GE 6 Module: Art Appreciation Quiz

Art as a Disinterested Judgment

• Immanuel Kant considered the judgment of beauty as the cornerstone of art, which can be universal despite its subjectivity.
• For Kant, every human being can recognize the beauty inherent in a work of art after perception and the free play of their faculties.

Art as a Communication of Emotion

• According to Leo Tolstoy, art plays a huge role in communicating emotions to its audience that the artist previously experienced.
• Tolstoy fought for the social dimension of art, which serves as a mechanism of cohesion for everyone.

Origins and Definitions of Art

• The word "Art" came from the Aryan word "Ar" meaning "to put together" and Latin "Ars" meaning "skill".
• Art encompasses visual, literary, musical, and performance arts, expressing aesthetic value through skill and imagination.

Types of Arts

• Fine Arts or Aesthetic Arts (Major Arts) focus on aesthetic values and enjoyment of the arts through the five senses.
• Utilitarian Arts or Practical Arts (Minor Arts) are intended for practical use but possess artistic qualities.

Basic Assumptions of Art

• Art has been created by all people at all times, in all countries, and it lives because it is well-liked and enjoyed.
• Art involves experience, and there can never be appreciation of art without experience.
• Art is not nature; nature is not art; art is made by man.
• Art is everywhere.
• Art is man's oldest means of expression.
• Art is an expression and communication.

Art Forms / Ways of Expressing Oneself through Art

• Visual Arts appeal to the sense of sight.
• Humanities studies the construct of man—its frailty and its improvement.
• Humanities investigates human quests for answers about the questions and concerns in life.
• Humanities understands expressions of man's feelings and thoughts and recognizes creative expressions.

Importance of Humanities

• Understands expressions of man's feelings and thoughts and recognizes creative expressions.
• Aims to shape human values and subjective energies (behavior, attitude, and aspirations).

Various Art Forms

• Film refers to the art of putting together successions of frames or images to create an illusion of movement.
• Performing Arts involve live performances using the human body and other art forms.
• Literary Arts use words to express themselves and communicate emotions to the readers.
• Architecture is the art of making beautiful buildings that embody plan, construction, and design.
• Dance is a kind of performance art that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
• Poetry Performance combines literary art and performing art through poems performed in front of an audience.
• Theater uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience and on a stage or drama space.
• Applied Arts bring beauty, charm, and comfort into many things useful in everyday life.

Types of Art

• Functional Art refers to art that we use in our daily lives, such as tools, architectural structures, roads, bridges, buildings, furniture, etc.
• Indirectly Functional Art refers to the arts perceived through the senses, such as fine arts, painting, music, sculpture, dance, literary pieces, theatrical performances, and the like.

Functions of Art

• Personal Function serves the personal interests, motivations, and expressions of the artist.