Art Appreciation

• It takes an artist to make art
• Not every beautiful thing that can be seen or experienced may truly be called a work of art
• Art


  A product of man’s creativity, imagination and expression
• Not everyone can be considered an artist, but all are spectators of art
• We can distinguish what is fine and beautiful from what is not and what is good quality and from poor
• This gives us a role in the field of art appreciation
• Art appreciation is a way of life
• Role of art


  To depict the world in a completely different light and perspective
• Jean-Paul Sartre: 'The role of art as a creative work is to depict the world in a completely different light and perspective'
• Each artwork beholds beauty in its own kind, the kind that the artist sees and wants the viewers to perceive
• More often than not, people are blind to this beauty
• Only those who have developed a fine sense of appreciation can experience and see the art the way the artist did
• Refining one’s ability to appreciate arts allows him to deeply understand the purpose of an artwork and recognize the beauty it possesses
• In cultivating an appreciation of art, one should also exercise and develop his taste for things that are fine and beautiful
• This allows individuals to make intelligent choices and decisions in acquiring necessities and luxuries
• Learning to appreciate art no matter what vocation or profession you have, will lead to a fuller and more meaningful life
• Creativity


  Requires thinking outside the box
• In art, creativity is what sets apart one artwork from another
• When we can say that something is creative


  1. When we have not seen anything like it

  2. When it is out of the ordinary

  3. When it is not just a copy or imitation of someone’s work
• There is originality in creativity
• Nowadays, being creative can be quite challenging
• Imagination


  More important than knowledge
• Albert Einstein: 'Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand'
• Imagination is not constrained by the walls of the norm, but goes beyond that
• Through imagination, one is able to craft something bold, something new, and something better in the hopes of creating something that will stimulate change
• An artwork does not need to be a real thing, but can be something imaginary
• Something imaginary does not necessarily mean it cannot be called art
• Artists use their imagination that gives birth to reality through creation
• Imagination produces art

  Art also inspires imagination
• Robin George Collingwood: 'What an artist does to an emotion is not to induce it, but express it. Through expression, he can explore his own emotions and at the same time, create something beautiful out of them'
• Expressing emotions is different from describing emotions
• People’s art is not a reflection of what is outside or external to them, but a reflection of their inner selves
• Visual arts


  Creations that appeal to the sense of sight and are mainly visual in nature
• Artists produce visual arts driven by their desire to reproduce things that they have seen in the way that they perceived them
• Other artistic disciplines also involve a visual aspect, such as performance arts, theater, and applied arts
• Mediums of visual arts

  • Paintings
  • Drawings
  • Letterings
  • Printing
  • Sculpture
  • Digital imaging
• Film


  The art of putting together successions of still images to create an illusion of movement
• Filmmaking focuses on its aesthetic, cultural, and social value and is considered both an art and an industry
• Techniques in film-making process

  • Motion-picture camera
  • Animation techniques
  • Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
• Filmmaking simulates experiences or creates ones that are beyond the scope of our imagination