Arts Appreciation PDF

**ARTS APPRECIATION** **Module 1: Humanities and art: Nature - (Creativity, Imagination), Assumptions, System of Appreciation, and forms.** **HUMANITIES** - Humanities came from the word **HUMANUS** which means **to be truly human.** - In Latin Humanities means to show qualities of **rat...

**ARTS APPRECIATION** **Module 1: Humanities and art: Nature - (Creativity, Imagination), Assumptions, System of Appreciation, and forms.** **HUMANITIES** - Humanities came from the word **HUMANUS** which means **to be truly human.** - In Latin Humanities means to show qualities of **rationality, kindness and tenderness.** - To be truly human is to be culturally enhanced and refined. - Culture comes from the Latin terms Cultus-Colere, which means to cultivate, to develop. - Culture is the general way of life of human society, including **ways of thinking, beliefs, customs, language, art, and traditions.** **DIFFERENT FORMS OF ARTS** 1. **Visual Arts,** creations that fall under the category are those that **appeal to the sense of sight** and are **mainly visual in nature.** - Artists produce visual arts driven by their desire to reproduce things that they have seen in the way they perceived them. 2. **Film --** refers to the art of pulling together successions of **still images to create an illusion of movement.** 3. **Performance art-** refers to the art of pulling together successions of **still images to create an illusion of movement.** 4. **Poetry Performance --** is an art from where an artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, **but expressing them through words.** 5. **Architecture --** art is the pursuit and creation of beautiful things while architecture is the **making of beautiful buildings.** 6. **Dance --** dance is a **series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music** accompaniment. 7. **Literary Art --** focuses on **writing using a unique style,** not following a specific form. May include **fiction and non-fiction.** 8. **Theater --** uses **live performers** to present accounts or imaginary events before a **live audience.** 9. **Applied Art-** is incorporating elements of style and design into everyday items to **increase their aesthetic value.** **DIVISIONS OF ARTS** **1. With respect to purpose** a. **Practical arts --** directed to **producing artifacts and utensils which cope with human needs** like **baskets, weaving, furniture making, agriculture** etc\.... b. **Liberal arts -- intellectual efforts** are considered like **philosophy, psychology, social sciences...** c. **Fine Arts --** products of the **human creativity** in so far as they **express beauty** in different ways and different media like **drawing, painting, sketching...** d. **Major arts --** characterized by their **actual and potential expressiveness like music, dance, literature.** e. **Minor arts --** connected with **practical uses and purposes like interior design, landscape, porcelain making...** **2. With respect to media and forms** a. **Plastic arts --** perceived by **sense of sight like sculpture, architecture...** b. **Phonetic arts --** based on **sounds and words** like **music, drama, literature...** c. **Kinetic arts --** **rhythmic movement** like the **different kinds of dances...** d. **Pure arts --** which take **only one medium of expression as sound in music, color in painting...** e. **Mixed arts --** which use **two or more media** like **opera, a combination of music, poetry and drama** **CLASSIFICATION OF ARTS** **1. Space arts -- visual arts** a. **2 dimensional (seen only in one angle** 1\. Painting, printing, photography, drawing, sketching b. **3 dimensional (seen in several angles)** 1\. sculpture, architecture **2. Time arts -- auditory arts** **2. music, dance, combination-musical theater/opera** **MODULE 2: FUNCTIONS, PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES, SUBJECT AND CONTENT OF ARTS** **SUBJECT AND CONTENT OF ARTS** - In viewing art, there are **clues that mediate between artwork and the viewer,** allowing the **viewer to more easily comprehend what he is seeing.** **Subject** - the **visual focus** or the **image** **Content** - the **meaning "why"** **Form** - how the **elements** of the **artwork** **THE SUBJECT OF ART** - is what an **artist chooses to present** in his/her **art.** - It is the **expression of artist's view** of his/her **existence in her art.** - The term subjects in art refer to the **main idea represented in the artwork.** - The subject in art is basically the **essence of the piece.** **TYPES OF SUBJECTS** **Representational** - these types of art have subject that refers to **objects** or **events occurring in the real world** **Non - Representational** - Arts forms that **do not reference the real world,** whether a **person, place, thing, or event.** **SOURCES OF SUBJECTS** - Physical Environment - Greek and Roman Mythology - Religion - Nature **Physical Environment** - Artists have always been fascinated with their **physical environment\'s beauty**, observe **nature in its beautiful and restful mood** and apply **pigments on canvases of varying texture and color.** **Greek and Roman Mythology** - the Greek and roman mythology is also **rich sourc**e of art subject. stories from Greek and roman mythology centers on the **gods and goddesses.** **Religion** - Religion has played an **enormous role** in inspiring works of **visual arts, music architecture and literature** through ages. **5 MAIN SUBJECTS** - Still life - Landscape - Portraiture - Abstract **Still Life** a collection of **inanimate objects arranged together** in a particular way **Landscape** - **natural scenery** such as **mountains, cliffs, rivers**, etc. **Portraiture** - an **image** of a **particular person or animal, or group thereof** **Abstract** - a **non-representational** work of art **WAYS OF PRESENTING THE SUBJECT** **Realism** - It **concerns the depiction** of subjects as they appear in everyday life. **Abstraction** - It refers to art **unconcerned with the litera depiction** of things from the visible world. **Distortion** - it is the **alteration of the original shape** of an object, image or other form of representation **Elongation** - the subject or paitining is being **lengthened or extended** **Mangling** - it how\'s subjects or objects which are **cut, mutilated, lacerated or hacked** **Cubism** - objects are **broken up**, analyzed and reassembled in an abstracted form. subjects are shown in basic **geometrical shapes** **Abstract Expressionism** - uses **large canvases. lack of refinement** in the application of paint, strong color uneven brush and rough texture. **Expressionism** - it presents the world **solely** from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically **Futurism** - it emphasizes and glorifies themes associated with **contemporary concepts of the future,** including **speed and technology** **Surrealism** - It tries to reveal a **new and higher reality** than that of daily life. **Fauvism** - **themes** either **ethical, philosophical or psychological** **Dadaism** - a **protest movement** formed in 1961 by a group of artists in Zurish. Then try to provoke the public with **outrageous forms of art.** **CONTENT IN ARTS** - The **meaning or message** that is expressed or communicated by the artwork; the **"why"** **Factual Meaning** - may be extracted from the **identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork** and **understanding** how these elements **relate to one another.** **Conventional Meaning** - the **acknowledged interpretation of the artwork;** established through time, strengthened by recurrent use and wide acceptance by its viewers or audience and scholars who study them. **Subjective Meaning** - **stem from the viewer' s or audience' s** circumstances that come into play when engaging with art; may not be singular, rather, multiple and varied.