Art Appreciation

• Art


  Derived from the Latin word "ars" which means ability or skills, to do, or manmade. It covers those areas of artistic creativity that seek to communicate beauty primarily through the senses.
• Art


  Also from the Italian word "artis" meaning craftsmanship, mastery and inventiveness. Traces from the greatest works of human creativity, anyone can argue that art is a product of man's mastery and skills rooted from his artistic creativity.
• Art


  A medium of expression because through arts we express our ideas, emotions, feelings, without using words. Creative activity which involves skill or expertness in handling materials and organizing them into a new.
• Art


  Britannica online defines art as: "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environment or experiences that can be shared with others."
• The first known use of the word "art" comes from the 13th-century manuscripts.
• Art is universal
• Art is not nature
• Art involves experience
• Albert Einstein: 'Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand'
• Ayn Rand: 'A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others'
• Robin George Collingwood: 'What an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it. Through expression, he is able to explore his own emotions and at the same time, create something beautiful out of them'
• Functions of Art


  • Personal or Individual Function
  • Social Function
  • Economic Function
  • Political Function
  • Historical Function
  • Cultural Function
  • Religious Function
  • Physical Function
  • Aesthetic Function
• Personal or Individual Function


  Artists have their personal reason as he tries to express himself. An artist may create out of a need for self-expression, or gratification. She/he might have wanted to communicate a thought or point of a viewer.
• Social Function


  Art is an avenue to extend his sense of belongingness and connection with people. Art gathers man as one family and community. Almost all art forms are created to be seen or used primarily in public situation.
• Economic Function


  Any art production will definitely involve money. Reproduction of any art works that would still become highest paid will gain millions. This explains how art constitutes significant part in the economic system of one country.
• Political Function


  Using visual images that portrays political change was the defining functions of art in the 20th century. Arts became the political medium to promote political programs and political status.
• Historical Function


  Arts serve to record historical figures and events and commemorates great people in the history.
• Cultural Function


  Cultural representation through art forms serves as a channel to share and transmit from generation to generation.
• Religious Function


  Art forms plays an important role in one cultural spirituality.
• Physical Function


  Art can function therapeutically. Art therapy is generally understood as a form of therapy that uses art media as its primary mode of communication.
• Aesthetic Function


  Art forms helps in beautification and adds appeal and excitement.
• An inquiry on the function of art is an inquiry on what art is for. Every art form has definite functions since it satisfies particular needs. To find meaning in art, it must have or serve a utilitarian purpose and be capable of serving the purpose for which it was designed.
• Philosophy


  It conveys a variety of meanings. Here philosophy will present theories of the significance of art like imitation, beauty, originality, aesthetic morality and imagination.
• Art as Mimesis by Plato


  Art was problematic to Plato because for him all art forms are imitative and replica of idea. He considered art as a dangerous means that will cause total confusion and conflict to the society as it provides insignificant replacement for real entities that can only be attained through reason.
• Art as Representation by Aristotle


  For Aristotle, what art endeavors to do is to provide a vision of what might be or the myriad possibilities in reality.
• Art for Art Sake by Immanuel Kant


  Kant considered the judgement of beauty, the cornerstone of art, as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity.
• Art appreciation or Aesthetic Education is the capacity to understand works of art and experience a certain enjoyment in creating arts. It deals with our encounter with the artworks and the artists and how we are affected with it.
• Art appreciation also refers to the exploration and analysis of the art forms that we are exposed to.
• Art appreciation is extremely relevant for multiple reasons.
• Aristotle: '"Art completes what nature cannot bring to a finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature's unrealized ends."'
• Leonardo da Vinci: '"Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world."'
• Works of Leonardo da Vinci

  • Mona Lisa
  • Last Supper
  • Vitruvian Man
  • Self Portrait
  • The Virgin of the Rocks
  • Head of a Woman
  • Lady with an Ermine
  • Salvator Mundi
  • Ginevra de' Benci
  • The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
• Herbert Read: '"Art is an attempt to create pleasing forms."'
• Ernst Cassirer: '"Art is the enjoyment of forms."'
• Susanne Katherina Langer: '"Art molds our actual life of feelings."'
• Paintings that defines human emotions

  • The Lovers
  • The Starry Night
  • The Kiss
  • Guernica
  • The Creation of Adam
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • The Scream
  • The Kiss
  • Mona Lisa
  • The Lake
• Art


  Derived from the Latin word "ars" which means ability or skills, to do, or manmade. It covers those areas of artistic creativity that seek to communicate beauty primarily through the senses. The first known use of the word comes from the 13th – century manuscripts.
• Art


  Also from the Italian word "artis" meaning craftsmanship, mastery and inventiveness. Traces from the greatest works of human creativity, anyone can argue that art is a product of man's mastery and skills rooted from his artistic creativity.
• Art


  A medium of expression because through arts we express our ideas, emotions, feelings, without using words. Creative activity which involves skill or expertness in handling materials and organizing them into a new.
• Art


  Britannica online defines art as: "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environment or experiences that can be shared with others."