Ways of presenting the subject in art

1. THE NATURE OF
ART

2. ART APPRECIATION

3. RELEVANCE OF ART
APPRECIATION
Art has played a significant role throughout
our history. It will continue to be part of our
future and the future of our loved ones for
many generations to come.

4. RELEVANCE OF ART
APPRECIATION
• Art is not meant to be looked at only for
what it is.

5. RELEVANCE OF ART
APPRECIATION
• Art Appreciation develops an open mind
and understanding that there is more than
just
one solution. It also helps to develop an
appreciation for each other and celebrate
each
individuality

6. IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING ART
APPRECIATION AND PHILOSOPHY
Having appreciation for art also helps us to
develop an appreciation for each other and
how we are all unique in our own way.

7. IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING ART
APPRECIATION AND PHILOSOPHY
Develop Literacy and Communications
Skills.
Make sense of our world
Philosophy – from Greek, by way of Latin,
philosophia, “love of wisdom”

8. MEANING OF HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
Humanities
• Latin word humanus, meaning refined or
cultured human.
• Stories, the ideas, and the words that
help us make sense of our lives and our
world (White, 1997).

9. MEANING OF HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
Art Appreciation
referred to the knowledge of the general
and everlasting qualities that classify all
great art.

10. MEANING OF HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
Art Appreciation
Referred to the pursuit of knowledge and
understanding of the universal and
timeless qualities characterizing works of
art.

11. MEANING OF HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
Art Appreciation
The ability to interpret and understand
human-made arts and enjoy them through
actual work experience with art tools and
materials

12. MEANING OF HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
Art Appreciation
Possession of the works of art for one’s
admiration and satisfaction.

13. MEANING OF HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
Art Appreciation
The knowledge and understanding of the
general and everlasting qualities that
classify all great art

14. MEANING OF HUMANITIES AND
ART APPRECIATION
Art Appreciation
Analysis of the form of artwork to the
general audience to enhance their
enjoyment and satisfaction of the works of
art.

15. WHAT IS ART?

16. WHAT IS ART?
SISTINE CHAPEL

17. WHAT IS ART?
BIRTH OF VENUS

18. WHAT IS ART?
SPOLARIUM

19. WHAT IS ART?
MANGO PICKERS

20. DEFINING ART
• Art is derived from the Latin word “ars,” meaning
ability or skill - J.V. Estolas
• Art is taken from the Italian word “artis” which means
craftsmanship, skill, mastery of
form, and ideas between material and technique-
A.Tan
• Art is a product of man’s need to express himself.-
F.Zulueta
• Art is that which brings life in harmony with the world.
- Plato
• Art is the life that helps us to realize the truth. - Pablo
Picasso
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21. DEFINING ART
(4) standard essentials of arts
1. Art is human made, not God made
2. Art is creative, not imitative
3. Art benefits and benefits man- when he uses
Art in practical life through artistic principles,
taste, and skill
4. Art is expressed through a particular medium
or material by which the artist
communicated himself to his fellows
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22. WAYS OF DEFINING ART
PHILOSPHY OF ART
Three categories
• Art as Representation: Mimesis
• Art as Expression of Emotional Content
• Art as Form
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23. WAYS OF DEFINING ART
PHILOSPHY OF ART
Art as Representation: “Mimesis “
• PLATO first developed the idea of art as
“Mimesis “ in Greek , means copying or
imitation.
• Until the end of the 18th century, a work of
art was valued on the basis of how faithfully
it replicated its subject.
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PHILOSPHY OF ART
• This definition of “good art” has a profound
impact on modern contemporary artists.
Gordon Graham writes, “It leads people to place
a high value on very lifelike portraits such as
those by the great masters --- Michelangelo,
Rubens, Velasquez and so on – and to raise
questions about the value of “modern” art– the
cubist distortions of Picasso, the surrealist figures
of Joan Miro, the abstracts of Kandinsky or the
“action” paintings of Jackson Pollock.”
The Ugly Duchess
Quentin Massys
(1513)

24. WAYS OF DEFINING ART
PHILOSPHY OF ART
Art as Expression of Emotional
Content
• Expression became important during
the Romantic Movement with artwork
expressing a definite feeling, as in the
sublime or dramatic.
• Artists look to connect with and evoke
responses from their viewers.
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American Gothic
Grant Wood (1930)

25. WAYS OF DEFINING ART
PHILOSPHY OF ART
Art as Form
• Immanuel Kant, one of the most influential
theorists at the end of 18th century, believed
that:
Art should not have a concept but should
be judged only on its formal qualities because
the content of a work of art is not aesthetic
interest.
• Formal qualities became particularly
important when art became more abstract in
the 20th century and the principles of art and
design (balance, rhythm, harmony, unity)
were used to define and assess art.
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The Guitarist
Picasso (1903 – 1904)

