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Course Code and Title: HUME I - Art Appreciation

Lesson 1: The Importance, Meaning, and Assumptions of Art

Topic: This topic introduces the importance of art as a part or component of our
dynamic civilization and art as an essential form of expression and communication in
our daily existence. Art's meaning covers its etymological to the modern definition
and how man sees it variably and relatively from a person, time, and place. The
assumptions tackle the principles and sources of appreciating art and establish the
margin and boundary of the responsibility and duty in fulfilling what man is capable
of doing.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, 90-95% of the students should be able to:
1. State the meaning and importance of art
2. Discuss the function of art concerning oneself, community, relation to
others, and the world.
3. Point out how art satisfies personal and psychological needs.
Pre-Assessment: Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank
provided.
_____ 1. The Latin word for art.
A. art B. ars C. arte
_____ 2. The function of art is being used to provide comfort, happiness, and convenience
to a human being.
A. Aesthetic function
B. Personal function
C. Cultural function
_____ 3. The visual art that applies pigment (color) on any flat two-dimensional surfaces.
A. Architecture
B. Sculpture
C. Painting
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_____ 4. The performing art, which is a series of still images that create an illusion of
moving images when shown on a screen.
A. Film
B. Literary
C. Theater
_____ 5. Applied art of applying design, aesthetics, and natural beauty to clothing and its
accessories.
A. Fashion design
B. Furniture design
C. Interior design

Lesson Presentation:
ART
• 13th Century French word – skill as a result of learning or practice
• Latin word ars – ability or practical skills
• (Plato) – brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world
• (Dewey) – an attitude of spirit; a state of mind
• (Oscar Wilde) – most intense mode of individualism that the world has known
• (Elbert Hubbard) – not a thing – it is away
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FOUR COMMON ESSENTIALS OF ART
1. Art has to be human-made
2. Art must be creative, not imitative
3. Art must benefit and satisfy the man
4. Art is expressed through an individual medium or material by which the artist
communicates himself to his audiences.
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Art Appreciation - is being able to look at a work of art and form a wise opinion of the work.
It deals with learning or understanding and creating artworks and enjoying them.

Assumptions of Art
1. Art is universal, everywhere
2. Art is not nature, human-made
3. Art involves experience, demands taking part.

Functions of Art
1. Personal 3. Cultural function
2. Social 4. Aesthetic function
5. Spiritual function

Essential Philosophical Perspectives of Art

1. (Plato) Art is nemesis – Art is an imitation of an imitation
2. (Aristotle) Art as representation – the aim of art is not to represent the outward
appearance of things but their inward significance
3. (Kant) Art for art's sake – that art has its reason for being. It is an autonomous
creation
4. Art as an escape – the sacred level of art not only transforms something into art but
also transforms the artist at the very core of his or her being
5. Art as functional – meant to be used, enrich lives, be spiritually potent, educate,
support or protest existing power structures, entertain, and so on.

CATEGORIES / CLASSIFICATIONS OF ART

Visual Arts (2D; 3D)
1. Painting – the application of pigment (color) on any flat two-dimensional surfaces
2. Sculpture – the carving, modeling, casting, constructing, and assembling of
materials and object into primarily three-dimensional works of art
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3. Architecture – the art and science of planning, designing, and constructing buildings
and nonbuilding structures for human shelter or use (3D)

Performing/Combined Arts
1. Music
2. Dance
3. Film
4. Theater
5. Literary
6. Performance Poetry

CATEGORIES / CLASSIFICATIONS OF ART

Digital Arts – art made with the assistance of electronic devices, or intended to be
displayed on a computer, is the most important element in digital art.
a. photography
Applied Arts – the application of design and decoration to everyday objects to make them
aesthetically pleasing.
a. Fashion design

Activity/Evaluation:

I. Answer three (3) questions briefly but precisely (Individual output)

1. If you were an artist, what kind of artist would you be?

2. What field or form of art would you explore or engage in? Why?
3. How can you utilize the arts to express yourself, your community, your relation to others,
and the world?
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4. Why is art, not nature?

5. Why does art involve experience?

II. Read the following statements carefully. Identify what is being described in the
statement and write your answers on the space provided.
__________________ 1. Deals with the learning or understanding and creating artworks
and enjoying them.
__________________2. The philosophical thought according to Plato that art is an imitation
of the real that was an imitation of the ideal.

__________________ 3. The function of art that is used to affect collective behavior. It

bridges connection among people.
__________________ 4. It is the study of objects or works of art in their historical
development and stylistic contexts.
__________________ 5. An artwork functions when it becomes instrumental for man to
become cognizant of the beauty of nature.
__________________ 6. An assumption in the art that wherever men have lived together,
art has sprung up among them as a language charged with
feeling and significance.
__________________ 7. Art that is made with the assistance of electronic devices, or
intended to be displayed on a computer.
__________________ 8. It is an artist’s trait developed in the course of his life to solve
problems or express his feelings.
__________________ 9. It is the application of design and decorations to everyday objects
to make them aesthetically pleasing.
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__________________ 10. The function of art when it is being used to provide comfort,
happiness, and convenience to human beings.

POINTS TO REMEMBER

1. The word art comes from the Latin word ars.

2. Assumptions of Art:
● universal
● not nature
● involves experience
3. Functions of Art
● personal
● social
● cultural
● aesthetic
● spiritual
4. Categories of Art
● visual (painting, sculpture, architecture)
● performing / combined arts ( music, dance, film, theater, literary)
● digital art (animation, photography)
● applied art (fashion, furniture, graphic)
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