Art App

Art appreciation

refers to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the universal and timeless qualities characterizing works of art

appreciation

this activity invokes understanding, criticism, analysis and synthesis of art works based on the acknowledged elements of composition and principles of design through which the study of art is greatly enhanced.

tradition of humanization

where the study of the arts significantly exposes students

visual arts

painting, architecture, sculpture

auditory arts

music and literature

performing arts/theatre arts

drama and dance

Science

believes that it could procure everything that man needed or wanted.

Natural Sciences

empirical and they employ the scientific method

Social Sciences

statistical and they employ surveys of large populations as well as empirical evidence

Humanities

the study of the arts; neither empirical nor statistical. The only methods we enjoy in art appreciation are intuition, feeling, opinion, judgment, debate and criticism

Generalization

the sciences capitalize on methods that are objective and fixed

subjectivity

humanities draw its strength from

tradition of humanization

a avenue for diversity, plurality, peculiarity and individualism

individualism

the individual / human person becomes the champion

art

it is a record of the particular vision of an artist

art form

a definite function since it satisfies a particular need

Architecture

directly and almost entirely functional because buildings and other structures are always built for some special purpose

Music and dance

used in ancient rituals and worship of the gods and for social and folk entertainment

Painting and sculpture

used to narrate events, to portray people or events, to instruct, to commemorate individuals or historical events and to serve as vehicles of personal expression

Aesthetic Function

Through art, man becomes conscious of the beauty of nature. He benefits from his own work and from those done by his fellowmen. He learns to love, use and preserve them for his enjoyment and satisfaction.

Utilitarian Function

Through art, man is provided with shelter, clothing, food, light, medicine, beautiful surroundings, personal ornamentals, entertainment, transportation and other necessities of life.

Cultural Function

Through the printed matter, art transmits and preserves skills and knowledge from one generation to another. It makes man aware of his/her cultural background making him more knowledgeable and life more enduring and satisfying.

Social Function

Through civic and graphic arts, man learns to love and help each other. International understanding and cooperation are fostered and nations become more unified, friendly, cooperative, helpful and sympathetic.

Fine Arts or Independent Arts

made primarily for aesthetic enjoyment through the senses especially visual and auditory (music, painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, dance and drama)

Practical or Utilitarian Arts

includes the development of raw materials for utilitarian purposes (industrial art, household art, commercial art, agriculture art, business art, graphic art)

Graphic Arts

these include painting, drawing, photography, graphic process (printing), commercial art (designing of books, advertisements, signs, posters, and other displays). For the graphic arts, portrayals of forms and symbols are recorded on a two-dimensional surface

Plastic Arts

these include all fields of visual arts for which materials are organized into three-dimensional forms such as structural architecture, landscape architecture (gardens, parks, playgrounds, golf course), city physical planning and interior arranging (designing of wallpaper and furniture)

Major Arts

these include painting, architecture, sculpture, literature, music, dance, painting

Minor Arts

these include decorative arts, popular arts, graphic arts, plastic arts, and industrial arts

Performing Arts

theatre, play, dance, music

Literary Arts

prose and poetry

Popular Arts

film, newspaper, magazine, radio, television

Decorative Arts

these include beautification of houses, offices, cars and other structures

Gustatory Art of the Cuisine

refers the art of cooking (tasting, blending, mixing and plating)

Practical Arts

directed to produce artefacts and utensils for the satisfaction of human need (ex.: basket and mat weaving, embroidery, ceramics, iron, metal crafts, tin can manufacturing)

Liberal Arts

directed toward intellectual growth (ex.: philosophy, psyschology, literature, mathematics, sciences)

Fine Arts

focused towards creative activity for the contemplation of the mind and upliftment of the spirit (ex.: painting, sculpture and architecture)

Major Arts

characterized by actual and potential expressiveness such as music, poetry and sculpture 

Minor Arts

concerned with practical uses and purposes.

Plastic Arts

works which exist in a physical space and perceived by the sense of sight

Kinetic Arts

rt with an element of rhythm and movement (ex.: dance)

Phonetic Arts

utilize sound and words as medium of expression (ex.: music, drama and literature)

Mixed Arts

they take more than one medium such as the opera, for example, which combines music, poetry, drama and movement.

Jeanette Winterson

Imagination and Reality

Notional life

 life encouraged by governments, mass education and the mass media

Money culture

recognises no currency but its own

Notional Life

means that you are surrounded with symbolic realities

Symbolic Realities

the articles, items, paraphernalia that you can acquire because of profit or money

Capitalism

an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

Capital accumulation

basis of capitalism where economic activity is structured around the accumulation of capital – defined as an investment in order to realize a financial profit.

Money culture

very idea being emphasized by Winterson

Capitalist ideology

particularly the notion of money culture, is the reason for our materialism/consumerism

 lack of spirituality

we recognize money as the only currency

mockery of art

we regard art as something that useless, something that does not benefit man

Plato

According to ? in his masterpiece The Republic, art is imitation and artists are mere imitators. In his description of the ideal republic, Plato advises against the inclusion of art as a subject in the curriculum. 

Aristotle

He argued that art is representation and it is considered as an aid to philosophy in revealing truth. This kind of imitation is not antithetical to the reaching of fundamental truths in the world. 

Immanuel Kant

He is considered the judgment of beauty, the cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity.

Plato

Art as an Imitation 

Aristotle

Art as Mimesis or Representation

Immanuel Kant

Art as Universal Objective Perception and Subjective Judgment of Beauty