2. Jean Paul Sartre
-A famous French philosopher of
the 20th century
-Described the role of art as a
creative work that depicts the
world in a completely different
light and perspective, and the
source is due to human freedom
Art Appreciation as a Way of Life
3. The Role of Creativity in Art
Making
Creativity
-Requires thinking outside the box
-Often used to solve problems that have never
occurred before, conflate functions and style and
simply make life a more unique and enjoyable
experience
-Sets apart one artwork from another
-A creative artist embraces originality
4. Art as a Product of Imagination,
Imagination as a Product of Art
Albert Einstein
-German physicist
-He demonstrated that knowledge is
actually derived from imagination
-“Imagination is more important than
knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all
we know and understand, while imagination
embraces the entire world, and all there
ever will be to know and understand”
5. Imagination
-It is not constrained by the walls of the norm,
but goes beyond that.
-Through this, one is able to craft something
bold, new and better in the hopes of creating
something that will stimulate change.
-Allows endless possibilities.
6. Art as Expression
Robin George Collingwood
-English Philosopher
-Best known for his work in aesthetics,
explicated in his publication The principles of
art that what an artist does to an emotion is
not to induce it , but express it
-Through expression, he is able to explore his
own emotions and create something beautiful
out of them
7. Forms of Art Expression
o Visual Art
o Film
o Performance Art
o Poetry Performance
o Architecture
o Dance
o Literary Art
o Theater Art
o Applied Art
8. Visual Art
-Creations that appeals to the sense of sight and are mainly
visual in nature.
-The kind of art form that the population is most likely more
exposed to, but its variations are so diverse
9. Mediums of Visual Arts
oPainting
oDrawings
oLetterings
oPrinting
oSculptures
oDigital Imaging
10. Film
-refers to the art of putting together
successions of still images in order to create
and illusion of movement
-Can be created by using one or a
combination of some or all of these
techniques:
oMotion picture camera (movie camera)
oAnimation Techniques
oComputer-generated Imagery
12. Performance Art
- A live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he
or she uses to perform
Important Elements
oTime
oWhere the performance took
place
oThe performer’s or
performer’s body
oRelationship between the
audience and the performer
13. Poetry Performance
Poetry
-An art form where the artist
expresses his emotions through
words
-It uses a word’s emotional,
musical and spatial values that go
beyond its literal meaning to
narrate, emphasize, argue or
convince
14. Architecture
- The making of beautiful buildings
Important Elements that a building
should embody to merit the title
architecture:
o Plan
o Construction
o Design
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
15. Dance
- A series of movements that
follows the rhythm of the
music accompaniment
- A creative form that allows
people to freely express
themselves
16. Literary Art
- It focuses on writing using a unique style, not following
a specific format or norm
- It may include both fiction and non-fiction such as
novels, biographies and poems
17. Example of Famous Artist and their Works:
Antoine de Saint-Exupery William Shakespeare
18. Theater
-uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience
Elements in Theater
oActing
oGesture
oLighting
oSound effects
oMusical score
oScenery
oProps
Genres of Theater
oDrama
oMusical
oTragedy
oComedy
oImprovisation
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
19. Applied Arts
- Incorporating elements of style and design to
everyday items with the aim of increasing their
aesthetical value
- Artists in this field bring beauty, charm and
comfort into many things that are useful in
everyday life
- Industrial design, interior design, fashion design
and graphic design
