Art Appreciation MODULE-1 PDF

Art Appreciation The Importance, Meaning, and Assumptions of Arts What is Art? ▪ The word “art” is rooted in the 13th-century French word art, which means skill as a result of learning or practice, and the Latin word arts, meaning ability or practical skills. ▪ Art is something that is peren...

Art Appreciation The Importance, Meaning, and Assumptions of Arts What is Art? ▪ The word “art” is rooted in the 13th-century French word art, which means skill as a result of learning or practice, and the Latin word arts, meaning ability or practical skills. ▪ Art is something that is perennially around us. ▪ The word art covers many meanings, including ability, process, and product. ▪ According to Plato, “Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world.” ▪ For John Dewey, “Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind – one that demands its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form.” ▪ For Oscar Wilde, “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known,” ▪ for Elbert Hubbard, “Art is not a thing – it is a way.” ASSUMPTION OF ARTS Art is Universal. Art is everywhere; wherever men have lived together, art has sprung up among them as a language charged with feelings and significance. The desire to create this language appears to be general, and art as a cultural force can be pervasive and potent. Art has no limit, and it rises above cultures, races, and civilizations. It is timeless because it goes beyond the time of our own existence. ASSUMPTION OF ARTS Art is not Nature. Art is man-made; it is a creation of man utilizing his thoughtful skill and artistry, which undergoes process and planning. Art is artificial because it is just an imitation or even an appropriation of reality and nature. It is a representation of ideas, thoughts, and feelings that are communicated in creative and artistic ways. Art that is created by God is divine, and art that is created by man is superficial or temporary. Works of art are made by artists to adore the wonders of life and the beauty of God’s creation. Art can never be natural because it is momentary in the constant transformation of change; it does not change by itself unless manipulated by its creator, which is a man. Artists could make any work of art, but they definitely could not form nature. From man’s experiences, we cannot even compare art with nature because it is something mysterious, and it is made by the Divine Providence whose depth and mystery is beyond human understanding. ASSUMPTION OF ARTS Art Involves Experience. Art is a depiction of our experiences. It demands taking part. the only way to find conviction and assertion is through immersion in the Arts. We can only appreciate art if we spend time looking at it, listen to it, and feel its presence. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ART Art as mimesis (Plato). According to him, art is an imitation of the reality that was an imitation of the ideal. Art is an imitation of an imitation. Art is a representation (Aristotle). According to him, the aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward significance. Art for art’s sake (Kant). 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. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ART 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. 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. FUNCTIONS OF ARTS Individual Function The artists perform arts because of the passion of their respective artforms Social Function Man associates with others through his art performance arouses social consciousness. Economic Functions Arts are emerging as a potent force in the economic life of people and assumes an essential role as a direct and indirect contributor to state economies. Political Functions Art provides a forum for ideas that will lead to employment, prestige, status, and power. FUNCTIONS OF ARTS Historical Functions Art is an essential technique for information to be recorded and preserved. It serves to document or reconstruct historical figure and events. Cultural Functions Art is an articulation and transmission of new information and values. Physical Functions Buildings are artistically designed and constructed to protect their occupants and make their life inside more meaningful. Architects, Industrial and Graphic Designers, and Interior Decorators share responsibility in building environments that balance forms and functions.8. Aesthetic Functions Any artwork means beauty. It is a visual spice for gracefully adorned interiors and can bring out the most elegant features of different décor elements. It reasonably reproduced visual images which communicate through fantastic persuasions and meaningful words Visual Arts These arts are those forms that create works that are primarily visual (forms perceived by the eyes). Painting This form of visual art aims to evoke an emotion from the viewers. It is practiced by applying colors or other media to a surface with a brush or other objects. Sculpture This form of visual arts is characterized as the art of representing imagined or observed objects in hard materials such as glass, metals, or wood in three dimensions. Architecture This form of art provides us with the physical structure we lived. It is a profound expression of human culture in a particular period, and it will endure and outlive us in the forms of monuments that future generations will study and strive to understand. Drawing This form of art enhances the way we see the world around and conditions us to capture its details in a Two-dimensional medium. This has been a critical element of art throughout history and in the contemporary art world's. Photography This form of art is a process of creating portraits by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive medium, such as electronic image sensors or photographic films Performing Arts - These arts are those forms in which the artists used his/her own body, face, and presence as a medium. Theatre (Drama) This form of art uses performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place and time. Music This form of art helps to express our mood and feel the way through our emotions and ideas. Based on a study, different types of music may be suitable to different moods though classical music is still recommended as the most calming music option's Dance This form of art is expressed through body movement which entails social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. Film This form of art allows us to explore the complexities of the human situation. This is used to work out our emotions, to make history comes alive, science is explained, and literary works are brought into life Opera This form of art helps to tell stories through music. This is also performed with a full orchestra composed of various musical instrument sections. In this art form, singers and musicians perform a dramatic work by combining text (called a Libretto and musical score) Stagecraft This form of art is a technical aspect of theatrical production. This includes constructing and arranging scenery, hanging and focusing of lighting, the design of costumes, makeup, and procurement of props, stage management and recording and mixing of sound. Literary Arts These arts centered on creative writing and other composition processes which intended to read. These include prose and poetry (e.g., novels, short stories, sonnet, ballad, epic, and essay) Thank you Debate Question 1. Is art truly distinct from nature or Art is an extension of humans and interpretation of nature? 2. Can truly art connect people from different backgrounds and foster human experience or does universality overlook the importance of cultural specificity and individual interpretation?