lesson 2

• 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
  • What sets apart one artwork from another
  • A creative artist 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, it all begins with imagination
• Imagination is not constrained by the walls of the norm, but goes beyond that
• Something imaginary does not necessarily mean it cannot be called art
• Art also inspires imagination
• Art as expression


  Expressing oneself - trying to release yourself from the tormenting and disabling state by doing something
• 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 in order to create an illusion of movement
  • Focuses on aesthetics, cultural, and social value
  • Considered as both an art and industry
• Film techniques


  • Motion picture
  • Camera
  • Animation techniques
  • Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)
• Film elements


  • Lighting
  • Musical score
  • Visual effects
  • Direction
• 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 four important elements: time, place of the performance, the performer or performer's body, and the relationship between the audience and the performer(s)
• 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 (technicality)
• Dance


  • Series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment
  • A form of expression that allows people to freely express themselves and has no rules
• Literary art


  • Focuses on writing using unique skills (epic poems, novels, articles, comics, etc.)
  • Goes beyond the usual professional, academic, journalistic, and other technical forms of writing
• Theater


  • Use 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 with the aim of increasing their aesthetical value
  • Examples are industrial design, interior design, fashion design, and graphic design