ARTA 111 Assumptions and Nature of Art 2023 PDF

ARTA 111 ART APPRECIATION  BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF THE ART Art has been created by all people at all times, in all countries and it lives because its well-liked and enjoyed  Art involves experience; there can never be appreciation of art without experience. ASSUMPTIONS OF...

ARTA 111 ART APPRECIATION  BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF THE ART Art has been created by all people at all times, in all countries and it lives because its well-liked and enjoyed  Art involves experience; there can never be appreciation of art without experience. ASSUMPTIONS OF THE ART ART IS UNIVERSAL ART IS NOT NATURE. ARTS INVOLVE EXPERIENCE  ART IS UNIVERSAL Literature has provided key works of art. Among the most popular ones being taught in school : two Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Sanskrit pieces Mahabharata and Ramayana are also staples in this field. These works, purportedly written before the beginning of recorded history, are believed to be man’s attempt at recording stories and tales that have been passed on, known, and sung throughout the years. Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning generations and continents through and through.  In every country and in every generation, there is always art. Oftentimes, people feel that what is considered artistic are only those which have been made long time ago. This is a misconception. Age is not a factor in determining art. An “art is not good because it is old, but old because it is good”  In the Philippines, the works of Jose Rizal and Francisco Balagtas are not being read because they are old. Otherwise, works of other Filipinos who have long died would have been required in junior high school too. The pieces mentioned are read in school and have remained to be with us because they are good They are liked and adored because they meet our needs and desires.  FLORANTE AT LAURA never fails to teach high school students the beauty of love , one that is universal and pure. IBONG ADARNA, another Filipino masterpiece, has always captured the imagination of the young with its timeless lessons  When we recite the Psalms, we feel in communion with King David as we feel one with him in his  When we listen to a KUNDIMAN OR PERFORM FOLK DANCES, we still enjoy the way our Filipino ancestors whiled away their time in the past. We do not necessarily like a kundiman for its original meaning. We just like it. We enjoy it Or just as one of the characters in the movie Bar Boys thought, kundiman makes one concentrate better.  The first assumption then about the humanities is that art has been crafted by all people regardless of origin, time place, and that it stayed on because it is liked and enjoyed by people continuously. A great piece of work will never be obsolete. Some people say that art is art for intrinsic worth JOHN STUART MILL’S UTILITARIANISM (1879), enjoyment in the arts belongs to a higher good, one that lies at the opposite end of base pleasures. Art will always be present because human beings will always express themselves and delight in these expressions. Men will continue to use art while art persists and never gets depleted.  ART IS NOT NATURE. One important characteristic of art is that it is not nature. Art is man’s expression of his reception of nature. Art is man’s way of interpreting nature. Art is not nature. Art is made by man, whereas nature is a given around us  ART IS NOT NATURE. It is in this juncture that they can be considered opposites. What we find in nature should not be expected to be present in art too. Movies are not meant to be direct representation of reality. They may, according to the moviemaker’s perception of reality, be a reinterpretation or even distortion of nature.  PAUL CEZANNE, a French painter, painted a scene from reality entitled Well and Grinding Wheel in the Forest of the Chateau Noir. -inspired by real scene In a forest around the Chateau Noir area near Aix in Cezanne’s native Provence. Comparing the two, one can see that Cezanne has changed some patterns and details from the way they were actually in the photograph. WHAT HE DID IS NOT NATURE. IT IS ART.  ART IS NOT NATURE; NATURE IS NOT ART. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qs5cg7fZBc. One can only imagine that story of the five blind men who one day argue against each other on what an elephant looks like. Each of the live blind men was holding a different part of the elephant. The first was touching the body and thus, thought the elephant was like a wall. Another was touching the beast’s ear and was convinced that the elephant was like a fan. The rest were touching other different parts of the elephant and concluded differently based on their perceptions.  Art is like each of these men’s view of the elephant. It is based on an individual’s subjective experience of nature. It is not meant, after all, to accurately define what the elephant is really like in nature. Artists are not expected to duplicate nature just as even scientists with their elaborate laboratories cannot make nature  WHAT REASONS MIGHT THE ARTIST HAVE IN CREATING SOMETHING? Andres Bonifacio wrote “PAG-IBIG SA TINUBUANG LUPA” Juan Luna ‘s masterpiece, the Spoliarium In whatever work of art, one should always ask why the artist made it. What is it that he wants to show?  ARTS INVOLVE EXPERIENCE Getting this far without a satisfactory definition of art can be quite weird for some. For most people, art does not require a full definition. Art is just experience. By experience, we mean the “actual doing of something”. When one says that he has an experience of something, he often means that he knows what that something is about. When one claims that he has experienced falling in love, getting hurt, and bouncing back, he in effect claims that he know (sometimes) endless cycle of loving. Art is always an experience. Unlike fields of knowledge that involves data, art is known by experiencing. A painter cannot produce a work of art if a chisel is foreign to him. Dudley, et al, affirmed that “aII art depends on experience, and if one is to know art, he must know it not as fact or information but as experience.”  