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dancing and using the camera to

create images or memorable
The Importance, Meaning, and Assumptions works.
of ART
PRODUCT
The importance of art ➔ Art is the completed work of
etching, a sculpture, a structure,
➔ Enhance daily experiences. a musical composition,
➔ Develop intellect to build choreography or tapestry.
positive character and
appreciate natural aesthetics. OTHER DEFINITIONS
➔ Perceive the world from diverse
viewpoints. PLATO
➔ Shapes behaviors, interpersonal ❖ Art is that which brings life in
and intrapersonal harmony with the beauty of the
communication, and world.
performances.
JOHN DEWEY
MEANING OF ART ❖ Art is an attitude of spirit, a
state of mind-one that demands
ART for its own satisfaction and
➔ French word which means skill fulfilling, a shaping of matter to
as a result of learning or new and more significant form.
practice
OSCAR WILDE
ARS ❖ Art is the most intense mode of
➔ Latin word meaning ability or individualism that the world has
practical skills known.

MEDIUM ELBER HUBBARD

➔ Art concerns itself with the ❖ Art is not a thing– it is a way.
communication of certain ideas
and feelings by means of a
THE FOUR (4) COMMON ESSENTIALS OF ART:
senses mediumlcolore, sound,
bronze, body, words and film.
01. ART HAS TO BE MAN MADE

ABILITY
02. ART MUST BE CREATIVE, NOT
➔ Art is the human capacity to
IMITATIVE
make things of beauty and
things that stir us; it is
03. ART MUST BENEFIT AND
creativity.
SATISFY MAN

04. ART IS EXPRESSED THROUGH A

PROCESS
CERTAIN MEDIUM OR MATERIAL
➔ Art encompasses acts, such as
BY WHICH THE ARTIST
drawing, painting, sculpting,
COMMUNICATES HIMSELF TO
designing, buildings, singing,
HIS AUDIENCES.
 b. Sculpture
➢ Carving, modelling, casting,
ART HISTORY & ART APPRECIATION constructing, and assembling of
materials and objects into
ART HISTORY primarily three dimensional
❖ The study of objects or works of works of art.
art in their historical
development and stylistic c. Artchitecture
contexts, i.e., genre, design, ➢ Art and science of planning
format, and style. designing, and constructing
buildings and non building
ART APPRECIATION structure for human shelter or
❖ Being able to look at a work of use (3D)
art and form a wise opinion of
the work. Deals with the 02. PERFORMING/COMBINES ARTS
learning or understanding and a. Music
creating artworks and enjoying ➢ An art from and cultural activity
them. whose medium is sound
organized in time.
ASSUMPTION OF ART
★ Art is Universal b. Dance
★ Art is NOT Nature ➢ Movement if the body in a
★ Art involves Experience rhythmic way, usually to music
and within a given space for the
FUNCTION OF ARTS purpose of expressing an idea or
01. PERSONAL emotion.
02. SOCIAL
03. CULTURAL FUNCTION c. Film
04. AESTHETIC FUNCTION ➢ Also called movie or motion
05. SPIRITUAL FUNCTION picture, is a series of still images
that when shown on a screen
BASIC PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ART creates an illusion of moving
images.
PLATO - art as mimesis
ARISTOTLE - art as representation d. Theater
KANT - art for art’s sake ➢ Collaboration form of art that
uses live performers, typically
Arts as an escape actors or actresses, to present
Art as functional the experience of a real or
imagined event before a live
CATEGORIES/CLASSIFICATION OF ART audience in a specific place,
often a stage.
01.VISUAL ARTS (2D), (3D)
a. Painting e. Literary
➢ Application of pigment on any ➢ Is concentrating the writing,
two dimensional surfaces. study or content of literature,
 specially of the study valued TWO KINDS OF ART AS TO OBJECT
quality of form.
❖ Representation or Objective
f. Performance poetry art
➢ Is poetry specifically composed ➔ Those arts that depict
for or during a performance (represent) objects that are
before an audience rather than commonly recognized by most
on print mostly open to people
improvisation. ➔ Attempt to copy
➔ Use “form” and concerned with
03. DIGITAL ARTS “what” is to be depicted in the
➢ It is the art that is made with artwork
the assistance of electronic ➔ Objective
devices, or intended to be Example:
displayed on a computer, which ★ STILL LIFE
is the most important element in ➔ A work of art depicting mostly
digital art. inanimate subject matter,
typically commonplace objects,
04. APPLIED ARTS which may be either natural or
a. Fashion Design man-made in an artificial
➢ Applying design, aesthetic, and setting.
natural beauty to clothing and
its accessories. ★ PORTRAIT
➔ Is a painting, photograph,
b. Furniture Design figure, or any other art forms in
➢ Specialized field where function which the face and its
and fashion collide. expression is predominant.

c. Interior Design
★ LANDSCAPES
➢ Enhancing the interior of a
➔ Seascape, Moonscapes,
building to achieve a healthier
Cityscapes.
and more asthetically pleasing
environment for the people
★ MYTHOLOGY
using space.
➔ And religion, Dreams and
Fantasies.
d. Graphic Design
➢ Artistic process of effective
communication, designers
❖ Non Represntational or Non
combine words, images, and
Objective Art
symbols to create a visual
➔ They are those arts without any
representation of ideas.
reference to anything outside
itself (without representation)
Subject and Content of Art
➔ Nonobjective
➔ Abstract
The subject of art is the matter to be
➔ Uses “content” and is concerned
described to be portrayed by the artist.
with “how” the artwork is
depicted.
 KEEPING ART
SOURCE OF THE SUBJECT OF ART
● NATIONAL PRIDE AND GLORY
01. NATURE - Nations keep art for
02. HISTORY economy and business.
03. GREEK AND ROMAN
MYTHOLOGY ● MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE
04. RELIGION
COLLECTIONS
05. SACRED ORIENTAL TEXTS
- Engages in varying levels
of education and
THE CONTENT OF ART
conservation practices.

➔ Meaning, message, and/or

● PRESERVATION AND
feeling imparted by a work of
art. RESTORATION
➔ Linked with form, which refers - Art is valuable.
to the pictorial aspects of arts.

3 LEVELS OF MEANING

FACTUAL MEANING
➔ The most common
➔ The literal statement or
narrative content in the work
that can be directly
apprehended because the
objects presented are easily
recognized.

CONVENTIONAL MEANING
➔ Refers to the special meaning
that a certain object or color has
for a particular culture or group
of people when it is shown in an
artwork.

SUBJECTIVE MEANING
➔ Refers to the individual meaning
deliberately and instinctively
expressed by the artist using a
personal symbolism that stems
from his own alliance with
certain objects, actions or colors
with past experiences.