Name: Nicole S.
Cervales Year & Section: BSBA 2A
Subject: Art Appreciation – GEC 106 Week: FINAL
EVALUATION
Discuss the following: Provide extra sheet of paper if necessary.
1. What are the important things the viewer or audience to derive meaning from
the artwork?
Viewers or audience must understand the visual elements where art was grounded
on and have a certain level of awareness to the style, form and content of the said
artwork. Art speaks to its audience or viewers in different ways. It teaches us to
understand things in our own perspective. Ever since, art has been a medium of
expression, it has been a creative way of telling or showing the people of the artist’s
stance against something, or even just what the artists feels when he/she did the
artwork. And what’s amusing about it is the artist gets different opinions about his/her
work. Which we really can’t tell whether it’s right or wrong, because art speaks to the
audience’s souls, and it cannot be constrained to one universal idea, where art breaks
the barrier within.
Art would always be there, to make us think, make us cry, make us laugh, make us
think differently and independently. The meaning wouldn’t be the same with your
friends or other people and vice versa. It’s up to us how would we look at itt in our own
perspective. Deriving meaning from art is a tricky thing, but once you’ve got the hang of
it and it gives you meaning, then the purpose and goals of art has been met.
2. In what ways are Chinese and Japanese art similar? In what ways are they
different?
Both Chines and Japanese artworks are concrete manifestations of their cultural
identity as a people. As mentioned in the module, China influenced Japan in terms of
painting. The Japanese style of painting learned towards abstract and naturalistic
handling. Although the Chinese influenced them, the Japanese adopted a more
minimalist take on their paintings. This is a stark contract with the extravagant and
sometimes over-the-top designs of the Chinese. Japanese art is done with the purpose of
embracing spontaneity as well as individuality. There are many similarities with
Chinese painting, however those differences would become more prominent when the
nation would isolate itself from the world from the 17th century to the 19th century.
The difference between the two is Chinese art is complex and often highly
decorative and known for its paper and silk paintings made by the brush soaked in
black or colored ink. On the other hand, Japanese art tends toward austere simplicity;
the term elegant comes to mind in that the simplest of solution to a design challenge is
preferred and it presents itself with a number of varieties, such as sculpture made by
wood and bronze, ancient pottery, ink painting on silk and paper, oil painting,
calligraphy and etc.
3. How did art become a reflection of Philippines society?
Art is a reflection society. The arts of the Philippines reflect a society with diverse
cultural influences and traditions. Arts includes various branches of painting, music,
literature, dance and other creative activity, they have a significant impact on society,
religion, and education, thus deserve the same reverence bestowed upon the sciences.
Art is not only an expression of beauty and creativity; it is also a reflection of the times.
This is also the main reason why art is an ever changing medium. The evolution of is
manifested in all its forms.
For example, during the pre-colonial time, our tales, riddles, proverbs among others,
depicted the life of our ancestors through these. During the time of Jose Rizal, Marcelo
del Pilar, Graciano Lopez-Jaena; their writings reflect the society’s condition during the
Spanish time. And we know how Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo depicted
the hardships experienced of the Filipinos in the hands of the colonial invaders. While
during American invasion, Filipino’s medium of writing (use of English language) and
its content also change.
Aside from literature, there are other arts such as architectural design, music,
dance, painting etc. that reveal the life, culture, and traditions of the time when they
were produced. Different forms of arts in the Philippines mirror our society which has
diverse cultural influences from east to west and diverse traditions from Luzon to
Mindanao. Filipino’s arts are influenced by the current situation of the societ when it
was produced.
4. To what extent can art help in the formation of society’s culture?
Arts forms has always been created to communicate important messages and to
inspire people to act and think. Arts help in the formation of a society’s culture to the
extent of changing people’s perspective and opinions to one object into something new
that we can get information in a creative way. It’s instilling values and translating
experiences of an artist by showing it in different kinds of art form, where many people
can see it. And art makes us experience what experiences by simply viewing their
artwork. We can now express ourselves to everyone our true selves through different
art forms. We can also adopt other country’s culture through the common medium we
are using right now.
