Art Appreciation

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• is something that is perennially around us. Some people may deny having to do with the arts but it is indisputable that life presents us with many forms of and opportunities for communion with the arts

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Art

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• The word “Art” comes from the ancient latin, “ars” which means a “craft or specialized form of skill, like carpentry or smithying or surgery” (Collingwood 1938).

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Art

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• Early Renaissance artists saw their activities merely as craftmanship, devoid of a whole intonation that are attached to the word now.

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Art

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• It is a manifestation of human experiences.

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Art

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•It was during the seventeenth century when the problem and idea of the aesthetics, the study of beauty, began to unfold distinctly from the notion of technical workmanship, which was the original conception of the word “art”. It was finally in the eighteenth century when the word has evolved to distinguish between the fine arts and the useful arts.

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Art History

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• The fine arts would come to mean “not delicate or highly skilled arts, but ‘beautiful’ arts” (Collingwood, 1938).

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Art History

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o We appreciate art when we understand what does it convey to us. Art is self-expression.

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1. Art is everywhere (Assumptions of Art)

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o Nature is not an art because it is God’s creation. Art should be created by a man; his creation is just a basis for artists to come up with a certain subject particularly nature.

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2. Art is not nature (Assumptions of Art)

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o By imitating the nature, it is creative just like Mother Nature. Although every new state produced seems imitated, it includes the new and different in it.

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3. Art is imitating and creating (Assumptions of Art)

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o Artist duplicate things they like, and eliminate the undesirable elements in nature to convey their message of love and beauty.

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4. Art perfect nature ( Assumptions of Art)

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o It let us express ourselves in a way that we want.

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5. Art message is universal (Assumptions of Art)

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o Art is an avenue to express one’s feelings, emotions, or ideas, which came from one’s experiences.

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6. Art involves experience (Assumptions of Art)

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It expands our knowledge of human cultures ad help us understand what binds us together and what differentiates us from one another. In addition to these high-level insights, they also provide practical applications that can enhance your professional skills and give you a competitive edge.

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Humanities

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Study o human in the individual, cultural, societal and experiential sense.

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Humanities

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• When one speaks of function one is practically talking about the use of the object whose function is in question. An inquiry on the function of art is an inquiry on what art is for. Alternatively, the answer to the question “What is it for?” is the function of whatever “it” in the question refers to.

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Function of Art

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• Suppose one asks, what is the Rizal Monument for? Why is it erected in Rizal’s Park or what then was called Luneta or Bagumbayan? Is it for pure sentimental value? Is it for its aesthetic value? Or does it send a message to those who witness it? In this string of questions, the inquirer is hoping to get the function of the piece of art in Rizal’s park.

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Function of Art

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• It serves as more than just a piece of art; it embodies historical significance, cultural identity, national pride, aesthetic appreciation, and a reminder of the values that Filipinos should uphold.

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Function of Art

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• When it comes to function, different art forms come with distinctive functions. There is no one-to-one correspondence between an art and its function. Some art forms are more functional than others.

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Function of Art

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• Architecture, for example, as an art is highly functional just like most applied arts.

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Function of Art

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• Other examples are paintings, poems, and statues. The name of the art basically points toward the direction of the product or its function.

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Function of Art

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Three Functions of Art

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1. Personal Function

2. Social Function

3. Physical Function

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• are varied and highly subjective. This means that its functions depend on the person – the artist who created the art. An artist may create an art out of the need for self-expression. This is the case for an artist who needs to communicate an idea to his audience. It can also be mere entertainment for his intended audience.

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Personal Function of Art

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•art is considered to have a social function if and when it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest. Political art is a very common example of an art with a social function. Photography as an art form, delivers this kind of function by taking photos of subjects in conditions that people do not normally take a look at or give attention to. Pictures of poverty may carry emotional overtones that may solicit action or awareness from their audience.

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Social Function of Art

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• are the easiest to spot and understand. The physical functions of art can be found in artworks that are crafted in order to serve some physical purpose.

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Physical Function of Art