Art Appreciation

Art

Originates from the Latin word "ars," meaning a specialized form of skill or craft like carpentry or surgery.

Assumptions in Art

• Art is Universal - Timeless and inherited 

• Art is not nature - Expression and Interpretation. 

• Art involves experience - Uses five (5) senses

Plato's View on Art

Art is imitation and considered dangerous.

Aristotle's View on Art

Art is an imitation or representation of nature, imagination, ideas, and reality

Immanuel Kant on Art

Art is subjective taste based on emotions and universal taste for appreciation.

Artist

A person with exceptional skills in visual and/or performing arts.

Artisan

A skilled tradesperson making things by hand.

Visual Arts

Creative expressions appealing to the sense of sight.

Performing Arts

Includes music, dance, and drama.

Digital Arts

Any practice utilizing digital technology.

Painting

Application of pigment to a surface, like Juan Luna's "Spoliarium."

Sculpture

Three-dimensional art created through molding, carving, welding, casting, and assembling, like Guillermo Tolentino's "U.P. Oblation."

Nature

The most popular source of objective art

People

Human subjects, whether real or imaginedHistory

History

Depict real events which are verifiable facts that occurred in the past

Legends

Present to viewers of the art something tangible even when unverified

Religion

Based on the sacred texts

Mythology

Based on the stories of the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece, Rome, Celts, Norse and the Egyptians

Dreams and Fantasies

The intrigue of the unconscious that inspires the artists to present it through art for others to see, relate and interpret

Technology

Tall buildings and machinery are also subject matter for the artists

Naturalism

Greek deities are depicted in idealized human form

Realism

Depicts the artist’s attempt to portray the subject as it is.

Abstraction

Involves the process of simplifying or reorganizing characteristics and elements of the work to adhere to the artist’s level of artistic expression.

Distortion

Figures have been so arranged that their proportions differ significantly from reality.

Elongation

The subject is stretched vertically and/or some parts lengthened to give the impression of thinness

Mangling

Artists show the subject as cut, lacerated, mutilated, or hacked with repeated blows

Cubism

Presented through the use of figures

Symbolism

Adds a mysterious quality to the artwork that invites viewers to uncover

Fauvism

Did not express ethical, philosophical, or psychological themes but painted pictures of comfort, joy, and pleasure.

Dadaism

“hobby horse”

A revolt against tradition and aims to show the wickedness of society

Futurism

highlights the technology of modern life.

Pointilism

A technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image

Surrealism

Emphasized the activities of the unconscious mind

Impressionism

An attempt to accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and color

Expressionism

Depicts the emotions aroused by objects and events, subjects involve chaos, sadness, tragedy, and defeat.