Meaning Of Art (2).docx

Meaning of Art French Word “Art”- skill as a result of learning or practice. Latin Word “ars”- ability or practical skills.

As ability, art is the human capacity to make things that stir us; it is creativity. As process, art encompasses acts such as drawing, painting, sculpting, designing buildings, singing, dancing, and using the camera to create images or memorable works. As product, art is the completed work, etching, a sculpture, a structure, a musical composition, choreography, or tapestry.

Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world. –Plato Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one that demands for its satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of

matter to new and more significant form. –John Dewey

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. - Oscar Wilde

Art is not a thing – it is a way. – Elbert Hubbard 4 Common Essentials of art: 1. Art has to be man-made. 2. Art must be creative, not imitative. 3. Art must benefit and satisfy man.

4. Art is expresses through a certain medium or material by which the artist communicates himself to his audiences.

Humanities is a loosely defined group of cultural subject areas, which we refer to the Arts.

Creativity is an artist trait developed in the course of one’s life to solve problems or express his feelings. The birth of new idea and method. The solution to a vision, create art, or active social transformation.

The method of creativeness is composed of the artist, being the prime mover, his thoughts, communicated through the performer, and the audience as a judge. – artistic process-

Art transforms us into highly cultured, dignified, and upright human beings. The art may beautify our humanity.

Modern definition of humanities/art

-Brings out the good and noble in us. Through the arts, we come to know and understand the changing image of man as he journeys across time, searches for the reality,

and strives to achieve the ideals that create the meaning of life. Art appreciation (humanities) is being able to look at a work of art and form a wise opinion of the work. Knowledge, background, understanding of the universal and timeless qualities that comprise all work of art.

-deals with the learning or understanding and creating artworks and enjoying them.

Assumptions of Art Universal – art is everywhere. Not Nature – is man-made. Involves Experience

– depiction of our experiences. Functions of Art 1. Personal – provides comfort, happiness, and convenience to humans. 2. Social – art conveys sense of family, community, or civilization. 3. Cultural – helps preserve, share, and transmit culture of people from one generation to another.

4. Aesthetic – becomes influential for man to be aware of the beauty of nature. 5. Spiritual – reinforces religious or spiritual support of a culture. Basic Philosophical Perspectives of Art 1. Mimesis (Plato) – imitation of the real that was an imitation of the ideal. 2. Representation (Aristotle) – the aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward significance. 3. Art for art’s sake (Kant) – has its own reason for being. (beautiful whole)

4. Escape – transforms the artist at the very core of his or her being. 5. Function – enriches lives to be spiritually potent, educate, support or protest existing power structures, to entertain and so on.

Categories/Classification of Art 1. Visual Arts (2D, 3D) a. Painting – the application of pigment (color).

b. Sculpture – the carving, modelling, casting, constructing and assembling of materials and objects. c. Architecture – the art and science of planning, designing and constructing buildings and non-building structures for human shelter. 2. Performing/Combined Arts

a. Music – an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. b. Dance – is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way through music (idea or emotion.) c. Film – movie or motion picture. d. Theater – is a collaborative form of art. e. Literary – spoken or written work of art. f. Performance poetry

3. Digital Art – made with the assistance of electronic devices. 4. Applied Arts – the application of design and decoration to everyday objects to make them aesthetically pleasing.

a.Fashion Design – clothing and accessories. b. Furniture design – function and fashion collide. c.Interior design – to create more aesthetical pleasing environment.

d. Graphic Design – process of effective communication. (combined words, images, and symbols.)