Nature and Experience in Art

• Art is a capacity to produce an intended result for carefully planned steps or method
• Art comes from the ancient Latin word meaning skill, like carpentry or smithing or surgery
• Art has always been timeless and is universal, Age is not a factor in determining art

Art is not nature

• Art is man's expression of their interpretation of nature
• Nature is a given, while art is made by man, so they are opposites

Art involves experience

• It is the actual doing of something

• Experiencing art means knowing what the art is about

• Ibong Adarna teaches that perseverance and generosity empower reaching dreams, and that nothing good comes from evil intentions

• Florante at Laura teaches high school students the beauty of love

• Each artwork beholds its own beauty that the artist sees and wants viewers to perceive

• Creativity is used to solve problems that have never occurred before, conflates function and style, and makes life more unique and enjoyable

• Creativity sets apart one artwork from another

• Ideas in making creative solutions begin in the human mind

• Imagination embraces the entire world and all there ever will be to know and understand

• Through imagination, people craft something bold, new, and better to stimulate change allowing endless possibilities

Art as an Expression

• Expressing emotions is different from describing them

Visual Art

• Creations appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly visual

Film

• The art of putting together successions of still images to create an illusion of movement

Performance Art

• Live art where the artist's medium is the human body, but also employs other art forms

Poetry Performance

• The artist expresses emotions through words

Architecture

• The making of beautiful bulidings, embodying plan, construction, and design if they wish to merit the title architecture

Dance

• A series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music

Literary Arts

• It uses a unique writing style, not following a specific format or norm

Theater

• Live performances present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience, usually following a script

Applied Arts

• Incorporating elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetical value

• Aristotle claimed every substance has an end, or telos, is its purpose

• Telos is linked with function, and a thing must fulfill its function

• Man must achieve happiness

• Happiness is linked with his rational function

• Telos is connected with rationality

• The telos and function of a thing relates to its identity

Personal function of Arts

• It is highly subjective
• It depends on the artist
• It may be therapeutic

Social Function of Arts

• Political Art conveys a message of protest or contestation with photography or performance art

Social Function of Arts

• Easily spotted and can serve a physical purpose

Music

• Used for dance and religion to facilitate worship
• Essential to dance by synchronizing dancers
• Used in battle

Sculpture

• Made for religion or to commemorate figures in history

Architecture

• A functional art form, and connection between function and form
• Architectural structures must consider topography, climate, and the building's social purpose

Art as Imitation

• Plato painted artists as imitators in The Republic
• The things in this world are copies, found in the World of Forms

Art as a Representation

• Aristotle claimed poetry is a representation in general
• Art allows for pleasure and the ability to be instructive

Art as an Interested Judgement

• Kant considered beauty a cornerstone that can be universal despite subjectivity

Art as a Communication of Emotion

• Art serves as a language that articulates feelings

• Subject is the visual focus or image

• Content is the meaning communicated

Representational Art

• Art with a subject that refers to real-world objects
• Also called figurative art

Non-Representational Art

• Art that does not reference the real world
• Stripped down to visual elements that translate emotion

Abstract Art

• Art that does not attempt a visual reality but uses shapes and colors

• Subject of Art can be a person, object, scene or event

Ancient, Greek, and Roman mythology

• Includes stories about gods, goddesses, and heroes
• Myths explain the world's origins, gods' lives, and legendary heroes

The Judeo-Christian tradition

• A legacy of Judaism and Christianity, includes a single God, moral obligations, and the Hebrew Bible

Portrait

• A representation of a person's face

Still life

• Inanimate subject matter that is natural or man-made in an artificial setting

Landscapes

• An outdoor view of nature, including people or animals

Seascape

• A scene at sea

Mythology

• Art reinterprets mythology, particularly Greek and Roman, for artists to express themselves

Cityscape

• A scene including a city

Content in Art

• Factual meaning can be extracted from recognizable forms
• Conventional depends the acknowledged interpretation of motifs.

Subjective

• When subjectivities are consulted, a variety of meanings may arise when a particular work of art is read.

Art is a skill involving planned steps and man's expression of nature. Experiencing art means understanding its essence. Artworks possess unique beauty perceived by the artist, with creativity solving novel problems and enriching life.