ART APPRECIATION

Leni Amit-Alzate
• To explain the meaning, nature, and importance of arts in
our lives.

• To determine the subject of art and its functions.

• To be able to reflect on the functions of art with regard to

their personal contributions to the development of art.

Objectives:
• What is your definition of art? Art appreciation?

Evaluation:
Overview
 • -refers to arts.
• It brings out the good
and the noble in us.
We come to know the
• HUMANITIES
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.
Visual arts: architecture,
painting and sculpture
Performing Arts: Music,
Dance, Theatre, Drama
and Literature
• They are branches of learning concerned with human
thought, feelings, and relations.
• ‘artis’- Italian, meaning, craftmanship, skill, mastery of
form, inventiveness, and the association that exist
between form and ideas and between material and
techniques;

Art
• ‘ar’- Aryan root, meaning, to join, or put together;

• ‘artizein’- Greek, meaning, to prepare;

• ‘Arkiskein’- to put together.

Art
• In our life, it is concerned with the communication of
certain ideas and feelings by means of a sensuous
medium- color, sound, bronze, marble, words, and film.

Art’s Importance
• Art must benefit and satisfy man and man must make use
of art in practical terms; and

• Art is expressed through a certain medium or material by

which the artist communicates himself to his fellows.

Essentials of art
• Visual arts or space Arts- those that we perceive with our
eye and which occupy space.
• Auditory or time arts- those that can be heard and are
expressed in time.
• Combined arts- those that can be both seen and heard and
exist in both space and time.
• The ability to interpret or understand man-made arts and
enjoy them either through actual and work-experience
with art tools and materials or possession of these works
of art for one’s admiration and satisfaction.

Art appreciation
• Representational/objective arts
painting, sculpture, graphic arts, literature, and
theatre arts

• non –representational/non-objective
• Artworks that have no resemblance to any real subject, they
appeal directly to the senses.

Subject of Art
• Traditional sculptures and paintings have subjects.
• Art must be man-made;

• Art must be creative not imitative;

Essentials of art
• They satisfy particular needs of people.

Function of Art
• Aesthetic

• Utilitarian

• Cultural

• Social

Function of Art
• Fine arts or independent arts

• Practical arts or useful or utilitarian arts

Scope of art (Manaois)

Arts
Visual arts, literature, drama and theatre, music and
dance.

Visual Arts
graphic arts
plastic arts

Scope of art
(Sanchez,2002)
Graphic arts
Painting, drawing, photography, graphic process
(printing), commercial art (designing of books,
advertisements, signs, posters, and other displays), and
mechanical process- portrayals of forms and symbols are
recorded in two-dimensional surface.

plastic arts

Scope of art
(Sanchez,2002)
Plastic arts
all fields of visual arts for which materials are
organized into three-dimensional forms such as structural
architecture, landscape architecture (gardens, parks,
playgrounds, golf course beautification), city physical
planning and interior arranging (design of wallpaper,
furniture), sculpture, crafts, industrial design, dress and
costume design, and theatre design.

Scope of art
(Sanchez,2002)
• Major and Minor groupings of Arts:
• Major
Painting, Architecture, Sculpture, Literature, Music and
Dance
• Minor
• Decorative arts, popular arts, graphic arts, plastic arts, and
industrial arts.

Scope of Art ( Estolas,

1995)
 Further:
• Visual Arts (graphic, plastic)
• Performing arts (theatre, play, dance, music)
• Literary arts (short story, novel, poetry, drama)
• Popular arts (film, newspaper, magazine, radio, TV)
• Gustatory art of the cuisine (food, beverage prep)
• Decorative arts or applied arts (beautification of houses,
offices, cars, and other structures)

Scope of Art ( Estolas,

1995)
• According to purpose
• Practical arts or useful arts, liberal arts, fine arts, major arts
and minor arts
• According to media and forms

Scope of art (Paniza &

Rustia)
 Practical arts or useful arts- are directed to produce artifacts
and utensils for the satisfaction of human needs. Examples are
handicrafts (basket weaving, mat weaving, etc.), embroidery,
ceramics, iron and metal crafts, and tin can manufacturing are
examples of these arts.

Scope of art (Paniza &

Rustia)
 Liberal Arts are directed toward intellectual growth, such as in
the study of philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics,
and sciences.

Scope of art (Paniza &

Rustia)
 Fine arts – are focused towards creative activity for the
contemplation of the mind and the upliftment of the spirit.
Examples are painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Scope of art (Paniza &

Rustia)
 Major arts – characterized by actual and potential
expressiveness such as music, poetry, and sculpture.

Minor arts – are concerned with practical uses and purposes,

such as interior decoration and porcelain art.

Scope of art (Paniza &

Rustia)
Arts according to media and forms are classified to: plastic
arts, phonetic arts, kinetics arts, pure arts and mixed arts.

Scope of Art (Paniza &

Rustia)
Plastic arts – are works which exist in a physical space and
perceived by the sense of sight. Such arts include sculpture
and decorative materials.

Kinetic Arts – involve the element of rhythm. Dance is a

popular form.

Scope of Art (Paniza &

Rustia)
Phonetic arts – utilize sounds and words as mediums of
expressions. Examples are music, drama and literature.

Pure arts - take only one medium of expression like sound

in music and color in painting.

Mixed Arts – take more than one medium such as the opera
which combines music, poetry and drama.

Scope of Art (Paniza &

Rustia)
ORIGIN OF ART