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• Art is a Latin word meaning craftsmanship, skill, mastery of form, and inventiveness
• The word "Art" originates from the Aryan word "Ar," meaning to join or put together
• In Greek, "artezein" means to prepare, and "arkiskein" means to put together
• The Latin word "ars" means ability or skill
• Plato defined art as that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world
• Zulueta stated that art is the product of man's need to express himself
• John Dewey described art as an attitude of spirit, a state of mind that demands satisfaction and fulfillment, shaping matter into new and more significant forms
• Art is more subjective than objective and encompasses form and content
• Art is any special form of book-learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology
• Art is expressed through various forms like painting, music, literature, and dance, involving the arrangement of aesthetic elements in an appealing manner
• Common essentials of art include being man-made, creative, beneficial, and satisfying to humans, expressed through a certain medium or material
• Functions of an artist include creating places for human purpose, recording and commemorating, giving tangible form to the unknown, and forming feelings and ideas
• Art appreciation involves interpreting or understanding man-made arts and enjoying them through experience or possession of art for admiration and satisfaction
• art is man-made, artificial, and involves the creation of functional objects for everyday use, while nature is non-repeatable, unchanging, and needs art to improve it
• Personal functions of art provide comfort, happiness, and convenience, satisfy individual needs for expression, and educate senses and sharpen perception
• Physical functions of art address physical needs for utilitarian objects, the need for beauty in functional objects, and planning communities for environmental and operational efficiency
• Social functions of art serve social needs for display, celebration, and communication, seek to influence collective behavior, and express or describe social aspects of existence
• Basic philosophical perspectives of art include art as an imitation, representation, disinterested judgment, communication of emotion, and various classifications like visual art, architecture, performing arts, digital art, and applied arts
• Visual art encompasses painting and sculpture, while architecture involves planning, designing, and constructing buildings and structures for human shelter or use
• Performing arts include sound organized in time, body movement to music, movies, live performances, literature, and compositions for audience performance
• Digital art is made with electronic devices or displayed on a computer, while applied arts involve design and decoration applied to everyday objects for aesthetic appeal
• Visual Arts is a modern term encompassing fine arts, contemporary arts, decorative arts and crafts, and applied art
• Constituent Disciplines of Visual Arts include:

  • Fine Arts
  • Contemporary Arts
  • Decorative Arts and Crafts
  • Applied Art
• Fine Arts consist of various disciplines like drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic art, manuscript illuminations, book illustrations, calligraphy, and architecture
• Contemporary Arts include forms like assemblage, collage, conceptual art, installation, happenings, performance arts, photography, video art, animation art, land art, and graffiti
• Decorative Arts and Crafts encompass decorative art, ceramics, mosaic art, and tapestry art
• Applied arts involve disciplines such as fashion design, interior design, and body art
• Subjects of Arts can be representational or non-representational, with main kinds including still life, landscape, nature, portraiture, abstract, and Day of the Dead
• Methods of presenting art subjects include realism, symbolism, fauvism, dadaism, futurism, surrealism, and abstraction
• Abstraction in art involves types like distortion, elongation, mangling, and cubism
• Content in art includes the subject, content, and form, with three levels of meaning: factual, conventional, and subjective