NATURE OF ART AND ITS ASSUMPTIONS

TATTOOING

has been practiced around the world since the Neolithic times as seen in the archaeological records and ancient art of mummified preserved skins.

TATTOO

is a symbol of bravery, social standing, and rites of passage.

PINTADOS

What are the tattooed indigenous people called since the pre-Hispanic colonization?

PINTADOS

Visayan warriors covered with tattoos were called ________? Each tattoo symbolizes social class and bravery

PAGBABATUK

In the highlands of Northern Luzon, what is the process of tattooing called?

HUNTERS AND WARRIORS

Pagbabatuk was primarily done on _______ and ________.

BONTOC, IFUGAO AND KALINGA

In these two provinces, tattoos were considered as medals representing the number of enemies they had killed.

KALINGA MEN

The ______ ___ body markings corresponded to the respect and privileges they received and were known to safeguard warriors during fierce fights.

HUMANITIES

came from the Latin word “humanus” meaning human, cultured or refined.

HUMAN, CULTURED, or REFINED

The Latin term “humanus” means?

HUMANITIES

An academic discipline that studies the different aspects of the human society and culture (Bod, 2013)

HUMANITIES

The study of how people process and document the human experience (Standford University)

HUMANITIES

Includes the traditional liberal arts (philosophy, literature, religion, ethics, art, music, history, and language) which humans have used to understand and record our world.

JOHN STUART MILL

He argued that the undergraduate college should not be a place of “professional education.” Instead, should be a place to encourage students to become “capable and cultivated human beings” (Kim, 1988)

ART

from the Latin word “ars” which translates to “skill” or “craft” (Britannica Encyclopedia, 2006)

ARS

Latin word which translates to “skill” or “craft”

ART

“human ingenuity in adapting natural things to man’s use” (Webster Dictionary, 2012)

WHY STUDY ART

• understand individual differences

• develop our skills in decision-making and problem solving

• enhances our creative skills, nurtures our imagination

• promotes originality and innovativeness

WHY DO PEOPLE CREATE ART

• Making our surroundings more beautiful

• Creating records of time, place, person, or object

• Expressing or communicating ideas

• Expressing religious beliefs

• Criticizing elements of society

• For educating people (allowing us to learn about the past and about ourselves)

• For showing that we can do something no one else has tried before.

ART IS UNIVERSAL, NOT NATURE, INVOLVES EXPERIENCE, CULTURAL

What are the 4 assumptions about art?

ART IS UNVERSAL

Assumptions of art

Art as a form of communication has the ability to speak to all people of any race or of all ages, no matter what the form is.

ART IS UNIVERSAL

Artists experience various feelings/idea and apply them in their masterpiece, and all people can enjoy art and give meaning to it.

ART IS NOT NATURE

Assumptions of art

Art is man-made. It is a perception - a conception of ideas on many aspects designed by man.

ART IS NOT NATURE

Assumptions of art

It can be seen as an aesthetic representation of real-life situations, an expression of how man interprets nature, or a direct representation of reality or even a distortion of nature.

ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

Assumptions of art

Art is not just a recording or experience but an involvement of human experience as well.

ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

Assumptions of art

Artists are inspired with what they have undergone and base their masterpieces on these experiences.

ART INVOLVES EXPERIENCE

Assumptions of art

They have to be, first and foremost, a perceiver, who is directly in touch with art because without experience, there is no art.

ART IS CULTURAL

Since culture is defined as “totality of socially transmitted behavior, patterns, beliefs, institutions and other products of human work” (Tomasello, 1999)

ART IS CULTURAL

Creation of art is almost always interconnected with one’s culture.

VISUAL ARTS

Creative works that stimulate the visual sense - anything that is perceived by the eyes.

2D ARTS

Graphic Arts are also known as?

GRAPHIC ARTS

These are arts that have width and length and are described as flat arts since they are most of the time seen on flat surfaces.

GRAPHIC ARTS

These include painting, drawing, lettering, printing, sketching, digital imaging, computer graphics, and photography

PLASTIC ARTS

These are arts that have width, length, and volume.

3D OR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ARTS

Plastic arts are also known as?

PLASTIC ARTS

These include sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, interior design, costume design, theatre design, industrial design, or handicrafts.

AUDITORY ARTS

Creative works that stimulate the sense of hearing — anything that can be heard or listened to, it includes music or drama on radios.

AUDIO-VISUAL ARTS

arts that can be perceived by both the senses of sight and hearing.

AUDIO-VISUAL ARTS

It can be language-based, music-based, or a combination of both

LANGUAGE BASED ARTS

Involves poetry, spoken word, or storytelling

POETRY

Audio-Visual Arts (Language Based)

may be performed for an audience using original/published works

SPOKEN WORD

Audio-Visual Arts (Language Based)

sometimes similar to poetry in its focus on cadence and rhythm (i.e. preachers during sermon, protesters at rallies)

STORYTELLING

Audio-Visual Arts (Language Based)

which may be done in places such as an auditorium or theater, a classroom or library

MUSIC

Audio-Visual Arts (Music Based)

include performances by an individual or with a group, which comes in several genres: vocal, instrumental, and mixed.

DANCE

Audio-Visual Arts (Music Based)

accompanied by music and correspond to a particular genre such as ballet, ballroom, classical, contemporary, jazz, and modern.

COMBINATION

Audio-Visual Arts

This include theater-based performance such as dramatic plays, improvisations, musical theater, and films

LITERARY ARTS

These are written creative arts intended to be read that could be mainly categorized into prose and poetry

PROSE

Literary Arts

in paragraph form such as short stories, novels, essays, and plays

POETRY

Literary Arts

which is in stanza form composed of lines (such as narrative poems, lyric poems, and dramatic poems)

APPLIED ARTS

are created with aesthetic and functional goals for everyday or special use

FINE ARTS

have no functional purposes other than for beautification

APPLIED ARTS

includes architecture, industrial design, fashion design, interior design, and graphic art and design (including computer graphics)

APPLIED ARTS

includes most types of decorative art like furniture, carpets, embroidery, batik, jewelry, precious metalwork, pottery, goldsmithing, basketry, mosaic art, and even glassware

APPLIED ARTS

includes illuminated manuscripts and book illustration