ART APPRECIATION

Module 1
TOPIC: HUMANITIES AND ART APPRECIATION
Description of Art Appreciation
The Creation of Arts
Function of Arts
Purpose of Arts
Classification of Arts
DESCRIPTION OF ART APPRECIATION
 DESCRIPTION OF ART APPRECITION
• Ortiz at al., (1976) in their book presented different definitions of
humanities from ancient to present. Humanities was first applied to the
writings of ancient Latin authors, which were read not only for their
clarity of language and forceful literary style, but also, and more
specially, for their moral teaching.
• During the Medieval Age, the humanities dealt with the metaphysics of
the religion philosopher. The goal was the cultivation of the spiritual life
and the preparation for the hereafter.
• During Renaissance, the word came to refer to the set of disciplines
taught in the universities, which included grammar, rhetoric, history,
literature, music, philosophy, and theology-a body of knowledge aimed
to make man ‘human, cultured, and refined’.
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• At present, the humanities served to provide the student with certain
skills and values through arts.
• Elaborating and relating humanities from arts, Sanchez (2001) said
that the term ‘humanities’ refers to the arts-the visual arts such as
architecture, painting, and sculpture. Music, dance, the theatre or
drama, and the literature. They are the branches of learning concerned
with human being and his/her feelings and how he/she expresses those
feelings have always been the concern of the humanities.
• Art Appreciation is a way to express ideas and allows individuals to
illustrate their feelings when they view an artwork.
 THE CREATION OF ARTS

ARTISTE ARTI
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• The word ‘art’ is from the Latin word arti, which means
craftsmanship, inventiveness, mastery of form and skills. It includes
literature, music, paintings, photography, and sculpture.
• According to Marcos (2010) it usually refers to the so called ‘fine
arts’ like, graphics, plastics, and buildings, to the so called ‘minor
arts’ (everyday, useful, applied, and decorative arts). It is the process
of using our senses and emotions in making creative activities.
• Significantly, according to Goines (2004) the word artist comes
from the French word artiste and the Spanish word artista which
means “performer”. It is someone who creates art that is merely
trades and professions by which different people make their livings.
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• Artist is usually referred to as those who create within a context of the fine arts
such as acting, dancing, singing, drawing, filmmaking, painting, sculpture,
writing, and photography. They are those who use imagination and skill to
construct works that maybe judge to have aesthetic importance.
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Creativity is a characteristic of an artist that progressed in the extent of
his/her life to express feelings. Creativity was processed in three
significant phases namely;
1. The Creations of Ideas. Artists are usually impressionable persons.
They used their experiences as their basis in the making of dance,
picture, a poem, or a play or a song. For example, a composer may
write a song on the developing romance of a man and a woman, or
on the pants of a broken-hearted.
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2. The Creation of the Materials. The artist uses different materials or
mediums to give form to an idea. For example, a painter uses pigments;
a sculptor uses wood, metal or stone; an author uses words; and a
composer who uses musical sounds to determine the notes.
3. The Creation of Forms. There are diverse forms used by the artists
in expressing their ideas. It is a medium of artistic expression recognize
as fine art. This form is used to explain the physical nature of the
artwork like in metal sculpture, an oil painting, etc.
FUNCTIONS OF ARTS
 FUNCTION OF ARTS
Arts also serve several functions which are item outcome to its purpose
(Menoy, 2009), namely;

1. Individual Function- The artists

perform arts because of the passion
of their respective art forms. A
singer presents a concert for free
because of his advocacy and the
love of singing. For example,
Regine Velazquez (Asia's Songbird)
is well-known for possessing
extensive vocal range.
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2. Social Function- Man
associates with others through
his art performance that
arouses social consciousness.
Examples of this association
are the choral singing, group
dancing, public art exhibits
and other practices.
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3. Economic Functions- Arts
are emerging as a potent force
in the economic life of people
assumes an essential role as a
direct and indirect contributor
to state economies. Example of
this is by generating economic
vitality in under-performing
regions through crafts, tourism,
and cultural attractions.
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4. Political Functions- Art
provides a forum for ideas that
will lead to employment,
prestige, status, and power.
During election period, for
example, the candidates created
their artworks (poster) which
expresses their propaganda,
agendas and political views
about making a stable society.
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5. Historical Functions- Art is an
essential technique for information to
be recorded and preserved. It serves to
document or reconstruct historical
figure and events. Most arts that are in
Museums, for example, are filled with
amazing stories about the world most
excellent and most creative people who
brought us the treasures. By looking at
a work of art's colors, materials, and
symbolism, we can learn about the
story and culture that produced it in the
past.
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6. Cultural Functions- Art is
an articulation and
transmission of new
information and values.
Example, when you think of
Manila, you probably think of
Fort Santiago, Luneta Park,
and its world-renowned
churches, or the famous
Intramuros.
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7. Physical Functions-
Buildings are artistically
designed and constructed to
protect their occupants and make
their life inside more meaningful.
Architects, Industrial and
Graphic Designers, and Interior
Decorators share responsibility in
building environment that
balance forms and functions.
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8. Aesthetic Functions- Any
artwork means beauty. It is
visual spice for gracefully
adorned interiors and can bring
out the most elegant features of
different décor elements. It
reasonably reproduced visual
images which communicate
through fantastic persuasions
and meaningful words.
THE PURPOSE OF ARTS
 THE PURPOSE OF ARTS
• Creativity or imagination is the primary basis of art. Art is created
when an artist produces a stimulating experience that is considered by
his audience to have artistic merit. The artwork is the visual expression
of an idea or experience of an artist, through the use of a medium
(Frank, 2011).
• It allows expression of the individuality of the artist. Through artistic
endeavors, we can share what is important to us with others and can
learn about the values of feelings of those sharing art with us. Some
purposes of art are the following (Marcos et al., 2011).
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1. Create Beauty- Art is an
expression of our thoughts,
emotions, and intuitions. It is the
communication of concepts that
cannot be faithfully portrayed by
words alone. The Artist has
considered nature as the standard
of beauty. The example of beauty
can be in a snowy mountain scene,
and the art is the photograph of it
shown to the family.
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2.Provide Decoration-
Artworks are used to
create a pleasing
environment. It is intended
to beautify things to please
and amuse the viewers
through its colors and
patterns.
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3.Reveal Truth- Artwork

