Art Appreciation and Its Process PDF

1  CHAPTER 2 Art Appreciation and Its Process Lesson 1. Purpose and Meaning of Art Appreciation Lesson 2. Process of Art Appreciation a. Degrees of Art Analysis i. Percep...

1  CHAPTER 2 Art Appreciation and Its Process Lesson 1. Purpose and Meaning of Art Appreciation Lesson 2. Process of Art Appreciation a. Degrees of Art Analysis i. Perceptual Elements ii. Representations iii. Emotional Suggestions 2  Intended Learning Outcomes 1. Define the purpose and meaning of art appreciation. 2. Analyze works of art according to four levels: perceptual elements, representations, emotional suggestions, and intellectual meaning. 3 Can you describe each picture in one word?  4 Lesson 1. Purpose and Meaning of Art Appreciation REFERENCES Readings Malek, A. 2018). What is the Most Fundamental Essence of Humanity? https://www.researchgate.net/post/What-is-the-Most-Fundamental-Essence-of-Humanity  Orate, A. (2000). “Art and Perception of the World,” in UE Today, Vol. 12, No. 2., pp. 7-8 & 14. Thoughts on Papyrus. (2018). Allegorical Art: The Five Senses https://thoughtsonpapyrus.com/2019/03/12/allegorical-art-the-five-senses/ Videos Lee, J. (2013). Design for All 5 Senses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6wjC0sxD2o The School of Life. (2014). What is Art for? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn0bDD4gXrE 5 Purpose and Meaning of Art Appreciation Art appreciation, refers to the exploration and analysis of. the art forms that we are exposed to. It can be highly subjective, depending on an individuals. personal tastes and preferences, or can be done on the basis of several grounds such as elements. of design and mastery displayed in the piece. It takes an artist to make art. One may perceive beauty on a daily basis. However, not  every beautiful thing that can be seen or experienced may truly be called a work of art. Art is a product of man’s creativity, imagination, and expression. Not everyone can be considered an artist, but all are spectators of art. We are able to distinguish what is fine and beautiful from what is not and what is good quality and from poor. This gives us a role in the field of art appreciation. 6 KEY CONCEPTS THE BASIC QUESTION IN THE HUMANITIES What is a human Being? “I am a human being.” Who am I? “Humanities” 7 The basic question in studying Humanities is “Who Am I?” And the basic answer to that question is I am a Human Being. What is then a Human being? Human being is a composite of body and soul. It has three Human Faculties: The Mind, The Will and The Senses. a. On the level of the Senses: He is capable of Perception and Sensing. b. On the level of the Will: Man has emotions and feelings. c. On the Level of the Mind: Man is capable of reasoning and thinking. Art is analyzed based on the three human faculties. 8 Art is based on how we perceive reality… THREE  HUMAN FACULTIES THINKIN SENSES Eyes G Ears Nose Tongue FEELING Skin Imagination SENSIN REASON G Seeing Hearing EMOTION Smelling Tasting MIND Touching PERCEPTIO Imagining WILL N Sensation  9 DR. ALLAN C. ORATE, UE Sight Touch Smell Sound Taste Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Design for all 5 Senses 3 10 5 https://www.yout ube.com/watch? 2 v=N6wjC0sxD2o 0 1 Ultimate Experience Chart (example) 4 By using the scale (rate from 1-10) , which among the pictures gives you the most satisfying experience. 10 11 Traditionally speaking, art is meant for the pleasure of the eyes. However, as the world innovated, how we look at arts, the doors to how it actually benefits all the five senses, as well as our brain has been discovered and manifested in many ways. Did you know that one of the latest advances of art in the present is its ability to be experienced through all five basic senses? While in most of museums, visitors can only experience the artworks by viewing them, some have been updating their art game by making sure that their exhibits have neutral smells and sounds, factors that can alter the experience significantly and enable the visitors to focus and appreciate the artworks fully. All of the senses—sight, sound, touch, smell, and hearing—are a part of the museum experience. Did you know that art has a lot more scientifically-proven benefits on your brain? In fact, there is a  deeper reason why artworks are displayed and hanged in almost every place integral to your life—your homes, your workplace, vacant spaces, and hospitals. More than making you feel happy, relaxed, thinking, or calm, differently themed artworks can do wonders for your mental health and overall disposition and well-being. If you think art is used in spaces as just fillers and decorations, you might be surprised that it’s a lot more than that. In fact, many studies have proven the correlation between the impacts of artworks and their effects on productivity, relaxation, de stressing, and even healing from health issues. What more if you can experience art through all your five senses? 12 KEY ART APPRECIATION CONCEPTS  APPRECIATION PERSON as WORK OF ART spectator/viewer as object 13 ART APPRECIATION Positive Communication and Reaction perceptual emotional Value that delights intellectual Painting, Sculpture, Music response to the beauty of artworks Wow! Sense-Data and Representation Feelings Meanings  14 Wow! Or Yak? Question 1. Which art do you appreciate or captivates you most? 2. Does your opinion about the artwork change the longer you look at it? 15  SIGHT Since this painting is supposed to represent sight, it is all about art, and, in particular, paintings, which are appreciated through sight. In this painting, Venus, a Roman goddess, and Cupid, a little boy, are in a cabinet (room) of curiosities. Cupid is showing Venus one of the Christian paintings – The Healing of the Blind Man, which is about the miraculous sight recovery of a man. Among other objects in this room are antique busts and scientific instruments, such as a telescope, which can also only be used through having vision. 