topic 2 art app

• Humanities


  The study of human culture, including subjects such as literature, philosophy, art, music, history, and religion
• Humanities


  • Concerned with human being and his feelings and how he expresses those feelings
  • Subjective approach that makes use of perception, feeling, intuition, and insight
  • Focus is on man as an individual
• Sciences


  • Deal with the external world of man, as well as with the facets of man's being that can be subjected to observation, measurement, and experimentation
  • Enable man to understand and control nature and to harness its energy to make his life more comfortable and convenient
• Humanities and Sciences


  Both are necessary for the development of the complete, social man, ready to take on his responsibilities in this rapidly changing world and to enjoy life as he lives it
• Art


  The conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetics objects
• Definitions of art by writers and philosophers

  • Art is a means of unions among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and humanity (Leo Tolstoy)
  • Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life (Henry Miller)
  • Art is higher type of knowledge than experience (Aristotle)
  • The object of art is to give life a shape (Jean Anouilh)
  • Art is science in the flesh (Jean Couteau)
  • All art is social, because it is the result of a relationship between an artist and his time (James Adams)
  • Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known (Oscar Wilde)
  • Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use (Frank Lloyd Wright)
• Assumptions about art


  • Art is everywhere
  • Art is not nature
  • Art is imitating and creating
  • Art perfects nature
  • Art is universal
  • Art is timeless
• Art as Expression and Communication


  Art has grown out of man's need to express himself and convey personal and social values, emotions, and psychological insight
• Art and Experience


  • Three major kinds of experience are involved in the artistic activity: the experience the artist wants to communicate, the act of expressing this experience, and the artist's gratifying experience of having accomplished something significant
  • The onlooker or listener may kindle an experience which is similar or related to that which the artist tried to express, including sensory, emotional, and intellectual responses
• Art and Beauty


  • Beauty in terms of art refers to an interaction between line, color, texture, sound, shape, motion, and size that is pleasing to the senses
  • Art is often intended to appeal to and connect with human emotion, not just to please the audience
• Art


  Works created by humans that appeal to the senses and have aesthetic value
• Major arts


  • Music
  • Painting
  • Architecture
  • Sculpture
• Minor arts


  Arts that are inferior in degree, especially in the extent of aesthetic quality
• Dimensions of arts


  • Fine arts or independent arts
  • Practical arts or utilitarian arts
• Visual arts


  • Graphic arts
  • Plastic arts
• Performing arts


  • Theater
  • Play
  • Dance
  • Music
• Literary arts


  • Short stories
  • Novels
  • Poetry
  • Dramas
• Popular arts


  • Film
  • Newspaper
  • Magazine
  • Radio
  • Television
• Gustatory art


  Skills in food preparation
• Decorative arts


  Visual objects produced for beautifying houses, offices, cars and other structures
• Arts classified by purpose

  • Practical or useful arts
  • Liberal arts
  • Fine arts
  • Major arts
  • Minor arts
• Arts classified by media and forms

  • Plastic arts
  • Phonetic arts
  • Kinetic arts
  • Pure arts
  • Mixed arts
• Functions of art


  • Agent of magic
  • Aid to meditation
  • Agent to ritual
  • Record of events, objects, situations
  • Substitute for real thing, or a symbol
  • Souvenir
  • Propaganda
• For ancient Romans, art served as a vehicle of propaganda: their sculptures proclaimed victories, and their buildings highly praised the power of the State
• In modern societies like our own, art serves different and sometimes contradictory purposes
• Purposes of art


  • An agent of magic
  • An aid to meditation
  • An agent to ritual
  • A record of events, objects, situations
  • A substitute for real thing, or a symbol
  • A souvenir
  • Propaganda to impress, persuade or change thinking or behavior
  • Communication of stories, ideas, events
  • An agent of social control
  • Amusement or entertainment
  • A mean of moral improvement
  • Education
  • A means of self-expression
  • Self-revelation
  • Release of emotions
  • Exploration of vision
  • A reflection and interpretation of life
  • An expression of beauty
  • Decoration or embellishment
  • Monetary investment
  • A status symbol
• The functions of arts are wide ranging. Art is as broad as human experience. All of art comes out of life and is bound up with life. Art is meaningful, but meaningful in ways that differ from society to society, from time to time, and from person to person
• Categories of art functions

  • Personal
  • Social
  • Physical
• Personal function of art

  Art created out of a need for self-expression, gratification, communication, aesthetic experience, entertainment, or without any meaning
• Personal function of art

  • Art used to attempt to exert magical control, bring order, or create chaos
  • Art that is therapeutic for the artist and viewer
• Social function of art

  • Art that seeks to influence collective behavior
  • Art created to be seen or used primarily in public situations
  • Art that expresses or describes social or collective aspects of existence
• Social functions of art

  • Pictorial art used to express humanitarian concern or ideological/political comment
  • Satire in cartoons and caricatures
  • Editorial cartoons commenting on society and leaders
  • Literature used for political and ideological expression
  • Propaganda literature
  • Religious art to spread beliefs and sustain faith
  • Advertising art to affect buying behavior
• Social functions of art

  • Commemoration of important personages and historical events
  • Rituals and public celebrations that unite people
  • Art works as historical documents reflecting feelings, struggles and achievements of people
• Physical function of art

  Art created to perform a practical service, such as tools and containers
• Physical function of art

  • A spoon (tool)
  • A car (tool)
  • A building (container)
  • A community (container)
  • A ceramic vase (container)
  • A chair (container)
• Architecture, crafts, and industrial design are types of art that have physical functions
• Art with physical function is aesthetically interesting but primarily serves a practical purpose