ART APP

• Freehand Drawing


  An activity where you are free to draw whatever you want, using any medium, to explore and express yourself through drawing
• How did you draw?

  Reflecting on the process of creating a drawing, considering what you thought about, your motivation, and your intentions
• Humanities


  A field of study that aims to understand humans and their nature
• Humanities is considered in line with the study of art and design because it understands and recognizes creative expressions as part of human nature and expression
• Importance of Humanities


  • Man gains an understanding of himself
  • Man understands his nature
  • Man is provided with a measure of his own passion and desire
  • Man develops to be a complete and social man
  • Man's behaviour is regulated
• Art


  Encompasses visual, literary, musical, and performance arts that express aesthetic value by use of skill and imagination
• Two Kinds of Art

  • Fine Arts or Aesthetic Arts (Major Arts) - Focused on aesthetic values and enjoyment
  • Utilitarian Arts or Practical Arts (Minor Arts) - Intended to be used in practical settings but must also possess artistic qualities
• Basic Assumptions of Art

  • Art has been created by all people at all times, in all countries, and it lives because it is well-liked and enjoyed
  • Art involves experience; there can never be appreciation of art without experience
  • Art is not nature; nature is not art. Art is made by man
  • Art is everywhere
  • Art is man's oldest means of expression
  • Art is an expression and communication
• Art Forms/Ways of Expressing Oneself through Art


  • Visual Arts
  • Film
  • Performing Arts
  • Literary Arts
  • Architecture
  • Dance
  • Poetry Performance
  • Theater
  • Applied Arts
• Two Types of Art

  • Functional Art - Art used in daily life
  • Indirectly Functional Art - Fine arts, painting, music, sculpture, dance, literary pieces, theatrical performances
• Functions of Art


  • Personal Function
  • Physical Function
  • Social Function
  • Aesthetic Function
  • Cultural Function
  • Political Function
  • Religious Function
  • Economic Function
• Artworks can have more than one function
• Art as an Imitation

  According to Plato, artists are imitators and art is just a mere imitation of the true eternal entities in the world of forms
• Art as a Representation

  According to Aristotle, art represents possible versions of reality, not just imitating reality as it is
• Art as a Disinterested Judgment

  According to Kant, the judgment of beauty in art is universal despite its subjectivity, and art is autonomous from specific interests
• Art as a Communication of Emotion

  According to Tolstoy, art serves as a mechanism for the artist to communicate emotions to the audience
• Subject of Art


  The visual image or thing represented in an artwork
• Kinds and Sources of Subject

  • Nature (landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes)
  • Animals
  • Portraits of Human Figures
  • Still Life
  • Everyday Life
  • History and Legend
  • Religions and Mythology
  • Dreams and Fantasies
• Content in Art


  The meaning or message communicated by the artist through the artwork
• Levels of Meaning in Art Content

  • Factual meaning - The literal, basic level of understanding
  • Conventional meaning - The acknowledged meaning using symbols and motifs
  • Subjective meaning - The personal meanings perceived by the viewer
• Factual meaning


  Extracting the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to each other
• Conventional meaning


  The acknowledged meaning or interpretation of the artwork using signs, symbols and motifs that a certain object or color has for a particular culture or group of people
• Subjective meaning


  Any personal meanings consciously or maybe unconsciously perceived by the viewer that could result to a variety of meaning when a particular work of art is read. These could rely on what the audience know, learned, experienced and the values they stand for
• Sample Illustration: "Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo

  • Factual meaning: Adam in the nude sitting on a reclined position and earth-bound. God afloat, wearing a tunic and surrounded by drapery and some figures. Their arms both stretched with their respective index fingers appearing to be in contact. The subject matter and the content here from the factual perspective suggests that the painting is a biblical art since the painter depicted a scene the creation of man.
  • Conventional meaning: The symbolic nudity of Adam which means innocence, the figure of the old man who is God showing divinity and perfection, their leveling position which shows God's superiority and their body forms and structure believed to be man was created in the image and likeness of God.
  • Subjective meaning: The shape of the human brain, the finger contact, the reclining position of Adam. All of these can bring varied meanings to the viewer according to their perception.
• Artist


  An art practitioner such as painter, sculptor, choreographer, dancer, musician, etc. who produces or creates indirectly functional arts with aesthetic value using imagination
• Artisan


  Started as an apprentice with skills qualification to register under a particular craft guild. Here, they took on a certain specialization or trade and with a lifetime commitment to a particular trade, an artisan develops immense skill and expertise in his craft
• People in the Art World

  • Artists
  • Artisans
  • Curators
  • Buyers and collectors
  • Art dealers
• Curator


  Typically affiliated with museums and galleries and has the ability to research and write, as an arbiter of design and layout and decides for the display and hanging of materials for exhibition
• Buyers and collectors


  Buyers are those who assess and survey the artwork and oversee the sale on behalf of the collector. Collectors are those who want to keep their identity hidden or are too busy
• Art dealers


  Are those in charge in the distribution and circulation of those artworks through varied means such as direct sales, through galleries or by auction
• Medium


  The mode of expression in which the concept, idea or message is conveyed. The materials used by an artist to interpret his feelings or thoughts
• Technique


  The manner in which the artist controls his medium to achieve the desired effect. How the artist manipulates his medium to express his ideas in the artwork
• Mediums of the Visual Arts

  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
• Carving


  Removing the unwanted portion of the raw material to reveal the desired form
• Modeling


  Building the form, the most common materials used are clay and wax
• Casting


  A complex process since this requires first with the production of a negative mold
• Fabrication/Assembling


  A process of building a form piece by piece by combining different materials together
• Architecture materials


  • Rock materials (stone, clay, gravel, sand, cement, hollow blocks)
  • Metal materials (steel, iron, aluminum, bronze)
  • Organic materials (wood)
  • Hybrid materials (tiles, marbles, bricks, adobe)
  • Synthetic materials (glass, plastic)
• GAMABA


  Created in 1992 under R.A # 7355 under the jurisdiction of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCAA). It recognizes exceptional artists who are engaged in the traditional and artistic excellence
• GAMABA incentives


  • A specially designed gold medallion
  • An initial grant of ₱100,000 and a ₱14,000 monthly stipend for life
  • Medical and hospitalization benefits worth ₱750,000
  • Funeral assistance and tribute