ARTAPP LESSON 2.pdf

LESSON 2: ART APP Prepared by: Jenny Marsha Agtani Course Facilitator  OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to 1. Explain the connection between art and philosophy. 2. Explain the different philosophical perspectives and assumptions of the arts. 3....

LESSON 2: ART APP Prepared by: Jenny Marsha Agtani Course Facilitator  OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to 1. Explain the connection between art and philosophy. 2. Explain the different philosophical perspectives and assumptions of the arts. 3. Create strong arguments defending the perspectives and assumptions of the arts that one has chosen to agree with. 4. Discuss the importance of gender equality in arts.  THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART 1. It is the study of the nature of art including concepts such as interpretation, representation, expression and form. The Old Guitarist was painted in 1903, just after the suicide death of Picasso's close friend, Casagemas. During this time, the artist was sympathetic to the plight of the downtrodden and painted many canvases It is closely related to aesthetics. depicting the miseries of the poor, the ill, and those cast out of society. The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso. Oil. 1.23m x 83 cm. 1903/04.  AESTHETICS Is the philosophical argument about the nature of beauty. It’s an idea central to any exploration of art. Aesthetics deals with notions of taste, cultural conventions – ideas of art being ‘good’ and ‘bad’ based on specific cultural information and beliefs and the judgments we make based on our perceptions. As deep as visual art is embedded in the fabric of our lives, it still is the source of controversy and irony. It thrives on common experience yet contradicts ideas of ourselves. Art is part of the culture it’s created in, but can reflect many cultures at once.  PHILOSOPHERS IN ART PLATO ARISTOTLE IMANNUEL KANT -ART AS MIMESIS ART IS Art as a kind of REPRESENTATION representation that is purposive in itself.  PHILOSOPHERS IN ART LEO TOLSTOY of emotion Art as communication Promote mutual understanding Gaining awareness of each other’s feelings. Supports moral based art.  WHAT ARTISTS THINK ABOUT ART 1. Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. -Rene Magritte 2. Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use. - Frank Lloyd Wright 3. Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. - Thomas Merton 4. The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. - Pablo Picasso 5. All art is but imitation of nature. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca 6. Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. - Edgar Degas 7. Art is the signature of civilizations. - Jean Sibelius 8. Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands-on to others feelings he has lived through, and that others are infected by these feelings and also experience them. - Leo Tolstoy THE ASSUMPTION OF ARTS ART IS ART IS UNIVERSAL CULTURAL ART IS NOT ART INVOLVES NATURE EXPERIENCE ART AS A ART AS FORM OF EXPRESSION CREATION  GENDER EQUALITY IN ART Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere. Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.