16  HEARING This painting represents hearing and, therefore, it is all about music, which is appreciated through listening. Here, Venus is playing a lute, while Cupid sings. The room in this painting is full of different musical instruments, and the paintings on the walls are also all about the theme of music. A stag near Venus and Cupid also stands for hearing since the animal was “a common 17th century symbol for the power of hearing” (David Yearsley). A curious thing here is the presence of clocks, which undoubtedly produce a ticking sound, meaning that even “time” is not “silent”. The broad plan of this room with nature in the background gives an impression of sound amplification, making the music travel beyond the confines of the 17 room.  SMELL The sense of smell in this painting is represented by different flora. There are flowers of different varieties depicted here, and Venus and Cupid are enjoying their repose in the garden while inhaling various aromas of nature. In the background, one can also see two people working, meaning that flowers may also be used to make perfume. Even here, in the most natural of settings, one can sense nature being “domesticated”. This feeling is further heightened by the presence of a dog near Venus, an animal which was bred by humans for their purposes. 18  TASTE This painting, depicting the sense of taste, is obviously all about food. There are food all around this room and on the table, such as sea-food, bird pies and fruit. Venus is seen tasting the culinary delights, and next to her sits a satyr, who pours her generous amounts of nectar. The abundance of game in this painting is staggering, and, for the first time, we see the blurring of the boundary between the room, a human construction, and nature itself. In the left corner of the painting, there is a kitchen where a man is engaged in cooking, and one of the paintings in this room is Brueghel’s own Garland of Fruit. 19  TOUCH In this painting, Venus and Cupid are engaged in sensual pleasure, kissing, among the abandoned weaponry, with the view to the arms graveyard. Venus, being the Goddess of Love, sits away from the place of weapon-making, being seemingly in her own world of sensation and culture. The abandoned suits of armour may signify the exposure of skin which can then experience tactile pleasures through physical contact. Elisabeth McFadden says that this painting as well as those above are more thought-provoking and represent human power and control over nature. For example, in this painting representing “touch”, metal, a natural element, is transformed by humans into weapons and armoury through their skill, as well as knowledge and manipulation of fire. 20  Lesson 2.2. The Process of Art Appreciation REFERENCES Videos Bowes, J. (2019). Kerry Livgren with KANSAS (DUST) - October 4, 2019 – Topeka. KShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdCtgvslYdI Project LAYAG. (2021). Magkaugnay (Ang Lahat ng Bagay). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVFjJ8EdoL4 21 ANALYSIS OF ART BASED ON THE THREE HUMAN FACULTIES LEVEL OF THE SENSES 1. PERCEPTUAL ELEMENTS Sense-Data: Lines, Color, Shapes, etc. 2. REPRESENTATIONS Things, People, Objects, Events LEVEL OF THE WILL 3. EMOTIONAL SUGGESTIONS Happy, Sad, Afraid etc. LEVEL OF THE MIND 4. INTELLECTUAL MEANING Ideas, Concepts, Symbolism 22 DR. ALLAN C. ORATE, U  Mondrian, Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue, 1924 VISUAL ELEMENTS COLORS: Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Black SHAPES: Rectangles, Square LINES: Straight, Horizontal and Vertical 23  DR. ALLAN C. ORATE, UE Amorsolo Winnowing VISUAL ELEMENTS Rice, 1957 COLOR SHAPES LINES REPRESENTATIONS PEOPLE: Woman Farmers ANIMALS: Chicken Carabao THINGS: Trees Nipa Hut Sky Clouds Mountain EVENTS Winnowing  Planting 24 Cooking DR. ALLAN C. ORATE, UE Munch facial expression of the woman, The Scream and by the curving lines of red, 1893 yellow, orange of the sky VISUAL ELEMENTS COLORS, SHAPES, LINES REPRESENTATIONS PEOPLE, THINGS, EVENTS EMOTIONAL SUGGESTION FEAR OR TERROR: Shown by the  25 DR. ALLAN C. ORATE, UE  Stynweck, The Vanities of Human Life 1645  VISUAL ELEMENTS COLORS, etc. REPRESENTATIONS THINGS, etc. EMOTIONS SUGGESTIONS SADNESS INTELLECTUAL MEANINGS CONCEPTS, IDEAS, SYMBOLS 26 INTELLECTUAL MEANING: Ideas, Concepts and Symbols in Art  From the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible MEMENTO MORI Reflecting about Death Stynweck The Vanities of Human Life 1645 27 LIGHT Optimism Hope, God  SHELL Wealth MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Beauty HELMET Power JAR Celebration BOOK Knowledge SKULL Death CLOCK Time LAMP End of Life SAMURAI Suicide DARK Pessimism 28 The meaning of the lyrics is based on the verse from the shall return.” Bible, Genesis 3:19: “You are from dust, and into dust you https://www.yo  utube.com/wat ch?v=tdCtgvsl moment's gone. YdI All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity. Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind. Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea. All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see. Dust in the wind ,all we are is dust in the wind. Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy. Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind. DUST IN THE WIND Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind. Composed by Kerry Livgren 29 Sung by The Kansas, 1977 I close my eyes, only for a moment and the Looking at the image (black dot) what insights or realizations can you discover? Give at least two (2). 31