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## Basic Philosophical Perspectives of Art 1. **Art as *Mimesis*** (Plato) - According to him, art is an imitation of the real that was an imitation of the ideal. Art is an imitation of an imitation. 2. **Art as Representation** (Aristotle) - According to him, the aim of art is not to represent the...

## Basic Philosophical Perspectives of Art 1. **Art as *Mimesis*** (Plato) - According to him, art is an imitation of the real that was an imitation of the ideal. Art is an imitation of an imitation. 2. **Art as Representation** (Aristotle) - According to him, the aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward significance. 3. **Art for Art's Sake** (Immanuel Kant) - According to him, art has its own reason for being. It implies that an art object is best understood as an autonomous creation to be valued only for its success as it organizes color and line into a formally satisfying and beautiful whole. 4. **Art as an Escape** - The ceremony of doing or creating art touches the deepest realms of the mind and the sacred dimension of the artistic creative process. The sacred level of art not only transforms something into art but also transforms the artist at the very core of his or her being. 5. **Art as Functional** - Art serves a function. Art is meant to be used, to enrich lives, to be spiritually potent, to educate, to support or protest existing power structures, to entertain, and so on. ## Categories/Classifications of Art 1. **Visual Arts** (2D-Two-Dimensional, 3D-Three-Dimensional) * **Painting** - It is the application of pigment (color) on any flat two-dimensional surfaces. * **Sculpture** - It is the carving, modeling, casting, constructing, and assembling of materials and objects into primarily three-dimensional works of art. * **Architecture** - It is the art and science of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and non-building structures for human shelter or use (3D). 2. **Performing/Combined Arts** * **Music** - It is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. * **Dance** - It is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion. * **Film** - Also called *movie* or *motion picture*, it is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, creates an illusion of moving images. * **Theater** - It is a collaborative form of art that uses *live performers*, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. * **Literary** - It is concentrating the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form. * **Performance Poetry** - It is poetry specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience rather than on print, mostly open to improvisation.