WHAT IS ART

Art

focuses on the individual process of creating something meaningful, beautiful, or expressive. It can refer to both the creative act itself (the process) and the finished work (the product)

Ars

The word “art” comes from this ancient Latin which means a “craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry or something or surgery. ”

Medieval Latin

Ars came to mean something different in this era. It meant “any special form of book learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology”

Aesthetics

the study of beauty

Fine Arts

would come to mean “not delicate or highly skilled arts, but ‘beautiful’ arts”

Appreciation

• recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something and sensitive understanding of the aesthetic value of something.

• an ability to understand the worth, quality, or importance of something

• an ability to appreciate something and sensitive awareness

Art Appreciation

The knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that identify all great art.

Art History

The study of the evolution of artistic forms and ideas in different cultures across time.

Art Appreciation

The knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that identify all great art.

Art is Universal

• Art has always been timeless and universal, spanning generations and continents through and through.

• Age is not a factor in determining art. An “…art is not good because it is old, but old because it is good ”

• 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 people liked and enjoyed by continuously.

Iliad

• is an epic poem about the Greek conquest of the city of Troy. It is from Greece, written by Homer, and discusses the adventures of the Greek people of their time.

• It is the oldest and most popular work in Greek literature.

Odyssey

• is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic.

• is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the Iliad is the oldest

Ramayana

the first Indian epic consisting of 24,000 verses divided into 7 books, composed about 6,500 years.

Mahabharata

Longest epic in world literature with 100,000 two line stanzas, first composed about 5000 years.

Art 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 given around us.

Art involves Experience

Art is just experience. By experience, we mean the “actual doing of something” (Dudley et. Al., 1960). Unlike fields of knowledge that involve data, art is known by experiencing.