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Module 2 Understanding Art

This document provides an overview of key philosophical perspectives on art. It discusses three main categories: personal art and the individual, social art and culture/society, and physical art and the physical world. For each category, it outlines some of the main ideas and provides examples. The personal perspective focuses on how art functions for individuals. The social perspective examines how art influences social behavior, is used for display/celebration, and describes social experiences. The physical perspective looks at art that serves physical purposes. It also briefly introduces the perspectives of Plato, Aristotle, and Kant on art and aesthetics.

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Module 2 Understanding Art

This document provides an overview of key philosophical perspectives on art. It discusses three main categories: personal art and the individual, social art and culture/society, and physical art and the physical world. For each category, it outlines some of the main ideas and provides examples. The personal perspective focuses on how art functions for individuals. The social perspective examines how art influences social behavior, is used for display/celebration, and describes social experiences. The physical perspective looks at art that serves physical purposes. It also briefly introduces the perspectives of Plato, Aristotle, and Kant on art and aesthetics.

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Prelims

UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

a. Understand the functions of art for the individual as well as how it is


significant for cultures and societies; and
b. Explain and discuss some of the key philosophical perspectives on art.
Personal 1
• Art and the Individual
Art
Social 2
• Art, Culture, and Society

Physical 3
• Art and the Physical World
Personal 1

ART AND THE INDIVIDUAL


• The personal functions of art are varied
and highly subjective. This means that its
functions depend on the person- the
artist who created the art.
Edvard Munch
“Anxiety”
1894
Social 2 ART, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
1. Influencing Social Behavior
• It seeks or tends to influence the
collective behavior of a people.

2. Display and Celebration


• It is created to be seen or used primarily
in public situations.

3. Social Description
• It expresses or describes the social or
collective aspect of existence as opposed
to individual and personal kinds of
experiences.
EXAMPLES
Influencing Social Behavior Social Description
We Can Do It Poster. Manunggul Jar

Display and Celebration


Pahiyas Festival
Physical 3

ART AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD


• The physical functions of art can be found in artworks that are crafted to serve
some physical purpose.
Art
Plato | Aristotle | Immanuel Kant
Art as an imitation.
In The Republic, a renowned masterpiece of
Plato, he described the artists as imitators
and art as mere imitation or mimesis.
Art as representation.
“The aim of art is to represent not the
outward appearance of things, but their
inward significance”.

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Kant considered the judgment of beauty, the
cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal
despite its subjectivity.

Art as disinterested judgment.


Art
Plato | Aristotle | Immanuel Kant
Questions?
Magararu, R. P., Gutierrez, C. F., Estonactoc, K. J., & Peroy, J. M. (2021, August).
Learning Module in Art Appreciation. Retrieved January 2022, from
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in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
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