26. HISTORY OF HOW ART IS DEFINED
• 11th century – end of 17th century
Art was anything done with skill as the result
of knowledge and practice.
• Romantic Period of 18th century, as a reaction
to Enlightenment, ART is defined as not just
being something done with skill, but
something that was also created in the pursuit
of beauty and to express the artist’s emotions.
• Avant-garde art movement began in 1850s
with the realism of Gustave Courbet.
Followed by modern art movements such as
cubism, futurism and surrealism.
• The originality in art still persists, leading to
ever more genres and manifestations of art.
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27. IMPORTANCE
OF ART

28. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Timeless of Art
• The art constitutes of the oldest and most
important means of expression developed by
man. Art is not only found in all ages; but it is
present in all countries.
• No matter what epoch or country, there is always
art.
• Works of arts have been preserved because they
meet the needs of people and because they are
appreciated and enjoyed.
• The timelessness about art makes people feel it is
not old; art does not grow old.
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29. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art Imitates Life and Reality
Art is born in experience; it is the
footprint of fingerprints of the artists
experience life in a reality.
Some artworks, therefore, are
statements, which probed and
analyzed concepts of life and reality
during their time.
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30. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Aesthetic Value or art for the sake as
championed by Oscar Wilde.
John Keats expresses this with poetic
lines:
"Beauty is truth, truth is beauty; that is
all you know on earth and all you need
to know'"
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31. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Didactic Value advocates that art can
be an effective means to show what is
moral, that art can improve the moral
fiber of society
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32. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Religious Value of art is
supposed to increase awareness
of man's
relationship with God and to
promote better and stronger bonds
between God and man
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33. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Historical Value is present if an
art tells us something significant
aspects
about the past such as the
painting of the first holy mass at
Limasawa
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34. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Socio-Political Value such as that
can be gleaned from Juan Luna's
painting, "spolarium" from Jose Rizal's
novel "Noli Me Tangere" and "EI
Filibusterismo" which clarify some
problems of society and government
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35. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Scientific Value is an art if it
informs us about the earth,
outerspace, psychology,
numbers, etc.
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36. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Commercial Value exist if
the artwork can sell for a
fortune
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37. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Pragmatic Value of art
considers not only aesthetic
but also its practical
value of artwork.
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38. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Therapeutic Value of art
has been explored by
medical sciences.
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39. IMPORTANCE OF ART
Art has Intrinsic Worth
Personal Value art can lead to
self-discovery, greater self-
awareness, self-development,
self-expression which at the
same time form of
communication and ideally self-
fulfillment.
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40. ASSUMPTIONS
OF ARTS

41. ART IS UNIVERSAL
Art is a universal phenomenon and is
as old as human being.
Every society has its own art, which
is encouraged and molded by the
patronage it gets from its members.
Artists as members of society create
such works, of art in accordance with
the existing relations in the society.
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42. ART IS UNIVERSAL
• Art is available to everyone.
• It is a means of
communication.
• Is timeless
• Addresses human needs
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43. ART IS CULTURAL
• The sensitivity and imagination of
an artist is what can make a
culture.
• Art defines culture
• Art is an articulation and
transmission of new information
and values.
• Example, when you think of Paris,
you usually think about Eiffel tower
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44. ART IS EXPERIENCE
• Art then is not merely the process by
artist; it involves both the artist and the
active observer who encounter each
other, their mental environments, and
their culture at large.
• The creation of art must be something
of personal and knowledgeable value.
• "A work of an art then cannot be
abstracted from actual doing. In order
to know what an artwork, we have to
sense it, see and hear it."
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45. CREATIVITY

46. CREATIVITY
•The English word
creativity comes from
the Latin term creare,
"to create,make":

47. It is a phenomenon whereby
something new and somehow
valuable is formed.
The created item may be intangible
(such as an idea, a scientific
theory, a musical composition, or a
joke)
or a physical object (such as an
invention, a printed literary work, or a
painting).
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48. IMAGINATION

49. It is the ability to produce and
simulate novel objects, peoples and
ideas in the mind without any
immediate input of the senses.
It is also described as the forming of
experiences in one's mind, which
can
be re-creations of past experiences
such as vivid memories with
imagined
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IMAGINATION

50. Imagination helps make knowledge
applicable in solving problems and is
fundamental to integrating
experience and the learning process.
Imagination is a cognitive process
used in mental functioning and
sometimes used in conjunction with
psychological imagery. It is
considered as such because it
involves thinking about possibilities.
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IMAGINATION

51. “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
-Pablo Piccasso

52. “Art is the proper task of life.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

53. “Art is to console those who are broken by life.”
-Vincent Van Gogh

54. ACTIVITY
My Personal Definition of Art
Write a 6 stanza poem, giving
your own definition/
understanding about ART.

55. Solmerano, Ernesto Thaddeus M.
Art Appreciation (2019)
Art Appreciation 2nd Edition by Remedios
A. Sanchez, Minsoware S. Bacolod,
Conrado F. Vidal / ©2023
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