,
graduation, engagement or marriage.

92. SocialDescription.Artworksarealsovital
historicaldocuments.Theydescribeaspectsof
existenceatcertainperiods.

93. Tools, weapons, furniture, paintings, statues,
stories and song, and buildings reflect the
feelings, struggles, and achievements of
people.

94. Portraits are especially
informative.
Example is the portrait of
RomanaCariloby
JustinianoAsuncion in 1875
which shows a young
woman in a richly
embroidered baroand
panuelo, and wearing pearl
earrings, a pearl brooch, a
pearl-studded comb, and
several rings on her right
hand which clutches a
prayer book…

95. Itshowsnotonlythecostumeofladies
belongingtotheilustradoclassinthe19
th
centurybutalsothevaluesandtastesin
materialacquisitioninthemiddleclass
Filipinofamiliesofthetime.

97. PhysicalFunctionofArt
Tools and containers are objects which
function to make our lives physically comfortable.

98. Functional
works of
art maybe
classified
as tools or
containers
… a spoon
is a tool;
so is a car.

99. A building and
a community
are containers,
as is a ceramic
vase or a chair.

100. It is the problem of the artist to design a
functional object and to make the thing
exactly fitted to its particular use and at the
same time pleasing to the eye of the user.

101. Form and Function. The function of an
object generally determines the basic form
that it takes.

102. Example, a chair is so
designed as to allow
the seated body to rest
comfortably on it. Its
different parts are
harmoniously related
to one another and
integrated into an
object that fulfills a
particular purpose….

103. The shapes and
sizes of spoons
indicate their uses:
a teaspoon, which
is smaller than a
tablespoon, is used
to put sugar in the
tea or coffee and to
stir the beverage.

104. It is also different from the baby’s spoon
which has a blunted edge so as not to hurt
the baby’s appetite as he is fed.

105. Architecture.Thedesignofabuildingis
determinedprimarilybyitsoperational
function.

107. The architect
usually asks
the following
questions
before he starts
to design a
building: What
is the building
for? Who are
going to use
it? How many
are they?

108. The design of a building is also adapted to
the climate of the region. In tropical
countries, the pitched roofs are very suitable
for the alternation of periods of heavy
rainfall and months of warm sunshine.

111. Community Planning. This involves the
efficient organization of buildings, roads, and
spaces so that they meet the physical and
aesthetic needs of the community.
A community is not just a group of buildings
but a group of individuals and families living in
a particular locality because of common
interests and needs.

112. Communityplanningtakesintoconsideration
theassignmentofareasforlandusesuchare:
•Residentialdistricts.Thesearespecial
areasdesignedwithsuchpersonalandsocial
needsinmindascomfort,health,facilitiesfor
recreation.

113. Industrialandcommercialareas.
Theseareusuallylocatednearthesourceof
rawmaterialsandareusuallyfarfrom
residentialareassotransportationneeds
mustbeprovided.

114. Civiccenters.
Thesearepublicbuildingsgroupedascivic
centersinthemiddleofthecommunity
wherethefunctionsofthegovernmentcan
beefficientlycarriedout.

115. Parks, plazas, and malls.
A balance between man-made structures and
natural resources is important to be relieved
from problems like air and water pollution,
inadequate facilities for recreation, and lack of
parking space.