helped to pursue truth and
attempted to reveal about how
the world works. It is a kind
of language that allows artists
to send a message to the souls
of the recipients that help
change their attitudes, their
sensibility, and their ethics.
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4.Express Values- Arts can

illuminate our inner lives and
enrich our emotional world.
Through arts, the artist will be
encouraged to develop their
creativity, challenge, and
communication skills. It also
promotes self-esteem and
wellness.
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5.Commemorate
Experience- Art serves
to convey the personal
experiences of an artist
and record his
impression in his work.
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6.Create harmony -
An artist makes use
of the composition to
put an order in the
diverse content of his
work.
CLASSIFICATION OF ARTS
 CLASSIFICATION OF ARTS

• Many changes in the arts took place during the early

modern period. Its classification can be on many
characteristics, including form, shape, function, use, or
social context.
• Works of art are classified in many different ways,
namely:
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1. Visual Arts - These arts are those forms that create works which are
primarily visual (forms perceived by the eyes). The man can take the
beauty of nature through a piece of paper so that other people may
take time appreciating the image.
Examples of these arts include;
a. Painting - This form of visual art aims to evoke an emotion from the
viewers. It is practice by applying colors or other media to a surface
with a brush or other objects.
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b. Sculpture - This form of visual arts characterized as the art of
representing an imagined or observed objects in hard materials such as
glass, metals, or wood in three dimensions.
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c. Architecture - This form of art provides us the physical structure we
lived. It is a profound expression of human culture in a particular
period, and it will endure and outlive us in forms of monuments that
future generations will study and strive to understand.
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d. Drawings - This form of art enhances the way we see the world
around and conditions us to capture its details in a two-dimensional
medium. This has been acritical element of art throughout history and in
the contemporary art world.
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e. Photography - This form of art is a process of creating

portraits by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive
medium, such as electronic image sensors or photographic
films.
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2. Performing Arts - These arts are those forms in which the artist used
his/her own body, face, and presence as a medium.
Examples of these arts are as follows:
a. Theatre (Drama) - This form of art uses performers to present experience
of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place and
time.
b. Music - This form of art helps to express our mood and feel the way
through our emotions and ideas. Based on a study, different types of music
may be suitable to different types of music may be suitable to different
moods though classical music is still recommended as the most calming
music option.
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c. Film - This form of art allows us to explore the complexities of the
human situation. This is used to work out our emotions, to make history
comes alive, science is explained, and literary works are brought into
life.
d. Installation Art - The fundamental nature of this form of art is the
participation of the spectators. In this work of art, viewers become
active and navigate the work in an environment that they can experience
visually. It also has the capacity of passing on particular information
about any significant event around the world and interactively
represents documentary issues.
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e. Opera - This form of art helps to tell stories through music. This is
also performed with a full orchestra composed of the various musical
instrument sections. In this art form, singers and musicians perform a
dramatic work by combining text (called a Liberato) and musical score.

f. Stagecraft - This form of art is a technical aspect of theatrical

production. This includes constructing and arranging scenery, hanging
and focusing of lighting, design of costumes, makeup, and procurement
of props, stage management and recording and mixing of sound.
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3. Literary Arts - These arts centered on creative writing and other
composition processes which intended to read. These include prose and
poetry (e.g., novels, short stories, sonnet, ballad, epic, and essay).

• Examples of literary works:

• fiction.
• nonfiction.
• manuscripts.
• poetry.
• contributions to collective works.
• compilations of data or other literary subject matter.
• dissertations.
• theses.
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