Arts Appreciation

• Art


  The expression of the creative skill and imagination
• Fields of humanities


  • Art
  • Philosophy
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Religion
  • History
• Art is at the center of the seven fields of humanities because it provides enhancement of the individual human potential
• Etymology of art


  Derived from the Latin term "ars" meaning skill, talent or ability
• Art as personal


  An artist may create a piece out of a need for self-expression or gratification, or to communicate a thought or point to the viewer
• Art as social


  Art has a social function when it addresses aspects of (collective) life as opposed to one person's point of view or experience. Viewers can often relate in some way to social art and are sometimes even influenced by it
• Art as physical


  Works of art that are created to perform some service have physical functions
• Example of physical art function

  • A Fijian war club was created to perform the physical function of smashing skulls
• Classifications of art

  • Verbal (literature, oratory)
  • Non-verbal (architecture, fashion, design, weaving, ceramics, photography)
  • Mixed (theater, drama, opera, cinema, performing arts)
  • Applied art (architecture, textile, furniture)
  • Fine art (drawing, painting, sculpture)
• Applied art


  The application (and resulting product) of artistic design to utilitarian objects in everyday use
• Fine art


  Works of fine art have no function other than providing aesthetic or intellectual stimulation to the viewer
• Subject


  The image that you can easily identify when confronted with an art piece
• Types of art subjects

  • Representational Art
  • Non Representational Art
• Representational Art


  Art that appears very much like how people see them in reality
• Non Representational Art


  Compositions which do not rely on representation or mimesis to any extent, indicating a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery
• Form


  The overall organization of the artwork, an outcome of the artists' effort to use elements of art and arrange them according to aesthetic principles
• Content


  The emotional and intellectual messages of an artwork, statements, moods, or interpretations developed by an artist through the artwork
• Differences between artist and artisan

  • Artist: Learns to sketch and begin with a pencil and sketchpad to work with an idea, aims to create overall reaction from a viewer
  • Artisan: Craftsmen who make practical artistic products, such as carvings, urns, stained glass and other accessories
• Two-dimensional art


  Art that has mathematical dimensions of width and height, can be decorative spaces or plastic faces, only bound to work within the frame
• Common painting techniques


  • Watercolor
  • Fresco
  • Tempera
  • Pastel
  • Encaustic
  • Oil painting
  • Acrylic
• Watercolor


  Uses water-based solutions to mix the colors, usually done on paper
• Fresco


  The paint is applied to the surface and dries into the plaster, becoming an integral part of the wall
• Tempera


  Paints or minerals mixed with egg yolk or egg white and oil
• Pastel


  Stick of dried paste made of pigment ground with chalk and compounded with gum water, provides richness onto the subject but hard to maintain vibrance
• Encaustic


  Done by applying wax colors with fixed heat
• Oil painting


  Pigments mixed with linseed oil and applied to the canvas, a very flexible medium that dries slowly and appears glossy and lasts long
• Acrylic


  Synthetic paint mixed with acrylic emulsion as a binder, faster drying but water resistant when complete
• Easel painting


  Painting executed on a portable support such as a panel or canvas, instead of on a wall
• Mural painting


  Painting done on a large wall
• Relief


  Painting technique wherein images are raised on the surface
• Famous Renaissance artists


  • Sandro Botticelli
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Raphael Sanzio
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Famous Filipino painters


  • Fernando Amorsolo
  • Juan Luna
  • Carlos "Botong" Francisco
• Three-dimensional art


  Art that has actual and real depth, allowing it to be viewed across different angles, sometimes called plastic arts or plastic spaces
• Architecture


  The art of designing and constructing buildings, using techniques like the post-lintel system with two vertical supports and one horizontal beam on top
• Eight Wonders of the World

  • Great Wall of China
  • Chichen Itza
  • Petra
  • Machu Picchu
  • Christ the Redeemer
  • Colosseum
  • Taj Mahal
  • Angkor Wat
• Famous Filipino architects


  • Juan Nakpil
  • Leandro Locsin
• Techniques used in sculpture

  • Carving
  • Modelling
  • Casting
  • Assemblage
  • Molding
• Famous Filipino sculptors


  • Guillermo Estrella Tolentino
  • Napoleon Abueva
  • Eduardo Castrillo
• Textile arts in the Philippines

  • T'nalak
  • Pis-yabit or Sepulangan
  • Ikat
  • Dagmay
  • Inaul
  • Banig
• Oblation


  Bonifacio Monument