ART APP

• Art


  A craft or specialized form of skill
• Ancient art


  • Produced using bare hands only
  • Intended to be useful for everyday life
• Art in Medieval Latin

  Any special form of book learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology
• Renaissance art


  Gradual shift from abstract forms of the medieval period to representational forms of the 15th century
• Renaissance art


  • Creation of Adam
• Aesthetic


  The study of beauty, distinct from technical workmanship
• Art

  Distinction between "fine arts" and "useful arts"
• Assumptions of art


  • Art is universal
  • Art is not nature
  • Art involves experiences
• Art is universal


  • Art is timeless and spans generations and continents
  • Art is always present in every country and generation
  • Art is a human expression and delight
• Art is not nature


  • Art is man's expression and interpretation of nature
  • What is found in nature should not be expected in art
• Art involves experiences


  • Art is known through actual doing, not just facts or information
  • Perceiving art is a highly personal, individual and subjective experience
  • Experiencing art is accompanied by emotion
• The Elephant and the Blind Men
• Art


  A product of man's creativity, imagination, and expression
• Not every beautiful thing that can be seen or experienced may truly be called a work of art
• Jean-Paul Sartre: 'Art is a creative work that depicts the world in a completely different light and perspective and the source is due to human freedom'
• Art Appreciation


  Refining one's ability to appreciate art allows him to deeply understand the purpose of an artwork and recognize the beauty it possesses
• Creativity in art


  • Thinking outside the box
  • Sets apart one artwork from another
  • Does not simply copy or imitate another artist's work
• Imagination


  More important than knowledge as it embraces the entire world and all there is to know
• Creativity starts with the human mind and imagination
• Art as expression


  Expressing oneself to release from a tormenting and disabling state
• Robin George Collingwood: 'What an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but to express it'
• Ways of expressing oneself through art

  • Visual arts
  • Film
  • Performance art
  • Poetry performance
  • Architecture
  • Dance
  • Literary art
  • Theater
  • Applied art
• Visual arts


  • Creations that appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature
  • Diverse variations
• Film


  • Art of putting together successions of still images to create an illusion of movement
  • Focuses on aesthetics, cultural, and social value
  • Considered as both an art and industry
  • Simulates experiences or creates one beyond the scope of imagination
• Performance art


  • Live art where the artist's medium is mainly the human body
  • Employs other kinds of art such as visual art, props, or sound
  • Consists of time, place of performance, the performer's body, and relationship between audience and performer
• Poetry performance


  • Artist expresses emotions through carefully selected words to exhibit clarity and beauty and stimulate strong emotions
• Architecture


  • Making of beautiful buildings, not all buildings are beautiful
  • Some buildings only embody the functionality they need
• Dance


  • Series of movements that follows the rhythm of music accompaniment
  • A form of expression with no rules
• Literary art


  • Focuses on writing using unique skills beyond professional, academic, journalistic, and other technical forms of writing
• Theater


  • Use of live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience
  • Usually follows a script
• Applied art


  • Incorporating elements of style and design to everyday items to increase their aesthetical value
  • Examples are industrial design, interior design, fashion design, and graphic design