ART, CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION, AND THE EXPRESSION

• ART


  The Latin word “ars”, means a “craft or specialized form of skill; like carpentry or surgery”
• ART(YEAR)

  18th century
• Fine arts = beautiful arts
• Scope Of Art

  • Visual Arts - perceive with our eyes
  • Graphic arts – painting, drawing, photography
  • Plastic arts – create 3D forms (structural & landscape architecture)
  • Literature
  • Drama and theatre
  • Music
  • Dance
• Humanities


  oldest and most important means of expression developed by man
• Assumptions Of Art

  • Art is universal
  • Art is not nature
  • Art involves experience
• The Nature of Art


  Artworks allow us to communicate the importance of certain events
• Purposes of Art

  • Practical or useful arts
  • Liberal arts
  • Fine arts
  • Major arts
  • Minor arts
• Practical or useful arts


  produce artifacts & utensils for the satisfaction of human needs

  Ex: handicrafts, embroidery, ceramics, iron & metal
• Liberal arts


  intellectual growth

  Ex: philosophy, psychology, literature, mathematics, science
• Fine arts


  a creative activity for the contemplation of the mind & the upliftment of the spirit

  Ex: painting, sculpture, architecture
• Major arts


  actual & potential expressiveness

  Ex: music, poetry, sculpture
• Minor arts


  practical uses & purposes

  Ex: interior decoration, porcelain art
• Functions of Art

  • Aesthetic
  • Utilitarian
  • Cultural
  • Social
• Aesthetic


  beauty of nature
• Utilitarian


  allows man to live in comfort, improves nature
• Cultural


  art is transmitted & preserved to be enjoyed by the next generation
• Social


  through graphic arts, man learns to love & help each other
• Art Appreciation


  Interpreting or understanding man-made arts
• Importance of Art Appreciation


  Enjoying arts either through actual and work-experience with art tools and materials