Contemporary Arts, Art, and Art Through the Ages

Art

  • anything that stirs emotion in you

  • produced by human creativity and skills to express oneself

  • comes in many form or disciplines such as literary and media arts but most familiar of which is the visual and performing arts

  • derived from Aryan root word “to join or put together”

  • Artizein (Greek - to prepare), Arkiskein (Greek to put together)

  • Skill (Latin - Ars/Artis), Techne (Greek)


  • Ramon Orlina

  • glass scuptor

Contemporary Arts

  • art of today, which is democratic, encompassing, and new

  • derived from the Latin prefix “con” which means “together”, and “tempus” which means “time”

  • placed as the art produced after the 1945  or the the 1960s

Art Through the Ages

  1. greek (technique)

  2. roman (skill)

  3. christian (craftsmanship)

  4. renaissance (genius design)

  5. modern (fine arts)

  6. romantic (self-explanation)

  7. contemporary (new art forms)