A work of art then cannot be abstracted from actual doing, In order to know what an artwork is, we have to sense it, see it or hear it, and see and hear it  In matters of art, the subject’s perception is of primacy. An important aspect of experiencing art is its being highly personal, individual, and subjective. In philosophical terms, perception of art is always a value judgment. It depends on who the perceiver is, his tastes, his biases, and what he has inside him One cannot argue with another person’s evaluation of art because one’s experience can never be known by another.  Finally, one should also underscore that every experience with art is accompanied by some emotion. With experience comes emotions and feelings, after all. Feelings and emotions are concrete proofs that the artwork has been experiences. ART APPRECIATION: CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, AND EXPRESSION ART  It takes an artist 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. An artwork may be inspired by nature or other works of art, but an artist invents his own forms and patterns due to what he perceives as beautiful and incorporates them in creating his masterpiece.  Not everyone can be considered an artist, but surely, all are spectators of art. In deciding what pair of shoes to buy, we carefully examine all possible choices within our budget and purchase the one that satisfies out beauty and practical standards. We are able to distinguish what is fine and beautiful from what is not and what is good quality from poor. This gives us role in the field of art appreciation. ART APPRECIATION AS A WAY OF LIFE  Jean-Paul Sartre a famous French philosopher of the twentieth century, described the role of art as a creative work that depicts the world on a completely different light and perspective, and the source in due to human freedom. Each artwork beholds beauty of its own kind that the artist sees and want the viewers to perceive  More often than not, people are blind to this beauty and only those who have developed a fine sense of appreciation can experience and see the art the same way artist did. Because of this, numerous artwork go unnoticed, artist are not given enough credit, and they miss opportunities. It sometimes takes a lifetime before their contribution to the development of art is recognized. Hence, refining one’s ability to appreciate art allows him to deeply understand the purpose of an artwork and recognize the beauty it possesses.  In cultivating an appreciation of art, one should also exercise and development his taste for things that are fine and beautiful. This allow individuals to make intelligent choices and decision in acquitting necessities and luxuries, knowing what gives better value for time or money while taking into consideration the aesthetic and practical value. This continuous demand for aesthetically valuable things influences the development and evolution of art and its forms.  Frequenting museums, art galleries, performing art theaters, concert halls, or even mall that display art exhibition that are free in admission during leisure time will not only develop an understanding of art, but will also serve as a rewarding experience. Learning to appreciate art, no matter what vocation or profession you have, will lead to a further and more meaningful life. ROLE OF CREATIVITY IN ART MAKING  Creativity requires thinking outside the box. It is often used to solve problems that have never occurred before, conflate function and style , and simply make life more unique and enjoyable experience. In art, creatively is what sets apart one artwork from another.  We say something is done creatively when we have not simply copy imitate another artist work. He does not imitate the lines, flaws, colors, and patterns, in recreating nature. He embraces originality, puts his own flavor into work , and calls it his own creative piece. ART AS A PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION, IMAGINATION AS A PRODUCT OF ART Where do you think famous writers, painters, and musicians get their ideas? Where do ideas in making creative solution begin? It all starts in the human mind. It all begins with mind imagination. German physicist Albert Einstein who had made significant and major contributions in science and humanity demonstrated that knowledge is actually derived from imagination. He emphasized this idea through his words; through imagination, one is able to craft something bold, something new, and something better in the hopes of creating something that will stimulate change. imagination allows endless possibilities. in artist mind sits a vast gallery of artwork. an artwork does not need to be a real thing, but can be something that is imaginary. ART AS EXPRESSION  Robin George Collingwood, an English philosopher who is best known for his work in aesthetic, explicated in his publication The Principles of art (1938) that what an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it. Through expression, he is able to explore his own emotions and at the same time, create something beautiful out of them. Collingwood further illustrated that expressing emotions is something different form describing emotions.  In his example, explicitly saying “I am angry” is not an expression of an emotion, but a mere description. There is no need in relating or referring to a specific emotion, such as anger, in expressing one’ emotion. Description actually destroy the idea of expression, as it classifies the emotion, making it ordinary freedom to express himself the way he wants to Hence, there is no specific technique in expression. This makes people’s art not a reflection of what outside or external to them, but a reflection of their inner selves. There are countless ways of expressing oneself through art. The following list includes, but is not limited to, popular art expressions. Visual Arts Film Performance Art Poetry Performance Architecture Dance Literary Art Theater Applied Arts